Start with the work in front of you
A good garden plan begins by breaking the work into understandable parts. These guides cover lawns, planting areas, raised beds, hedges and paving, as well as soil, aggregate, gravel, crusher dust and mulch.
Each guide highlights what to check before ordering materials or starting work. Maavio lets you bring areas, material layers, quantities and a shopping list into the same plan.
Materials and quantities
How much bark mulch do I need? – calculate quantity and bags
Calculate bark mulch from the area, mulch depth and bag size.
How much topsoil do I need? – area and layer depth
See how area and layer depth give a volume, and what can change the order quantity.
How much does soil weigh? – bulk soil and bagged soil weight
Turn soil quantity and density into an estimated weight for ordering and transport.
Growing-medium depth – how much soil do lawns, perennials, shrubs and trees need?
Use directional finished-layer depths and separate them from new material needed.
How much soil does a raised garden bed need?
Use the bed's internal dimensions and intended growing depth to estimate its volume.
How much aggregate, crushed rock or crusher dust do I need?
Separate the geometric volume of a finished layer from the loose material to order.
Lawns and planting
Establishing a lawn – ground preparation, topsoil and sowing
Work through ground preparation, the growing layer, levelling, sowing and early watering.
Turf ground preparation and installation – build the right base
Prepare the subsoil and growing layer, plan delivery and lay turf rolls closely.
Creating a garden bed – soil, mulch and materials
Plan the site, growing medium, edging and mulch as one practical garden task.
Planting a thuja hedge – trench, spacing and soil
Consider the hedge line, plant spacing, planting trench, soil and watering together.
Thuja hedge care – watering, feeding, pruning and winter protection
Follow watering, pruning, root-zone care and winter protection after planting.
Surfaces and groundwork
Ground preparation for paving – base layers, aggregate and bedding
Understand base layers, bedding, falls, compaction and material quantities.
Crusher dust for gardens – uses, groundwork, layer depth and quantity
See where crusher dust fits, how to prepare the surface and how to calculate its volume.
Driveway repair – aggregate, gravel, layers and material quantities
Plan the work sequence and separate technical examples from the needs of your own driveway.
Bring the garden work into one plan
With Maavio you can enter or draw areas, add material layers, estimate quantities and keep the shopping list with the same plan.
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