If you do not have the time and energy to independently implement all the ideas for decorating your site, then professional agronomists and designers of our company "Lawn Zone" will help you with this, develop a landscape design for the site, provide free consultations and advice.

What, where and how to place it correctly on your site?

So you finally have your own piece of land. And no matter what its area is - 6 acres, 10 acres or 15 acres. Do not rush to immediately dig it, build and fence. Read special literature, think, consult with experienced summer residents and gardeners. Create a plan of the future site, correlating it with the cardinal points. This will help you to correctly orient all your future buildings and plantings. Planning your own plot is not an easy task, and our advice will help you with this.

You will need to determine the places for the house, utility block, recreation area, car parking. But keep in mind, first of all, it is necessary to solve the housing problem until the moment when the construction of the house is completed. Indeed, from the first days of your stay at the dacha, you will need to somehow spend the night, rest, cook food, etc. Therefore, plan to immediately build a temporary hut, which will later turn into a utility block, a warehouse for placing building materials, work equipment, etc.

Determine the sides to which the windows of the future house will face. It is desirable that these are west and east, otherwise in the rooms on the south side there may be all the time hot, but from the north it is cold all the time. On the south side, you can place a veranda or terrace, it will act as a kind of thermal insulator, preventing strong heating of the house in summer and cooling in winter.

The house is usually placed 5 m from the road along the "red line". From the shady north side, you can plan the planting of currants and other shade-tolerant ornamental shrubs and trees. On the southern side of the house, it is advisable to plant apple trees and other fruit trees - then they will receive the sunlight and heat they need, and at the same time form a shadow that will save from the heat on hot days. At the western border of the site, currants are planted, at the southern border, raspberries are planted.
The layout of the suburban area implies immediately defining a recreation area and a playground. However, they should not be in the open sun. The recreation area is made, if possible, secluded, inaccessible to prying eyes.

If you plan to create a reservoir on the site, then it is necessary to provide a place for it not under constant sunlight. The remaining free space is set aside for the lawn, or. Behind the house, if desired, we have a vegetable garden and strawberries, behind them we plant currants.

It is important to correctly place your plants, trees and shrubs so that the shadow from them does not interfere with you or, especially, your neighbors. Bushes of currants, gooseberries are planted at a distance of about 1.5 m from the border of the site. Apple trees, pears, plums, cherries are planted even deeper into the garden. If the plot is small, it is better to plant trees on a dwarf rootstock.

Programs for creating a project landscape design do it yourself

On the Internet you can find a large number of already finished projects of summer cottages. But you can independently create a project based on your preferences and the location of your suburban area directly. For this, there are various landscape design programs. Let's consider some of the simplest and most affordable ones. The presented programs are posted in Russian and they can free download!

⊕ Self-instruction book... Landscape design

For those who are trying to work with programs for designing a summer cottage for the first time and want to master and apply all their convenient functions, we offer a tutorial on landscape design. Interactive video instructions, voiced and commented in Russian by a professional speaker, with the ability to participate in the learning process, will help you quickly master all the functionality of the programs.
In this video instruction, several of the programs listed below are considered (Garden Planner, Garden Planner, 3D Home Architect Design Suite Delux).
Download Tutorial. Landscape design (124 Mb)

1. X-Designer... Garden plot planner 3D

In this program, you can not only correctly model a site using a fairly extensive library of garden plants and other landscape objects, but also see your site in all its glory at different times of the year and even at different times of the day!
After the project is formed, you can view the result from all sides and photograph the result for further reproduction of the project on the site.
Download X-Designer program (202 Mb)

2. Our garden... Ruby 9.0

This powerful program allows you to create a landscape design project using your existing digital photos. This will be appreciated by both users who create a landscape design with existing objects (trees, buildings, etc.), and those who plan a site from scratch. Also, the program provides a huge number of different plants, garden elements and summer cottages.
Download the program Our Garden Rubin (4.3 Gb)

3. Our garden 6.0 Omega

A powerful program from the series Our Garden allows you to create a project of landscape design or decoration plans based on digital photos. Integrate the plan you create with real photographs. Detailed information about more than 7700 plants contained in the program, with the possibility of soil selection, flowering time, place of growth, lifespan, and more. others will help you to collect and create the perfect flower garden - a flower bed of continuous flowering.
You can view the created plan in a 3-dimensional image at different times of the day or year. Depending on the specified year, the plants will adjust for growth shape and growth. There is a wealth of information on outdoor and indoor plant care and disease and weed control. The program will be a real find for people who create a cozy corner on their site, decorated and decorated with beautiful flower beds.
Download the program Our Garden Omega (690 Mb)

4.

One of the most simple programs, which allows you to create a layout of a garden plot by dragging and dropping all the necessary and desired elements onto the plan and arranging them at your discretion. Also, for convenience and clarity, you can change the color of the foliage and the scale.
Download Garden Planner 3 (3.5 Mb)

5. 3D Home Architect Design Suite Delux

This interesting program allows you to create a design project for a summer cottage or other interior from scratch. A rich selection of design elements (plants, lighting, fences, trellises and even playgrounds) with the possibility of adjusting their sizes will help you create an easily and effectively project of a plot in 2D format, and with the help of the built-in functionality you can view it in 3D (in all perspectives, angles and at different distances).
Download 3D Home Architect Design Suite Delux (222 Mb)

For professionals who are familiar with design programs firsthand, we recommend using the following programs:

1. AutoCAD

The most famous and versatile design software. Professional software for designers. It makes it possible to build a relief by coordinates,
contours, surface fractures, etc., create contours, visualize objects and reliefs. With the help of AutoCAD, various design documentation is compiled, which is used, as a rule, in professional activities.

2. 3D Max
A complex program that gives great opportunities for the design, placement and creation of objects in 3D format. It is also used mainly by architects and engineers, because there are specialized courses for mastering this program.

3. Punch! Professional Home Design

A professional program, but more accessible for a simple layman to learn. A program for creating a three-dimensional plan of a site, a house, and an apartment. Lots of standard objects that can be edited. Huge opportunities for creating high-quality professional projects, as well as project documentation. Ability to add digital photos, hand-drawn (scanned) drawings and plans. Image rendering.
Download Punch! Professional Home Design (2.2 Gb)
Download the crack for the program Punch! Professional Home Design (16.2 Mb)

We present to you a selection of free and shareware programs and applications that make it possible to plan the planting of vegetables on your site.

GrowVeg

Planting planner on the GrowVeg site, one of the most popular programs with
a wide selection of vegetables, fruits, herbs and vegetables. It's easy to map out your site, add objects such as tall beds and rearrange items for the perfect location.


The program calculates the correct location of the plants. Based on data from local meteorological stations, it will show you the best sowing dates for your area. Also, the scheduler can send you by e-mail reminders of what to plant throughout the season. You can highlight the plants that you want to plant in the beds and easily arrange planting succession.


When planning a plot for the next season, the system copies its design, remembering where the plants were in previous years and advising on where to place them based on the principles of crop rotation.

This video presents short review plan your vegetables, herbs and orchard with the GrowVeg planner.

The site is actively blogging with useful tips planting and site planning.

Garden Planner Online

Garden Planner Online lets you customize the size, shape and location of your lot by adding shrubs, brick patios, flowers, and fences to give a complete view of your yard.


Then you can start arranging fruits and vegetables in your beds. The size of the picture indicates the amount of space occupied by the plant.

After you have finished planning, you can print out a list of all the plants that you have chosen and buy seeds according to this list.

Kitchen garden planner

Free online KGP planting planner for creating an organic vegetable garden, based on 26 different types beds. Each bed has 15 vegetable spaces and detailed planting instructions, so you can get a good layout while minimizing effort.


The layout of the beds can be printed if necessary, along with all the recommendations for each plant.

Garden Puzzles

Garden Puzzle - this program differs in its principle from other programs for planning and decorating a site. Here the emphasis is on maximizing the visualization of the layout of your landings. Here you can plant the seeds of shrubs and flowers to see if one plant will shade another.


This planner is more focused on flowers and shrubs than vegetables, but this handy tool to design appearance your site as a whole.

Sprout it

Sprout it is a free reminder app that completely customizes your plant care. Very handy for beginners. You choose the plant you want from a large database and the timer starts to tell you when to water, fertilize or harvest. Coordinates with the weather data and reminds of the coming cold snap. Many useful information for each plant and easy access to your account via iPhone, iPad

Garden Tracker

A popular application that allows you to plan and monitor planting in an area up to 50x50 cells. You mark the beds and lay out vegetables from an extensive database. And the program keeps track of the planting date, and the progress of your plants. There are many convenient settings, including a lunar calendar for lunar planting cycles, as well as a visual database of pests and organic remedies.
The application is paid, but costs only $ 3.99, works only on iPhone, iPad

Garden compass plant

The developers of this application took a different path. You take pictures of your site and send them to the experts, and they provide you with specific recommendations for planning your site, based on the data that are included in the program. As you grow, you continue to take pictures to keep track of the progress on your site.
This application is also designed for iPhone and iPad

Ideal program for planning plantings on the site

The planting planner is a handy thing, but modern technologies allow you to go much further in process automation.
After all, now you can link your layout, applied in the program, directly to the plants on your site, for example, using sensors such as Edyn.


Then you will be able to produce not virtual, but quite real. And to receive, for example, weather data not from the forecaster database, but not directly from the place where your pepper or tomato is. Or the acidity of the soil, about which most novice gardeners have a rather vague idea.
With an on-site sensor, you can more accurately determine how to plan your plantings than with detailed instructions about plants on the Internet.


Or the shading of vegetables, when one plant has grown to cover another while you were away.

In any case, the time has come for a more comprehensive approach in developing such applications with the possibility of geo-targeting and use. functionality our smartphones.

Are there programs in Russian?

One of the most frequently asked questions among gardeners. Surprisingly, with such an abundance of summer residents and programmers in our country, our attitude to the priorities in the development of Russian-language applications is absolutely opposite. Summer residents do not need them, since they do not really know how to use a computer, and no one will give money to developers for “such software”. Therefore, it is better to develop another "Merry Farmer" for social networks.

In the meantime, we use the program Our Garden Rubin 9.0 (Rus) developed in 2008.


Or a notebook, as advanced gardeners practice.

“I am keeping a summer cottage notebook. In the box. A reversal with a plan is enough for a year. All landings, successful and unsuccessful by date. The coordinates of the beds, as in sea ​​battle, letters on the top and numbers on the sides. Sun course, shady areas. When I rest in the gazebo, I fill in the new, I look at the old. The layout of the beds is like veins on a green leaf, it is convenient to walk with buckets, there are no right angles. ", Says Zaur Abrikan

Or schematically how it does


In any case, such a record should be kept, at least in order to know which variety of seeds has sprouted and which one did not take root in your garden.

Perhaps our review article will be the impetus for finding a group of people who will develop an application with planting planning with a database of all domestic seeds of zoned vegetable varieties. And we will be able to simplify the work of novice gardeners in our country and attract even more people to gardening.

Today on the Internet you can download a large number of ready-made landscape projects for suburban areas. But many people prefer to create a project on their own from scratch, taking into account their own taste preferences. In this case, you can use one of the landscape design programs. To help you master the programs for landscape design, we present to your attention a tutorial, which describes how to work with such programs as Garden Planner, X-Designer and 3D Home Architect Design Suite Delux. The clarity and accessibility of information provides a quick mastery of the functionality of the programs. Download the tutorial (124 Mb) Next, we present to your attention the most popular landscape design programs:1.) X-Designer - 3D Garden Planner

This program does not require special training and allows you to easily model the site using the existing extensive library of plants and landscape objects. You can not only place any residential and utility buildings, gazebos for recreation, a wide variety of lawns, flower beds, trees and other components, but also see how the planned site will look at different times of the day in any season. It is also possible to photograph your own creation in order to further continue working on the project. Download the program for free(0.2 Gb) 2.) Our Garden, Ruby 9.0 Multifunctional, but at the same time very convenient program allows you to design the landscape design of the site using high-quality digital photographs. The planner editor can be used both for modeling from scratch and for those cases when there are already any objects on the site. The library of the program includes many different building objects and garden elements, so it is possible to create interesting landscape projects. Download the program for free(4.3 Gb) 3.) Garden Planner 3

A very simple program for modeling a garden area. All that is required is to arrange the proposed elements and objects according to your own wishes, using user-friendly interface « drag and drop ". To enhance clarity, the developers have provided the ability to change the scale and color of foliage. Download the program for free(3.5 Mb) 4.) 3D Home Architect Design Suite Delux

This program turns the process of modeling a site into a fun experience. It is a powerful feature-rich scheduler, but it is different. clear interface... A huge selection of design elements allows you to develop a high-precision site project. Despite the fact that the project itself is created in 2D format, the simulation result can be viewed using the built-in functionality in a volumetric version. Download the program for free(0.2 Gb)

Professionals with high level preparation can be used when creating landscape projects with the following programs: 1.) AutoCAD One of the most famous professional design software tools. With the help of this program, specialists can create projects taking into account all the subtleties of the site's relief. When modeling, coordinates, surface breaks are taken into account, all projected objects are visualized. In addition, the powerful software allows you to draw up various project documentation. 2.) 3D Max A very sophisticated full-featured and high-performance program that provides tremendous 3D modeling capabilities. In most cases, this planner is used when working as architects and engineers, after completing specialized courses. 3.) Punch! Professional Home Design

This specialized 3D planning software has an extremely simple and efficient interface. In this regard, she enjoys success among ordinary people when modeling a site, a house or even an apartment. The program library contains a huge number of standard objects and elements that can be modified. The value of this program for professionals lies in the ability to produce high-quality design documentation, as well as in the ability to replenish the library with your own components.

It is much easier to do all calculations and projects on paper than directly on a plot of land intended for laying out a garden. In this case, the inevitable mistakes and miscalculations will be much easier for you to fix.

First, you should draw a sketch of the plan of the garden plot at your disposal, and then add all the details to it, in accordance with your ideas.

If the site is large, divide it into separate sectors, which you combine later. A sketch of a small garden will fit on one sheet of paper. Do not forget to leave fields at the edges of the sheet, on which measurements will be recorded.

The tools you need for site measurement and drawing

Measuring tape- it is most convenient to use tape measures 30 m long, they are easy to work with, and ordinary plastic tapes do not curl well.

Metal ruler length of 1.8 m for measuring short distances.

Pegs, with the help of which they mark the site or fix the end of the measuring tape (a metal skewer for a kebab is perfect for fixing the end of the tape measure).

Pencils, sharpener and eraser.

Tablet with clamps and graph paper.

First draft of the drawing.

Write down the dimensions of all the main elements of the garden.. such as trees, paths or garage. Do not draw on the plan what you decide to get rid of.

The easiest way to measure is a small rectangular garden. Sometimes the length of its boundaries of the site can be determined simply by recalculating the number of spans of the picket fence and multiplying it by the length of one span.

Most objects can be plotted on a plan by measuring at right angles the distance from them to the boundaries of the land.

If the site is not in the correct shape, you can pull the rope cords at right angles to its sides, and then make the necessary measurements.

The first drawing of the plan of the future garden can be very simple.., only basic measurements should be made on it. Don't include anything you don't want to see in your new garden.

Intermediate version of the plot drawing.

Having made the necessary measurements of the site and having made the first drawing of the future garden, you can start planning it more thoroughly.

At this stage of work, you can give free rein to imagination, trying to translate all your desires on paper. Sketches should be drawn to scale.

After the main plan is ready, necessarily drawn in accordance with the real scale, the most interesting stage in planning the future garden begins. It is at this moment that all your dreams begin to come true. However, in order to avoid difficulties in the future, now all changes made to the plan must be performed on a scale.

To do this, a rough sketch of the outlines of the garden, made immediately after the measurements of the site, follows transfer to drawing paper... or graph paper. This procedure will allow you to accurately calculate the amount of required building materials (at least stone blocks and bricks), the length of the site boundaries and the size of lawns and lawns.

It is most convenient to use graph paper, which is sold in specialized stores of stationery and art supplies.

If the garden is small, its plan can be drawn on one sheet of standard size; if the site has impressive dimensions, sketches of it separate parts can be placed on several sheets, however, in this case, it is better to draw a general plan on one large sheet of graph paper.

Necessary choose such a scale. so that the garden plan fits on a piece of paper. For most small areas, a scale of 1:50 is suitable (1 cm on the plan corresponds to 0.5 m in reality), for large areas it is more convenient to use a scale of 1: 100 (1 cm on the plan corresponds to 1 m of the area).

First, draw the boundaries of the future garden and the location of the house, not forgetting to depict all the doors and windows. Then draw on the drawing everything that you would like to keep intact on the site.

All the dimensions you need are available on the hand-drawn rough sketch that you drew while measuring the area.

Do not put anything that should be removed from the future garden on the drawing.

The plan shown here as an example shows a summer garden house, as it is conveniently located and it was decided to keep it. The apple tree image on the left upper corner, at this stage of the work has been saved, since, perhaps, this tree could be useful in decorating the garden. However, in the final version of the layout, it had to be abandoned.

The final version of the site plan.

Be prepared for the fact that before the final version of the plan is ready, you will have to draw several sketches.. This is done even by experts in their field. The one who does it for the first time should not save on paper.

To make sure that the decisions are correct, it is better to make several working drawings. You can make your work much easier by taking a few photocopies of the first sketch, which shows only the main elements of the garden, and using them as a template.

You can simplify the work if the main plan is on top overlay tracing paper... and try to arrange the elements of the garden by drawing on it.

Even if you don't have a drawing board or special tablet that artists use, a regular clipboard with clips will do.

If you prefer a color image, it is convenient to use transparencies and special markers... for retro-spotlights or overhead scopes.

In this case, unnecessary lines are easily erased with pieces of cotton wool or blotting paper.

Can be cut figurines of the main elements. used in the layout of the garden (pond, flower beds, garden furniture, etc.), from paper, respecting the scale. By moving them along the surface of the drawing, you can easily find the optimal location for them. However, after the final impression is formed, these objects still have to be drawn. If this is not done, the consistency and coherence of the elements in the design of the garden can be lost.

Using the data printed on the rough sketch, made by hand while taking measurements of the site, draw a plan of the garden in accordance with the scale. To do this, it is advisable to use graph paper.

Tips for drawing up a site plan.

If you don't have any drawing skills, try the tips below. They may be useful to you.

Draw first external outline of the site., then the position of the house and other basic elements of garden decoration. Before applying anything to the plan, make sure that the measurements taken earlier are correct.

Following the main elements, draw details that easy to place on the plan(for example, rectangular flower beds, a round pond or shed) and the location of which is not in doubt.

Shade or paint over the details of the planned garden that you know for sure that they will remain in the final version (for example, the fence and garden paths that you do not intend to change). Those elements, in the expediency or location of which there are certain doubts, draw first with a pencil.. In this case, it will be easier to make the necessary changes without redrawing the plan. After determining their final location, trace their outlines with ink and paint over.

In order to draw curved lines and circles, you can use a compass, various round objects or, which is much more convenient, special bendable rulers, the shape of which can be changed.

Special programs for landscape design.

If you have the opportunity to purchase special landscape design software., as well as you have certain computer skills, then for you computer modeling of the site will become more optimal solution rather than drawings on paper.

With the help of the program, you can design a site without calculating the dimensions at each stage, without wasting time on reworking the drawing, as well as on drawing individual objects.

In addition to professional products for designing a plot or garden, there are programs designed for ordinary users, it is much easier to learn how to work with them.

Sierra land designer 3D 7.0... - quality software for landscape design. Excellent 2D view, many design possibilities, distances, area, etc. Huge plant base, with the ability to add your own options and filter by zone, plant type. Simple enough to learn. Suitable for standard landscape compositions.

Quite a decent 3-dimensional view, although all objects are 2-dimensional, but the quality does not suffer. Plus a huge number of objects themselves: pergolas, trellises, gates, etc., the bicycle does not need to be reinvented. You can "build" the house yourself, for a more realistic presentation; windows, doors, stairs are available. It is also possible to design lighting separately. The stages of the landscape can be viewed by the seasons, as well as the change in the sun during the day.

Dignity.: Acceptable 3D appearance, easy to use, quick to learn.

disadvantages.: Objects are not three-dimensional, there is no way to do individual things.

conclusions.: In my opinion, the best, in terms of ease of learning / quality of the final result, program for 3-dimensional landscape design.

"Our Garden Rubin 9.0"... embodies cutting edge innovative technologies 3D and allows you to create a garden using a PC. Feel free to experiment, develop your ideas, and then bring to life a clear design concept!

Program "Our Garden Rubin 9.0"... Is a combination of 3D planner, designer and plant encyclopedia. The program is ideal for both professional designers, amateur gardeners and teachers and students of design schools, departments and faculties of colleges and institutes.

"Our Garden Rubin 9.0"... allows you to make a plan of a garden plot, embody all the creative ideas of your design project on it and take a walk with a video camera through the created virtual 3-dimensional garden.

You can look and admire your garden at any time of the year and watch how it changes over the course of not only months, but also years. The program will also be indispensable as a guide to growing and caring for plants!

Program . Perhaps the best and most successful version of all 3D landscape design applications.

Realtime Landscaping Architect... will help you to translate into reality the most daring ideas for landscape design. Using the latest advances in 3D technology, even a novice user can create interesting projects that include such elements as: houses, verandas, fences, plants, ponds and waterfalls.

Program Real Time Landscaping Architect... issued by the company Idea Spectrum in 2007 and is intended for landscape design. Consists of three programs: actually landscape design software, photo processing software... (like Photoshop) and a program for visualizing perspectives from a photograph of an object.

The program provides the ability to work in three levels: plan, perspective and walk. In addition, the possibility of creating a video film based on the results of the walk has been implemented. Large library of 3D objects, including 3D plants, high quality 2D objects and plants. Although the library is incomplete, there is a possibility of self-filling.

Converts not very large objects from 3DS-max and Google Skech Up well. And most importantly, a unique possibility of geoplastics... territory right in the program. The program allows you to create a high-quality dendroplane, path plan, irrigation plan and decorative lighting plan. Implemented night light mode... and much more.

On this page, you can design your site online, setting only the necessary parameters for your garden. If you click the "Cancel" button, then the parameters of the site will be set by default.

Program for designing a summer cottage and a house

Attention! To display the calculator correctly, you need to install Adobe Flash Player.

It's not hard to find today finished projects layouts of the house and personal plot. Some of them, of course, are worthy of attention, but you always want to do everything so that your own desires are taken into account. That's why the only correct solution is to use special program for landscape design.

The planner will allow you to quickly complete a decent project without any special knowledge. Easy version suitable for the development of users of any level. The constructor, intended not only for professionals, but also for "dummies" is functional, simple and straightforward. A rich collection of plants and various landscape objects allows you to plan a suburban area of ​​any type, and special preparation is not required!

Simple and straightforward online landscape designer

A multifunctional program in Russian makes it possible to embody any idea regarding the design of a summer cottage independently. High-quality images of various garden and building objects allow you to simulate both simple and complex projects. The interface is very convenient - you can change the color of objects, their sizes and other characteristics.

Now there is no need to hire a specialist to design a site - you can do everything yourself. Thanks to the program, a difficult lesson becomes accessible and exciting. The result of the process will surely please you, because using a high-precision program, you will be able to take into account even the smallest nuances. And since the result can be saved, it will always be at hand.

A valuable program for free

Download software tool for professional design is absolutely free. The designer can be used by both professionals and beginners. Using the program, you will have at your disposal a huge amount of tools for designing any relief and visualizing various landscape objects.

If you are faced with the task of working out a plan for your site, taking into account your ideas and desires, to model a project for work or study, the designer will help you with this. It is one of the simplest programs and has a fully Russified interface. In view of this, any person can understand the functionality.

Reviews and comments

(17 estimates, average: 3,35 out of 5)

max 03.12.2015

Alexander 12/05/2015

Is it possible to save the projects of your site, created on the site online, somehow on the server or on your own, or are they only printed out once? Is it possible to download this program (or similar to it) somewhere and install it on your computer or Android?

Construction 02.11.2016

Great site. Interesting article about repair and decoration

Alexander Bogdanov 30.01.2017

and where to download this site?