Design of new gardens

In this last year, with the experience of confinement, we have detected how users have begun to think of their outdoor space as something more habitable and have found new needs to take into account to include in garden design.

From our experience during the health crisis, we can tell you that many of you have made comments to us such as that, given the possibility that it could happen again, and given that now we are going to travel less, you want to have the right garden so you can enjoy it functionally and aesthetically.

Tips for designing new gardens

First of all, when thinking about a garden design for a private home, three factors must be taken into account: the environment, the architecture and personal needs. If these factors are well understood, it is very difficult for the space not to be well adapted for maintenance, durability and personal taste.

Contemporary garden design tends to maintain a dialogue with the context, since the place where the garden is located is not an isolated element; for example, the trend of filling a garden in Madrid with palm trees, creating a tropical-like atmosphere, generates a clash that is too strong with the context and gives us the feeling of being in a theme park. In this sense, we are committed to creating urban and contemporary designs, in which plants and native species are the protagonists. In this way, not only is an aesthetic dialogue with the surroundings achieved, but also a more sustainable and easier-to-maintain garden.

         

Sustainability is also a concern at Vetonek, where we have products with a minimal environmental impact in manufacturing, as well as some made with reused materials from what are waste materials in other industries in order to give them a new life.

After analyzing the context or surroundings, it is necessary to understand how the garden and the dialogue with the house architecture will be used. It must be taken into account, whether it is a garden, a landscape project or a terrace, how it will evolve over time. Having a sense of how we would like to imagine the garden in the future, as the plants grow (we must know the care and tasks required for each of them) or as the furniture and materials age. Decoration, lighting, exterior architecture and even facade modifications are also part of the design of the space.