Where can I find a free internet site for DIY garden yard designs?

Question

I have a rather small front yard and a large back yard and I would like to design it myself and try to do all the labour myself aswell.

Answer 1

What I have done is do a google seach for "Garden Plans" or "online garden plans" or "online nurseries" which will lead you to websites of online nurseries that sell "Garden Plans".  These plans are laid out for specific areas and types of plants -- for example "three season perrenial garden" that fits a space of say 12x14 feet.  It lists the plants used and if you scroll down around that page usually it includes a planting plan/diagram.

I used this to do my own front yard beds and added to it or modified it just a touch.  I purchased all the plants locally.  I did perrenials and they have grown so much in one season I just can't believe it.

Good luck!

Answer 2

http://websearch.about.com/od/dailywebse...

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Answer 3

This is a good one Just register and log in to use it.

Use Lowe's Landscape and Garden Planner to help build the yard of your dreams. With our design tool, garden and landscape planning are as easy as clicking and dragging.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=pg...

Answer 4

Here's a free interactive landscaping website from Better Homes & Gardens. You'll have register to log on to their website (You don't need to buy anything or subscribe to their magazine)."Plan-a-Garden lets you design anything from a patio-side container garden to your whole yard. Use your mouse to "drag-and-drop" more than 150 trees, shrubs, and flowers. Add dozens of structures like buildings, sheds, fences, decks -- even a pond." You may also have to close their magazine ad. by clicking on the x

http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jsp?storyid...

Create your design and explore your new garden in 3D:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/design/vi...

Landscaping design:

http://justgardeners.com/hrsc/articles/a... (This site contains a gallery of forum users's own pics too.)

Landscaping Plans from HGTV:

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt_988/te...

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_landscaping_...

Front yard landscaping view includes a brick landscape retaining wall, & a deck :

http://revver.com/video/434107/front-yar...

Landscaping Ideas Design Tutorial for a backyard:

http://revver.com/video/524055/landscapi...

Hardscaping:

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt_988/te...

Top 10 Tips for Do-It-Yourself Landscaping:

http://landscaping.about.com/od/designex...

Easy-care perennial rock garden plan, plus links to kitchen gardens, wildflower gardens,etc from Brooklyn Botanic Gardens:

http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/design/20...

Cottage garden sample plan:

http://www.capecodconnection.com/garden/...

Perhaps you can get some ideas from this video of low-maintenance, low-water perennials in this garden, using native plants, ornamental grasses, Coneflowers, Salvia, Sedum, Coreopsis, Gayfeathers, Daylilies, etc.

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/946018

Here's a slide show that can give you some ideas:

http://www.bhg.com/bhg/slideshow/slideSh...

This video shows how evergreens combine with shrubs & perennials (click on the link 'Formal Landscape Design Ideas'):

http://hcs.osu.edu/plantfacts/movies/lar...

Use of hardscaping with plant foliage & texture:

http://hcs.osu.edu/plantfacts/movies/lar...

Hometime.com provides "How to" landscaping ideas:

http://www.hometime.com/Howto/projects/l...

These landscape design sites might give  you some ideas:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im...

Good luck!!!    Hope this is helpful.

Answer 5

Here are three sites that might help you depending on what you are looking for, I love these sites because you can click on the video's for the garden designs.They are great for just starting out with a garden design or just getting fresh ideas for freshening up your old garden design and seeing what they will look like, too. I plan on redoing my garden next year and all of these sites, I find will be helpful to me and I hope they will be for you, too. I also like these sites because they are, FREE,FREE, FREE! Ha, ha, Faira  

http://www.the-landscape-design-site.com...

http://www.curbly.com/DIY-Maven/posts/14...

http://www.applegategardens.co.uk/