# From first sketch to a garden that has grown in.

> Practical guides for every step of your garden: laying out, building, choosing plants for each spot, materials, upkeep and the seasons.

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Last updated: 2026-10-25

Practical guides for every step: laying out, building, planting and looking after your garden. For an ordinary Dutch garden, measured to your own plot.

## Topics

From design and building to plants, materials and upkeep. Pick what you are working on now, or browse every article below.

- [Garden design](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/tuinontwerp) - How to lay a garden out: dimensions, sight lines, and the order you make decisions in.
- [Construction](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/aanleg) - From drawing to garden: groundwork, drainage, foundations, and what you can do yourself.
- [Sun & shade](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/schaduw-en-zon) - How much direct sunlight each spot in your garden gets, measured on your own parcel.
- [Seasons](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/seizoenen) - What there is to do each month, and when your garden looks its best.
- [Materials](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/materialen) - Paving, fencing and hard surfaces: what they cost and how long they last.
- [Inspiration](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/inspiratie) - Gardens and styles to take ideas from, with what they ask for in practice.
- [Plants](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/plants) - Every plant that is native to the Netherlands and fits a garden, species by species: position, planting, pruning, diseases, and the insects and birds it supports.
- [Maintenance](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/onderhoud) - Pruning, feeding and keeping up, with as little work per year as possible.

## Latest articles

- [Garden edging: which edge for lawn, gravel and a sandpit](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/garden-edging) - Which garden edging suits a terrace, gravel, lawn or sandpit? Types, sizes, Dutch prices per metre from €4.49, and its lifespan next to lawn, gravel or paving. (2026-10-03)
- [Garden Lights transformer: choosing 24, 60 or 150 W](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/garden-lights-transformer-and-cable) - A 60 W Garden Lights transformer carries 45 W of lights, the 150 W one 112.5 W. How the 75 percent rule works, the Flex cable up to 80 m, and the app. (2026-10-03)
- [in-lite HUB and cable: which transformer to choose](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/in-lite-hub-and-cable) - in-lite makes four HUBs from 75 to 300 VA and two cables: 14/2 up to 40 m and 10/2 up to 80 m. How to add up the VA of your lights and pick HUB, cable and app. (2026-10-03)
- [Lightpro transformer: 24, 100 or 150 W, and the cable](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/lightpro-transformer-and-cable) - Lightpro makes three transformers, 24 W, Touch 100 W and Touch 150 W, and one 14 AWG cable up to 80 m. How to pick the size and connect lights and branches. (2026-10-03)
- [Alder Buckthorn: How to Recognise, Plant and Care For It](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/alder-buckthorn) - Alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus): a native shrub, 1.5 to 5 metres tall, thornless, with berries that turn from green to red to black. How to plant and care. (2026-09-28)
- [Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia): planting and care](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/arrowhead-sagittaria-sagittifolia) - Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia) is a native marginal plant, 30 to 90 cm tall, with white flowers. Where it fits in a pond, its price and how to plant it. (2026-09-28)
- [Blackcurrant bush: how to recognise, plant and prune it](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/blackcurrant-bush) - Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum): a native, thornless shrub of 0.6 to 1.5 metres, with glossy black berries. How to recognise, plant, prune it, and what it costs. (2026-09-28)
- [Common beech: where to plant it, hedges, pruning and nuts](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/common-beech) - Common beech (Fagus sylvatica): a native tree of 24 to 30 metres with a smooth grey trunk. Where it fits, how to plant it and when to trim a beech hedge. (2026-09-28)
- [Common bugle: planting, care and price](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/common-bugle) - Common bugle (Ajuga reptans) is a native ground cover 7 to 30 cm tall that stays green in winter. Where it fits, how to plant it and what a plant costs. (2026-09-28)
- [Common daisy: planting and care for the native lawn flower](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/common-daisy) - The common daisy (Bellis perennis) is a native perennial 5 to 15 cm tall that flowers from March to October. Where it grows, what it costs and what goes wrong. (2026-09-28)
- [Common dogwood: how to recognise, plant and care for it](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/common-dogwood) - Common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) is a native shrub of 1.5 to 3 metres with red twigs in winter. Where it fits, what it costs and how to look after it. (2026-09-28)
- [Common foxglove: planting, care and poisonous parts](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/common-foxglove) - Common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a native biennial 0.3 to 1.5 m tall. Where it grows, what it costs, how to sow it and which parts are poisonous. (2026-09-28)

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