The standard “Soviet” planning is no longer satisfied with modern owners of household and summer cottages: a house, a path, flower beds and beds intended for military labor exploits and to make stocks for the winter. Now landscape design is in fashion . His goal is so that it is beautiful, so that the soul is happy, and you can relax among the beauty created with your own hands. How to create a garden landscape by all rules ?.
DIY garden landscape
If you have enough money, then it is best to order a project from a professional designer who will think and place everything according to the laws of harmony. The execution of the project can also be entrusted to a specialized company that will create a ready -made garden in a short time. It will not be ashamed to take pictures and brag about it. But the pleasure is not cheap, so many owners of the sites try to create a garden landscape with their own hands and make a lot of the same mistakes. The task is to make a landscape composition-fascinating and truly creative. Moreover, it does not matter this creation of a garden from a clean sheet or alteration of existing landings, taking into account new ideas. It is difficult for beginners to link landscaping with an existing object: home, additional buildings, trees and fence.
It is necessary to start work on arranging the garden with the layout — project. It is necessary on a scale for a sheet of millimeter paper (a simple sheet from a notebook to a cell is also suitable) apply the boundaries of the site and existing objects that will remain in their places. And then, draw on free areas so that you want to see there. In this case, it is necessary to take into account some rules for creating the landscape, which we will list below. There can be several ideas of improvement, but each must correspond to a certain stylistic composition. There are several main styles of landscapes:
classic garden;
regular style;
Country style (the Provencal Garden also includes this);
welder or natural garden;
minimalist;
Japanese (and other national gardens — Chinese, Marrokan).
What is desirable to plan on the site?
The most common elements on any site: paving (paths and platforms), lawns, flower beds, borders, hedges, alpine hills and rockers, solicit planting of trees and decorative shrubs, garden reservoirs, vertical landscaping. What to choose and in which composition is a matter of the taste of the owner.
The lawn is an obligatory element and this is not discussed. In large spaces, you can arrange a large lawn (Maveltan lawn) in the center and surround it with flower beds and landings. Landscape of small garden plots let it decorate a small lawn — it is desirable that it adjoins the terrace or recreation area. And it is necessary to place the lawn behind the house — so it will visually expand the space of a small section.
Flower beds and flower beds also need to be done in the garden. There should not be many of them: 1-2 for a small section and 3-5-for a large. Flower borders along the paths look very beautiful. Place of Placement of flower beds: in front of the house, at the main entrance and surrounded by a vacation spot. We advise you to make at least one raised flowerbed on the site. This is a wonderful element for the separation of a landscape composition into a zone, with the help of which you can even give relief to a boring flat area.
Alpine slides and rockers. This unique technique quickly achieve a long decorative effect. The device of such compositions is the most important — naturalness and ease. If there is a slope on the site, then the alpine slide is best done to be terrace. The construction is more complicated on the even plot — you will have to make a real slide. The main requirement is complete illumination throughout the day. The location does not matter: in front of the house, so that passers -by can admire its spectacular beauty. Or at the place of rest, then a great idea is a combination with a garden stream or a small artificial reservoir, a waterfall, a fountain in a natural style.
Decorative trees and shrubs. These are the obligatory components of any landscape composition. Evergreen plants, conifers, decoratively flowering deciduous bushes — they not only form a landscape, but serve as a “screen” for resting places, protect them from wind, street noise and dust.
Paths and platforms — without these components, not a single garden landscape will be full -fledged. Now there are many finished and inexpensive paving elements: tiles, artificial stone. Dotted paths from irregular -shaped stone -shaped or cuts of large logs look very beautiful. A very budget, but very pretty idea — paths made of plastic bottles lined with bottoms up.
Landscape of small garden plots
If the site is very small, or the garden occupies most of it, you still should not refuse to create a beautiful composition. In this case, you must adhere to such rules:
No need to plant large -scale trees and bushes;
The number of flower beds is no more than two, one is better to make raised — in the form of a snail, etc. p.;
The lawn (albeit a small emerald spot) be sure to and best of all the wrong shape;
make flower beds a lot of levels: a large soliter in the center or under the fence, and around the plants, which are lower than to the edges of the composition. Be sure to use an element such as standard plants.