Every owner of a single-family house dreams of a beautiful garden around the property. Over time, a question arises: is it worth doingdesign of a small backyard gardenby yourself or is it better to commission a designer? Seehow to design a home gardenby yourself, but when it is better to hire a designer andhow much does a small garden design costAn architect will guide you through the issues related to designing a garden around the house landscape Piotr Moliński!
How to design a small backyard garden?
How to make a small garden design yourself?
If we have a bit of willingness and drawing skills, we can design a small backyard garden ourselves. You can also take advantage of free garden design programs, which will be very helpful, especially if we do not have artistic skills. The program will help you choose plants with specific features of appearance, appropriate to the climatic conditions in our area, or to visualize the garden after 10 years.
If we want to design a small garden ourselves, it is a good idea to have a geodetic map of our plot. On the map background, we can outline the shape of our future flower beds, places to sit and other important elements to be found in our garden.
The quality and appearanceof a small backyard garden designdepends on our creativity. If we approach design with head and set our priorities, we are able to create a simple and functional garden.There are many guides with ready-made garden designs on the market that we can be inspired by. Usually, you cannot copya ready-made home garden designbut sometimes you can find one that, after minor changes, can be adapted to our needs and the size of the plot. After the initial design is completed, we can start the implementation work - create flowerbed edges, plant plants and introduce elements of small architecture.
However, in order to make an interesting and valuablesmall backyard garden design , it is necessary to devote many hours of work and reflection to it. Knowledge of plants and gardening experience are also good, which will avoid costly mishaps and disappointments.
When is it better to hire a designer?
Contrary to appearances, small gardens are one of the most difficult spaces to design. To create an effective and functionalhome garden design , you need a working eye and extensive knowledge of gardening and design.It is very easy to overdo it in small gardens with excess plants, colors of materials or garden accessories. Here, often less is better.
If the property owner does not have design knowledge or is afraid to fill the space around the house himself, it is worth employing a good landscape architect. Only such people have the appropriate theoretical and practical knowledge needed todesign a small home garden , which will be graceful, elegant, and at the same time practical and functional. We should also remember that our possible mistake when designing even a small backyard garden may cost us a lot in the future, e.g. when it becomes necessary to remove or replant trees or to rebuild elements of small garden architecture. Usually it is better to pay a designer who thinks everything well at the beginning than then to make modifications in an already existing garden, when it turns out that our own ideas did not work.
How much does the design of a small backyard garden cost?
The price of a home garden designconsists of many factors. It all depends on the area of our garden, topography, what we want to leave in the garden and what to change, what are our expectations and, of course, the financial budget. The larger the garden area, the number of plants, and the quality requirements of the owner, the higher the price of a home garden project.
An important element is to determine whether we want the designer to prepare a garden concept for us or a professional garden design with a planting plan and cost estimate. Design concepts are usually cheaper than a garden design, but unfortunately they are quite general and contain a simple designer's view of the designed space. We can agree with the landscape architect to include many executive factors of the garden in the concept, but then the price increases proportionally.
How much does the design of a small backyard garden cost?
Despite this, the cost of the project is usually not too high. Amounts from 1 - 2,000 PLN for the design of a small backyard garden without special requirements of the owner become acceptable. There are, of course, garden designs that cost as much as 5,000 or 10,000. The price depends on the degree of advancement of the project and the expectations of the property owner.
How is a small garden design valued?
Landscape architectevaluates the design of a small gardenbased on the area to be designed, the degree of advancement of the project and the owner's preferences. The larger the area and the more plants to be included in the project, the more its cost increases. The valuation of the project also depends on the technique of its implementation. Because the designer can create a small garden design in a computer program for designing gardens or make a design by hand, e.g. with watercolors. Many hand-painted projects are more expensive because the landscape architect must use their full skills to create them, and their preparation requires more work.
Analyzing the price lists of companies dealing with garden design, we will notice that a small garden with an area of up to 500m² can be designed for a price from 1 to 1.5 thousand. zloty.Design of a home garden with an area of up to 1 thousand sq. M. m² costsfrom 1.5 to 2.5 thousand. zloty. When designing a garden with an area of over 1000m², we must take into account the price of 2,000. PLN up.
Eng. landscape architect Piotr Moliński
