With a little manual skill, hobby gardeners can build their new garden themselves or imaginatively redesign the existing area. Detailed planning and instructions make the difference between success and failure. This guide provides tips on what distinguishes a perfect building plan and practical building instructions.

Proper planning is key when building a garden

How do I properly create a blueprint for the garden?

The preparation of construction drawings for the new home belongs in the hands of architects, draftsmen or civil engineers. When it comes to planning your new garden design, create the construction plan yourself. This saves the costs for the landscape architect and offers the best option for authentically implementing your own ideas. Here's how to do it:

  • Measure the garden plot precisely
  • Convert dimensions to scale
  • Trace the outline onto a piece of paper using a pencil and ruler

Now enter the planned design components in the floor plan. In order to place the fence, fountain, gazebo, bench or boulders correctly, you should ideally measure on site and enter the calculated, converted values in the construction plan. Experience has shown that the first construction plan usually turns out to be a draft. The deeper you delve into the project, the more ideas flow. Finally, integrate the planting plan into the drawing to breathe floral life into your self-made garden.

How do I recognize a comprehensible construction manual?

Countless building instructions are available on the Internet for every building project in the garden, from children's swings to garden saunas. When it comes to implementation, joy and sorrow lie side by side. If there is a lack of relevant criteria, the practical implementation can be extremely stressful. How to recognize a comprehensible construction manual:

  • The chronological sequence can be seen without a doubt
  • All materials, tools, devices and machines are listed
  • Textual instructions are supplemented by drawings or photos
  • Specific sizes are for guidance

With each work step being presented in text and images, good building instructions enable even the inexperienced do-it-yourselfer to create the object themselves.

tips

Would you like to build an arbor or a wooden house in your garden yourself? Then please consult the state building regulations of your federal state before starting construction. Buildings above a specified size require a permit. There are significant differences from country to country.

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Garden design