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Garden design
How to lay a garden out: dimensions, sight lines, and the order you make decisions in.
Garden design
Dutch cadastral map: find your plot via PDOK, step by step
Get your plot from the Dutch cadastral map via PDOK, with the actual responses for one address. Depending on its label, the boundary can be 10 to 80 cm off.
Garden design
Fence height rules in the Netherlands, and who sets them
Fence height rules since the Omgevingswet: up to 1 metre is permit-free nationally, and your municipality sets the 2 metres behind your house. How to check.
Garden design
How to make a planting plan from sun hours and soil
Make a planting plan per section: sun hours first, then the soil map for your region and a roll test for your border, then the plants. Example: six plants.
Garden design
Garden design cost: 2026 prices and your 2027 budget
What does a garden design cost? 200 to 1,500 euros to have one made, and 1,000 to 1,800 euros and up for 300 m² or more. What each price class buys.
Garden design
Garden designer cost in the Netherlands, or DIY?
What does a garden designer cost in the Netherlands? About 60 to 90 euros an hour. Compare cost, lead time and the finished document, and see what you can do on your own plot.