ᐅ Which garden and outdoor landscaping tasks can be completed before moving in?

Due to the nice weather and currently having a lot of free time, I would like to start with the first garden work. From your perspective, what makes sense to do before moving in, and what information do you need from me? Should some decisions already be made before moving in?

I have been experimenting with various free garden planning programs for about a year but have not found a satisfactory one. Do you know of any paid or free programs that you like?

I have attached the site plan, photos of the neighboring plots on the left and right, and a photo showing a very large pile of soil, which I am not sure what to do with.

I have mentally given up on the larger, semicircular terrace behind the house. I would now prefer to create a charming, winding path that extends 3–5 m (10–16 ft) back/left/right, leading to a circular seating area or pavilion with possibly a fountain or something similar. From this pavilion, it should be possible to continue further back toward the field and create a small pavilion there as well. Between these areas, I want to plant various heights of plants so that both pavilions are not visible at the same time.

I would like to replace the storage room, if I can convince my husband, with a pentagonal garden shed that we will paint green ourselves, placed elsewhere on the property. The parking space would be reduced to one spot (later possibly a carport or a weatherproof pavilion used as a carport). Two parking spaces are required, but if we create a lawn area without plantings behind the parking spot, possibly with a few grass pavers, this should be acceptable as a temporary solution since we only have one car.

(On the neighbor's side with the Thuja hedge, as I have already explained in another thread, I would like to simply extend the Thuja hedge toward the street and hide the trash bins in a spiral at the street. I have checked, and the space is sufficient.)

One question I have is whether we should level the property or plant on the slope, except for the large pile of soil.

Difficult to start in advance. Earthworks now, there isn’t much to do. You can install a fence, hedge, etc. along the boundary. Not much more is possible.

You are already quite far along 🙂

Why don’t you use your detailed planning post here for your questions?

I look for planting plans and either draw on graph paper with colored pencils or plant intuitively.

ypg schrieb:

You’ve made quite a bit of progress already 🙂
Why don’t you use your detailed planning post here to ask your questions?

What do you mean by “planning post”? I seem to be missing something again. ;-)
By the way, the decision to give up the large, semi-circular terrace came from a suggestion by you… Actually, I don’t want to look at a terrace and furniture, but rather at shrubs, flowers, etc. That’s how the idea of the winding path with the small circular clearings developed. 🙂

Then start from the back. Design the first roundabout where no vehicles need to go. Plant the first shrubs there so that you’ll already have a seating area when you move in.
I have never used any garden planning software; I just do it as I feel like it. However, I also rearrange things from time to time whenever I feel like it.