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How to layout garden design- [ Basic guidelines for beginners 2022 ]

Layout garden design
How to layout garden design

In this informative article about garden layout planning we just understand the basics which will help you to plan out a whole thing in a simple way so you will not find yourself in between the sea when you actually start making your garden and where to go now. It gives you a complete simple outline of how to develop your own garden by yourself.

Basic steps to layout garden design

  • A basic step to garden layout planning is going to explain today as simply as possible. I am here trying to describe practical planning of the home garden not in so technical way so a beginner can easily understand.
  • First of all, get the total area of the garden. You can measure it in square meters or square feet also.
  • Draw the shape of the actual area on paper and note down the total area. After measurement one can plan what you want to Plant and divide/allot area for features like Lawn, ornamental plants, hedges, topiary, etc.
  • From the total garden area. Means what percent of lawn you want to plan, out of the total area the same as plants, shrubs, topiary, ornamental plants, etc.( **Ornamental plants – a group of the plant which consists mostly of attractive flowering plants as well as some foliage plant also ) 


For beginners in gardening – what a symbolic home garden contains or would have features are as below.

  • Fifty to sixty percent of the total area should be lawn.

  • And left forty to fifty percent area to be covered with hedges, ornamental plants, topiary, etc.

  • Topiary- for example, we plant a casuarina plant grow it to some sufficient height, and then shape it like a square shape, barrel shape, or any bird or animal shape i.e. Peacock, dear, etc..is called topiary work or plant. See the below figure.
Topiary features in the garden
  • So you can also add features like walk paths, and fountains in areas other than the lawn.

  • You can see the sample garden below. It’s a ready reference for beginners as well as regular gardening personnel. 
  • Before laying out the garden in the said area do plan it on paper. Draw the same shaped area of your Garden.

  • Then allot a lawn area, and space for ornamental plants, hedges, and topiary (Cut and shaped plants).

  • Hope you guys who are beginners in gardening understood the basics of the garden layout and general planning of the ideal garden.

  • Still, if you have a question about something which is not covered here do comment or email us which are not covered here.
We are here not adding the feature of kitchen garden we will discuss in the future because it's also a wide subject to understand 

At last, I can conclude that you guys got the overview of layout garden design.

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Garden design – How to design a garden

 

Now we head to the next part of the garden development that is Garden design- How to design a garden  Which is an integral part of garden development on your own. 

As we completed the general understanding of the garden then soil and land preparation and then land preparation now we are at the next important part of garden development that is garden design or designing of the garden. 

After the completion of the steps of the garden development in previous articles. we have the ready well surfaced, leveled land for the planning of all our garden features like lawn, hedges, plants, etc. As we have learned in the last article on land preparation.

 

Why we make this designing complicated learn easily as below : 

Tools and tackles we need for design a garden

1. White marking powder ( one can use chalk powder “Chuna“) 

2. 5-7 mm thick and 2-3 feet long iron rods ( for the tie to thread  ), one can use bamboo or any wooden sticks at least thick like your thumb with good strength and quality. One can make themselves from scrap wood also. 

3. “Pawda” and “Kodali” for leveling if there is any obstacle found during design to remove it. 

4. And “Tagara” (ghamela) to collect the dirt, debris any other waste collection.

5. Hammer to fit the marking bar/ sticks in the land.

6. Plastic thread/ sutali to tie the marking bars/sticks 

7. Measuring tap.

 

Process of design layout on land

First of all, you should have a ready design on paper or you may have the design by a landscape architect. 

If you want to make your own design read the general guidelines for it in the previous article written here How to start a garden.

How much part of the garden you want to have a lawn, ornamental plants, flowering shrubs, trees, etc.

As you have the same area drawn on paper and design on paper. Start measuring on prepared land and put marking bar/ sticks on the points. 

 

How to build a garden practically

For example: Out of the total garden you have a 10×4=40 Square meter area to layout for the lawn. Where 10 is the length and 4 is the width. So it’s gone be a rectangle. Measure it by measure tap.

And the rectangle has four corners. Now it’s four corners are our points to put marking bars/ sticks. 

Then this all for bars fitted on the four corners of the rectangle. Start from anyone with tying thread to anyone bar and return back after tying all the bar in rectangle way to the same bar where you first tied the knot. 

Which makes the full rectangle. Always tie the thread on the bar at least 1 to 2 inches above the surface level not more than it.

After tying the thread now take a needful amount of the Chalk powder or any white marking powder. And then take the gloves on your hand. 

Then take a sufficient amount in your hand keep your hand which has to mark power in it above the thread at least by 2 inches and start dropping the small amount of the powder continuously to make a continuous straight line. 

Then after completing the job now untie the thread and pick up the fitted bars.

Now whatever design appeared is your layout for planting. Now you can make a border with bricks or any hedge plants etc. And area inside the marking with lawn or any plants whichever suitable as per plan/ Design

 

Conclusion

This is how you can layout the whole garden before planting. All the features should be laid out before starting any plantation or green work.

It defines a space for every feature on land so everything goes as per planning and so nothing gets messed up.

After doing such hard work you get the actual garden shaping up. After that, you can plan the purchase of all the green materials like how much lawn you need, what quantity of plant we need. 

If planning rockery then you can decide how many rocks to buy. Adding any water feature then you can estimate the material also. And above all, you can now plant the planned material.

This literature is like DIY in the garden hope you like it and understand the garden design very practically.

And this is not just to read and learn you can implement it on the go. Still, you have queries. Not understand any of the points here do comment. Feel free to write.

Garden Design- How to design a garden is an important step in making a garden in case of Layout, figure out the need for panting material, as well as the financial costing of the  Garden.

 

 

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