From empty garden to dream garden

Start by choosing your garden style and dimensions. With an AI garden design tool like Digitale Tuinman, you fill in your preferences and receive a complete garden plan with plant advice, paving and structures within 2 minutes — free and without an account.

A landscape architect typically charges €500 to €2,500 for a garden design. With an online AI tool like Digitale Tuinman, you can create a custom garden design for free. A Pro subscription with extra features costs €4.99 per month.

Yes, with modern AI tools you can create a professional garden design yourself. You specify your preferences (style, size, planting) and the AI generates a complete plan with plant advice. Ideal if you don't want to hire a landscape architect.

This depends on your soil type, sun exposure and garden style. Clay soil requires different plants than sandy soil, and shade requires different species than full sun. An AI garden design analyzes your situation and creates a suitable planting plan.

Choose perennials and ornamental grasses that need little pruning, use ground cover against weeds, and replace lawn with gravel or mulch. A good garden design takes maintenance into account so you have less work.

Plant native flowers for butterflies and bees, leave a patch of wild growth, place an insect hotel and consider a small pond. Biodiversity starts with the right plant choice — an AI garden design can help with this.

The most popular garden styles are modern, countryside, cottage and sleek-minimalist. Your choice depends on personal taste, garden size and how much maintenance you want. Try different styles with an AI garden design.

Use vertical greenery (climbing plants, wall plants), choose compact plants, create depth with different levels and keep paths narrow. A good design makes a small garden appear larger. AI tools automatically account for your available space.

Yes, AI can generate a complete garden design based on your preferences. You specify your garden style, dimensions and preferences, and the AI creates a plan with suitable plants, paving and structures. The result is comparable to a basic design from a landscape architect.

For Dutch gardens, Digitale Tuinman is a popular choice: free AI advice, a 2D editor and photorealistic 3D renders. Other options include iScape (English-language) and Garden Planner (paid). AI-powered tools offer the most convenience.

Hostas, ferns, hydrangeas and Japanese anemones thrive in shady spots. With the right plant selection you can create a lush shade garden that looks attractive all year round.

Yes, many vegetables grow well in partial shade to shade. Lettuce, spinach, radishes and herbs like parsley and mint do fine with just 3-4 hours of sun per day.

The foundation of every healthy garden is good soil. With compost, leaf mold, green manures and mulch you improve the structure, moisture retention and soil life. Each soil type needs a different approach.

Start in February-March with pruning, cleaning borders and first sowings. With the right preparation your garden will look great by April.

Water early in the morning, mulch to retain moisture and deadhead spent flowers. A few weekly tasks keep your garden beautiful all summer.

Protect frost-sensitive plants, clean up fallen leaves and plant spring bulbs. Autumn is the perfect time to prepare your garden for winter.

Winter is the best time to create your garden design. No rush, no distractions — make a plan so you can start immediately in spring.

A bare new-build garden is a blank canvas. Start with soil improvement, create a layout plan and choose plants that suit your soil and sun exposure.

A beautiful front garden enhances your home. Think low planting, elegant paving and plants that look attractive year-round.

Combine play space with greenery: a lawn for playing, non-toxic plants, soft surfaces under play equipment and edible plants children can harvest themselves.

A gravel garden is low-maintenance and modern. Combine gravel with drought-resistant plants like lavender, ornamental grasses and sedums for a stylish, water-saving garden.