# Blog, page 7 > Older articles on designing, building and looking after your garden. Page 7 of the tuinontwerp.app blog. Canonical: https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/page/7 Last updated: 2026-09-25 Practical guides for every step: laying out, building, planting and looking after your garden. For an ordinary Dutch garden, measured to your own plot. ## Latest articles - [Guelder rose: where it grows, pruning and what it feeds](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/guelder-rose) - Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus): a native shrub of 1.5 to 3 metres with white flowers and red berries. Where it goes, what it costs and what to do if it fails. (2026-09-21) - [Dutch cadastral map: find your plot via PDOK, step by step](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/dutch-cadastral-map) - 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. (2026-09-16) - [Fence height rules in the Netherlands, and who sets them](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/fence-height-rules-netherlands) - 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. (2026-09-16) - [January garden jobs, and the right spot for each](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/january-garden-jobs) - January garden jobs: pruning, bare-root planting and looking at your garden's structure, with the spot each job deserves in the growing season. (2026-09-16) - [North-facing garden plants, matched to their sun hours](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/north-facing-garden-plants) - North-facing garden: in a worked example with terraced houses, the strip 1 m behind the house gets 0 hours of sun on 15 May. Shade plants for it, by sun hour. (2026-09-16) - [How to make a planting plan from sun hours and soil](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/make-planting-plan) - 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. (2026-09-15) - [Small garden design in Amsterdam: five mistakes](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/small-garden-design-amsterdam) - Five mistakes in a small Amsterdam city garden, with two real plots in De Pijp as the example: buildings of 15 to 18 metres and their shadow on 15 May. (2026-09-14) - [Garden design cost: 2026 prices and your 2027 budget](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/garden-design-cost) - 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. (2026-09-12) - [Garden designer cost in the Netherlands, or DIY?](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/garden-designer-cost-netherlands) - 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. (2026-09-09) - [A garden sun hours calculator that starts from your address](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/garden-sun-hours-calculator) - How many hours of direct sun does each spot in your garden get? Tuinontwerp.app draws your plot to scale with 3DBAG building heights and works out the most sun each spot gets on 15 May. (2026-09-06) - [Measure sunlight in your garden: count sun hours per spot](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/measure-sunlight-garden) - Measure sunlight in your garden on a clear day in mid-May: one stake per spot, a tally mark every hour. More than six marks is full sun, under three is shade. (2026-08-01) Page 7 of 7 - [Previous](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/page/6) ## Topics - [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.