Considerations in advance

Before starting to actually design your very personal dream garden, one should first check the existing conditions. These include, among other things:

• Size and shape of the property
• Alignment (Compass direction, Sun exposure ...)
• Climate (windy, frost-endangered, protected, regional particularities …)
• location (Hang, several levels ...)
• Soil conditions
• Existing vegetation and development

It is generally not enough here, just take a look at the garden. Optimal preparation not only saves a lot of work, but also a lot of money and possibly even more trouble.

While in the private garden you can switch and control relatively, how you want it, there are quite strict regulations in many allotment garden associations, which is the height of the woods, regulate the proportion of the lawn in the property area or the fencing. Before signing the lease you should definitely inform yourself about these regulations, so that one is not surprised in retrospect, which guidelines must be followed in the garden design in the association.

But even as the owner of a private garden you do not always have complete freedom of choice. Most properties are adjacent to other properties on one or more sides. Apart from this, that it's better, when you get along with your neighbors, there are regulations here too, that deal with the distances between trees and bushes at property boundaries. These limit distance regulations are regulated in the Neighborhood Act. Unfortunately, it differs from state to state. The deviations are small, but if the worst comes to the worst, they could become a pitfall. Of course, you don't have to do without a hedge as a fence. But if you stick to the given rules of the game here, don't worry later, that this grows too close to the neighboring property.

Attention:

Before starting the large-scale dream garden project, you should definitely check the applicable regulations and include them in the planning.

What else is helpful??

A look over the garden fence is always worthwhile. You can politely introduce yourself and learn something about the mentality of your garden neighbors. The first impression is seldom deceptive:

• There is a sandpit in the neighboring garden, Swing and lots of play equipment. Children are at home here and it can get noisy.
• Next door everything is clean and well-kept. These gardeners are certainly not necessarily happy about a natural neighboring garden.
• The neighbors grow nettles and other wild herbs. Anyone planning a classic garden here, should root with the onslaught of- and seed weeds.