On this page I
will give brief descriptions of the different garden-styles, which can be
realized throughout the moderate climate-zones of mother earth. A
desert-garden, mediterranean garden or tropical
garden could of course be beautiful, but is impossible to achieve in a
moderate climate, where winterfrosts are common. Having a try will always
end up in a big disappointment. Below you can explore a selection of
garden-styles, which are applicable to areas similar to Central- and
Northwestern-Europe.
If you wish I could make a scale-design for your own
garden in a chosen style:
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Of course it is possible to combine different styles or to
devide a large garden into different 'themes', which are connected
smoothly or, on the contrary, are tightly seperated by hedges or walls.
The choise for a certain design is mainly dependant on how the
garden is situated and on it's environment. The amount of sunlight and shade,
type of soil, differences of level,
moisture-conditions of the soil, but also the taste of the owners and
their budget must be considered in order to make an adequate design. This will
guarentee, that the future garden will be in harmony with it's environment en
that the owner can be satisfied with the result for many years.
Personally I am not charmed by 'trendy' gardens, which often
look like a 'stone-desert' and where half the assortment of a
construction-market is used. After one or two years 'in' will be 'out' again and
everything wil have to be replaced by the newest trends for lots of money. Even
worse in my opinion is, that even the plants have to be trendy and as a result
of that will bore the owner very soon. A "throw-away-garden".
Unfortunately many garden-designers contribute to this, especially on TV and in
garden-magazines.
During the last few years I designed gardens for very different
people in very different styles. I am specialized in 'romantic gardens' and
'cottage-gardens'. But all the other styles, mentioned above, do have my
sympathy and expertise as well.
My final choise for a particular style will be a combination of
the wishes of the owner(s), my own ideas and on how the garden will fit in its
immediate environment. This will result in a coloured, sealed and scaled design
(1:50, 2 cm will match 1 meter in realty). The drawing will present the plants
with a code, which refers to the encluded plants-list. Moreover a work-scheme
will be included, in which the work, that has to be done, is enumerated in a
chronological order. This work-scheme will also enumerate the materials (plus
global quantities), which have to be bought.
Using the work-scheme, the plants-list and the design-drawing
any reliable professional gardener can manage to carry out what has to be done
to achieve the aimed result. Or, if you are skilled and motivated yourself, you
can do most of the work with your own hands and save a very lot of money.
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My approach step by step:
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First I will send you a detailed list with lots of
questions, which you are requested to fill in and return to me by email or
post-mail.
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Then I would like to make an appointment, to see the
location with my own eyes. But because this probably isn't possible due to
the distance (except you would pay for my journey, which is possible, but
unlikely), I would like you to send me lots and lots of information
and photos about your garden-area. Drawings at scale and photos can be
very useful to get a picture and be able to make a design "from a
distance". I have done it this way several times before and my orderers were
very satisfied.
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After I received all your
information I can make you an offer. If you agree, you will let me know by
email.
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Then I will start thinking and drawing, as soon as half of
the amount agreed will have be deposited on my bank-account. Half way my
design I will send you a sample by email. If you accept it, I will
finish the design after you have paid the other half of the agreed amount to
my bank-account.
I will send the sealed scaled design in colour, the
plants-list and the work-scheme utterly two weeks after I received the
agreed amount of money. The design will be sent registrated in a cardboard
box. Of course I would love to deliver it myself and explain it to you, but
that would cost you just too much, I guess...
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Just to
give you an idea of the total costs of the design:
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travelling-costs would be 30
Eurocents per kilometer, vice versa
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- up to 100
square-meters: € 125,- (basic price)
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above 100 square meters: € 1,25 per
square-meter of your garden-area, plants-list and
work-scheme inclusive
(If your garden would
measure 8 x 25 meters= 200 square-meters,
this would mean € 250,-)
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Bigger gardens will be reduced in price per square meter. Talking about the
price is always possible.
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No further costs.
If you
are interested in a thorough garden-design and an offer without engagement,
please click the email-link and let me know. I will answer you as soon as
possible. Thank you.
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