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How to create a natural style garden

The desire to merge with nature and find peace opens up new possibilities in landscape architecture.

We live in a time when the world is constantly changing and there is a significant rethinking of values. Even when arranging a site, design ceases to be the main goal. The desire to move away from the hustle and bustle and merge with nature is gradually coming to the fore.

The philosophy of the “garden outside of man”

The time when man tried to prove his dominance over nature is already behind us. And with it, gardens with topiaries, parterre arabesques, flower beds, where species that require various care. Nowadays there is increasing interest in gardens, where plants and the sensations of contact with nature are more important than architecture.

And garden plots appear where the presence of a person is not felt and there are no traces of complex man-made work - “gardens outside of man.”

Pay more attention to plants and the sensations they evoke.

Natural style garden - less design

The garden can become a complex of scenes, a series of open spaces and viewing points. Try to settle on either one expressive plant, for example, miscanthus, or a whole group, for example, cereals, and fill the space with them.

Create a free-growing effect or let the plant take over the area on its own.

Shapes and sizes for a natural style garden

To create a flower garden in the garden with “outside-of-person” sensations, focus on species with different forms of inflorescences: panicles, umbrellas or balls. But at the same time, do not use the standard height mixborder approach, where tall plants are located in the background and the shortest plants are in the foreground.

Appreciate the charm of natural beauty when bright or textured flowers. Try planting burnet or basilisk as a “veil” with speedwell, loosestrife or black cohosh mysteriously peeking out from behind.

Erasing traces

Do not place any trimmed shrubs or parterres in the garden

lawns, statues and waterfalls. The main thing is the absence of an abundance of species and elaborate forms. But at the same time, high-tech, comfort and arrangement of the garden play an important role.

Mini-ecosystem - the basis of the garden

Take your source of inspiration from nature itself. If you are the owner pine forest, then try to create scenes from the undergrowth of young trees and hawthorn, and decorate the lower tier with blueberries, strawberries or ferns. There is no need to radically change the landscape for this.

You need to use what is on the site, with some addition ornamental plants, which are characterized by these growing conditions.

“The Garden Beyond Humans” will not only help you relax and immerse yourself in nature, but it also has something else important advantage– it is low-maintenance, does not require a lot of time and investment, and does not dictate what needs to be done every month, every day.

Flower garden in natural style

The fashion for natural gardens, which came from the West, is still timidly knocking on our door. The idea of ​​imitation of nature, which became so popular thanks to the light hand of the Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf and his followers, has not yet captured the minds of the majority of Russian gardeners. Many of them treat it with some caution: they say, we already have enough weeds, where else can we cultivate something that grows literally everywhere! In addition, even in a purely ornamental garden with flower beds and mixborders, creating a corner in a natural style encounters a lack of space. Therefore, we are still looking closely at new trends, studying ornamental grasses, and they, as you know, grow slowly.

Paying tribute to the new fashion, I want to offer an excellent alternative to a garden made from cereals in the form of a “wet” garden, which will be quite in the mainstream, since it is also an example of imitation of a natural ecosystem.

Such a garden does not require much labor, especially if you have a corner on your site with a reduced level of relief. Now you don’t have to haul soil with dump trucks to level it - take advantage of this situation and create something special in your garden.

A man-made swamp must be surrounded on one side, preferably from the south, with shrubby vegetation

Lucky!

It must be admitted that when in our country in the nineties they massively distributed land for collective gardening, few people got an allotment of former collective farm arable land or meadows. More and more wasteland, overgrown with small forests, and peat bogs. Most areas need reclamation and drainage but are determined. Therefore, a swampy landscape is a phenomenon familiar to the eye of a Russian gardener and quite easily reproduced artificially. Moreover, very often we are accompanied by high groundwater levels, due to the close location of the clay layer and the soil horizon

If there is no clay on your site, you will need to make a waterproof layer yourself: without this, our water idea will not work. In nature? This type of swamp is called lowland, where water accumulates in low places and does not escape due to the covering horizon of clay. So we, creating an artificial swamp, will have to think about how to reproduce a similar situation.

To do this, experts usually make a clay castle by laying the clay in an even layer of at least 20 cm over the entire surface of the bottom. Or they cover it with a special film to create ponds. You can also bury a ready-made plastic mold or any other container - a used laundry tank, a trough, or an enamel bathtub found in the trash. I know a garden where the owner literally hunts for old discarded bathtubs!

Soup plate

The center of the composition should be a pond, which will play the role of a reservoir supplying moisture to the surrounding area. You can simply dig it up, deepening the natural depression of the relief. In cross-section, the structure should resemble a soup plate filled to the brim. The upper edge of such a plate is a temporary flood zone where water will accumulate during floods or rains. The depth should not exceed 10-15 cm. It should be understood that the pond resembles a plate only in cross-section.

When viewed from above, its shape should not resemble a shell crater: a round pond looks too artificial, and our goal is to get closer to natural ease. A proven option is the shape of a bean or a water lily leaf.

When the boundaries of the potential flooding zone have been established, vertically bury sections of pipes (asbestos-cement or sewer plastic) 50 - 70 cm long along the perimeter in several places. This is easier to do using garden borer. The top edge of the pipe should be almost flush with the ground surface. This way you will create an overflow system through which excess water during heavy rains will go into the ground. This is done in order not to turn the coastal area into an impassable quagmire, stepping into which you risk losing your galoshes.

From the forest, obviously

It would be good to cover the bottom of the flood zone with pebbles, which will look beautiful through a thin layer of water.

In order for a pond from a muddy pond of unknown color to quickly turn into a self-regulating ecosystem, you must first pour into it several five-liter bottles of water from a neighboring reservoir - a river, lake or swamp.

This way you will populate the pond with the necessary microorganisms and small fauna. In just a few days, only memories of the dirty puddle will remain: as if by magic magic wand it will be filled with crystal clear water.

At the same time, you can dig up some aquatic plants, such as water lilies or arrowheads, from the river directly with the silt and plant them in a basket (hanging flowerpots made of coconut fiber are suitable for this purpose).

As a result, you will receive a system consisting of three zones with different moisture regimes, which determine the species composition of the flora planted in each of these zones. These are the pond itself (I), the temporary flood zone (II) and the coastal zone (III). In zone I, that is, in the pond, aquatic plants will grow, in zone II - marsh plants, and in zone III - coastal plants. All of them as a whole will create a very attractive picture of a mini-kindergarten in landscape style, and since they will be planted in conditions that meet their environmental requirements, you can hope that they will delight you for many years. Having made a “wet” garden, in the future you will be able to limit yourself to purely admiring - no additional work will be required. Such a corner is quite rightly considered a garden for busy people.

Expert advice

To prevent adventure-seeking frogs from getting into the pipes, the ends of the pipes must be tied with a piece of mosquito netting, just as jars of jam are tied with a piece of fabric, or special mesh covers must be made, securing them to the sections of the pipe.

About the inhabitants

Nature has created a huge number of plants that feel comfortable in conditions of high humidity, on acidic and waterlogged soils. You will plant something from the proposed list yourself, guided by your own taste, something, I assure you, will come to your garden on its own, just as loosestrife, meadowsweet, forest geranium and bluebells came to me.

I’ll give you some tips on how best to design the banks of a reservoir. This man-made swamp must be surrounded on one side, preferably from the south, with trees and shrubs. Indeed, in natural conditions, trees and shrubs grow next to any swamp, providing partial shade. A pond left without such cover will quickly become overgrown with duckweed. In addition, in the sun the evaporation process is more intense - in the heat you will have to add water all the time.

It is common to see weeping willow near the pond. But for a small area this solution will be inappropriate, since such a willow, familiar to us in pictures, willow, is a very large tree with a powerful trunk. When you realize this, it will be too late, and you will have to part with the beautiful monumental tree. Planting a grafted weeping willow on a trunk is also not the best choice. In a garden that imitates a natural plant community, such a plant will look too pretentious. For such a case, we can recommend (tested!) the red willow ‘Nana’ (krasnotal), which grows no more than 3 m in height and diameter. Its silvery leaves flutter very beautifully from the slightest breeze, it forms a regular, dense spherical crown, which from time to time, once every 7-8 years, must be thinned out from withered branches. It lends itself well to molding, is unpretentious, and tolerates prolonged flooding.

The swamp ecosystem is extremely harmful from the proximity of birch trees, which work as powerful pumps that drain the area within a radius of up to 20 m.

Near the pond, it is appropriate to plant any spirea, both spring-flowering (S. gray, S. Vangutta) and summer-blooming (S. birch-leaved, S. Japanese, S. Nipponskaya, S. willow). Hydrangea paniculata can also be included in the tree and shrub group. In this case, just do not plant varieties with dense large caps of inflorescences such as ‘Limelight’, ‘Phantom’, ‘Silver Dollar’, which can destroy the fragile beauty of a flower garden in a natural style. It is better to prefer varieties with lacy inflorescences that create a halo of light foam, such as 'Kyushu' (a tall, spreading bush with fragrant inflorescences), 'White Dome' (a rare variety in our gardens, but worth hunting for), 'Brussels Lace' (called 'Brussels lace" absolutely accurately conveys the beauty of the variety).

PLANTS FOR TEMPORARY FLOODING AREA (SWAMPY)

• Ranunculus anemone
• Bird's knotweed
• Iris calamus
• Kaluzhnitsa
• European swimsuit
• Forget-me-not swamp
• Rogoz

HERBAL PLANTS OF THE COASTAL ZONE

• Aquilegia
• Astilbe
• Badan
• Bruner
• Buzulniki:
• b. toothed,
• b. Przhevalsky,
• b. Fischer Verbeiniki:
• V. cletroid, c. coin,
• V. spot
• Swamp geranium
• Bird's knotweed
• Loosestrife
• Irises:
• And. airoid,
• And. Siberian
• Bells:
• K. nettle-leaved,
• K. broadleaf
• Kupena medicinal
• Meadowsweet
• Ferns
• Hosts

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The natural style in landscape design is also called forest style. A distinctive feature of the style is the maximum preservation of the natural landscape and the addition of decorative elements. The natural style in the most general sense is a landscaped forest.

Style Features

1. It is preferable to design large areas in a forest style.
2. The arrangement of plants is similar to that in a forest area (levels depend on the height of the plants).
3. Lack of exotic plants.
4. Creation of artificial reservoirs imitating forest lakes, rivers, etc.
5. Winding paths created in the form of paths.

The location of plants in the forest and examples relevant to the natural style:

• The first level is formed by the tops of tall trees. Landscape designers suggest planting mature plants typical of Russian forests: maple, oak, hazel, spruce, pine, rowan, birch.
• Second level plants – small height trees. In the landscaped area they are used fruit crops: pears, apple trees, sea buckthorn, cherries.
• The third level is represented by shrubs: raspberries, gooseberries, currants, honeysuckle.
• To create the fourth level, herbs, flowers and greens are used: fern, St. John's wort, dill, chamomile, mosses, sedge, sage, mint, etc.
• For the fifth level, designers use creeping crops such as thyme.
• Vertically growing plants such as vines and grapes form the sixth level.
• Root crops that do not require light are on the seventh level.

Sometimes beautification of the territory comes down to cleaning the site and making small design corrections: old and diseased trees are removed, wild plants are planted, paths are outlined and laid, stylized as forest paths. Small architectural forms are used for decoration. An artificial pond is being built or a natural one is being put in order.

Galina Bukova | 01/5/2015 | 702

Galina Bukova 01/5/2015 702

Eco-style in the landscape, or naturgarden, is extremely popular. It creates the feeling of an untouched corner of nature in a separate garden plot. Let's figure out how to set up a naturgarden at your dacha.

Agree, the overseas word “naturgarden” sounds a little harsh to our ears. Therefore, I propose a much simpler and understandable option - a natural garden.

For the first time in the history of landscape design, a corner of forest vegetation was specially recreated in Holland at the beginning of the last century. Now Naturgarden is a very fashionable trend in garden design, which allows you not only to improve the territory, but also to do this without compromising the family budget.

What is Naturgarden?

First of all, this is one of the styles of garden landscape, an artificially recreated part of the surrounding nature in its own way. natural state: plants, insects and even pests.

There is another option, when this is not the work of a designer, but a creation of nature itself - a piece of forest or swamp preserved on the site. Not every gardener is lucky enough to become the owner of such a natural naturgarden.

Naturgarden provides a wide field for imagination

However, I am one of these lucky ones: I got a plot with part of a dividing forest belt. Since it was planted almost half a century ago, it has grown quite well.

At first, all my friends asked when I would cut down this “disgrace,” because there are so many potatoes that can be planted! And now they are jealous! Once foreign guests came and, seeing my “forest,” they said that I must be a very rich woman if I could afford such a thing. After all, their garden in a natural style costs a lot of money.

Which plants to choose?

Of course, in my case it was not enough with natural plants alone, because the forest belt is still not quite a real forest. Initially, I only grew birch, ash, and larch trees. And now viburnum, bird cherry, rowan, hawthorn, hazel have appeared, and the birds have brought in wild cherries.

Among the forest herbs that fit perfectly into the landscape are dreamgrass, lily of the valley, lungwort, rosemary, hoofweed, oak and buttercup anemones, and liverwort. I also collected several types of northern orchids: swamp moth, orchis, bifolia. All kinds of ferns grow in my garden - what a Naturgarden without them!

How to care for a garden in eco-style?

Yes, practically nothing! I don’t even remove fallen leaves - I just sweep them off the paths. True, I throw away broken branches so that they do not interfere with free movement around the garden. This is the meaning of naturgarden - as little human intervention as possible. Everything should be natural. No fertilizers, no weeding. Everything is regulated by nature.

What can you grow in a naturgarden?

Of course, my natural garden brings me not only aesthetic pleasure, but also a harvest: I planted wild strawberries and blueberries there.

Initially, there were no mushrooms on my site. But in order for them to appear, I did the following: I brought home old hats from the forest, crushed them and soaked them for a day warm water. Then she lifted the forest floor with a pitchfork and poured this infusion there.

Start a mushroom plantation in your natural garden

Thus, boletus mushrooms, boletus mushrooms, row mushrooms, lines and morels, boletus mushrooms, and boletus mushrooms settled in my home. Oyster mushrooms grew on old stumps and champignons appeared out of nowhere.

How to break up an artificial naturgarden?

If you are not lucky enough to have a piece of forest on your property, but you really want it to appear, this is quite possible.

1. Consult nature

First, decide what will grow there. Go to the nearest forest, nature is the best adviser.

2. Create a swamp

If you have a lowland and the water stagnates, focus on swamp vegetation. From trees you can plant willow, bird cherry, spruce. Alder has now become a very fashionable plant; for small areas, choose miniature ones decorative varieties. Bring from the forest wild rosemary, wild rosemary, cranberries, blueberries, and sow sedge.

Original pond instead of a swamp

3. From big to small

Plant the largest trees near the fence. For example, it could be varietal pine and spruce. They will create shade for other plants - just like in a real forest.

Place trees of more modest size, for example, rowan, in the center, and a little to the side - wolf's bast and ferns.

Closer to the edge, plant blueberries, wild strawberries and forest azhika.

4. As little intervention as possible!

Dig holes for trees exactly the size of the root system, no more. There is no need to apply any fertilizers, but it is necessary to water the first time.

5. Organize a relaxation area

The ideal path for a naturgarden would be a regular path. But if you wish, you can fill it with gravel, sand, pave it with stones or bricks.

The more natural the garden path, the better!

In decoration, give preference to rough-cut stone and wood. Garden furniture should only be in natural colors: bright colors will be too contrasting with the surrounding nature.

Don't be afraid to experiment! You'll see: the eco-garden will become a favorite place for the whole family: not just a decoration for the site, but a part of your life.

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Create own garden on the site, improving the local area is a completely feasible dream for many amateur gardeners. But how to do this correctly, taking into account the standards of landscape design, is already a question that needs to be sorted out. The main criterion garden design his style stands out. It is difficult to imagine a garden design without a clear understanding of the final goal, as well as a single line, technically correctly deployed at all stages of its creation.

Style is harmony the right combination individual elements used to create the integrity of the picture. Therefore, it is important to understand what the owner of the personal plot wants to see in the end, upon completion of the work. There are many styles of different directions, sometimes they are intertwined into a single whole, thereby creating a unique color ensemble. Each style has its own requirements for the materials and forms used. Each style is beautiful in its own way and reflects the inner world and preferences of the garden owner. This article presents the most common trends in landscape design, their features, and distinctive features.

Country (rustic) style

Naturalness, this is precisely the feature that characterizes the rustic Country style. Its diversity, priceless charm, warm simplicity are reflected in the traditions of different peoples. Country style is suitable for those who love simplicity, comfort, soft home peace, and practicality. To create a rural atmosphere in your garden plot, you will not need large financial investments; all materials used can be made from available materials.

Distinctive features of Country style

A distinctive feature of the Country style is that here you can apply the entire breadth of your imagination. Things that have already served their useful life are suitable for arranging a garden plot. These could be: wicker baskets, flower pots, clay pots, hanging on the fence. Vine and dry tree branches are well suited for creating fences and flower beds. For arranging paths they use a natural stone, cobblestones, pebbles, ceramic tiles. Wooden wheel from the cart, acting or decorative well only emphasize the beauty of the design. Bright wooden benches, as well as small painted stools, would be appropriate next to an artificial pond overgrown with reeds.

The landscaping part of the garden design rustic style does not require any special effort, mainly trees and crops of the region where the owners of the plot actually live are planted on the backyard territory. Popular fruit trees include apples, pears, plums, cherries, and cherries. You can plant various shrubs, such as: rose hips, viburnum, sea buckthorn, lilac. It is also preferable to plant flowers native to the region in which they grow. For example, Russia is characterized by: asters, daisies, marigolds, mint, and various climbing plants that can perfectly decorate hedges or a gazebo.

IMPORTANT! When arranging a garden courtyard in a rustic style, you should adhere to a certain connection to a particular region. You should not mix the ethnicity and life of different nationalities; it is better to correctly maintain a single line.

English style

Garden plot design in english style does not imply clearly defined lines. All paths, flower beds and lawns have smooth outlines; there are no strict geometric shapes here. An English garden is made up of shady alleys, tall trees and fences covered with green shoots. The presence of a pond in the natural area of ​​an English garden will add a certain charm to the design of a personal plot; ideas for its creation may be different.

Features of the English style

When designing a garden plot in the English style, certain elements and techniques of landscape design are used that help create a natural landscape in the area. To achieve the best result, especially prominent decorative elements are masked with hedges of plants or hidden behind green spaces. The above diversionary move is necessary to create a unified concept, as well as achieve some kind of balance. All paths, flower beds, arches, gazebos, along with green spaces, create a single integrity of the picture, with pleasant soft outlines and shapes.

Execute English design the plot is not difficult. First you need to decide where the formal and natural area. The formal area is designed for relaxation, with benches, statues and fountains, and winding cobblestone paths to complete the overall look. Part of the natural landscape does not imply the installation of large decorative elements. Objects that do not stand out from the general plan may be located here. A small bridge spanning an artificial pond made of stone will look especially good.

Ecodesign

To play with pristine nature, to create your own eco-system on the site - this direction in design has been particularly successful over the past few years. Fashion trends for everything natural and as natural as possible have affected the field of landscape design. The success of this style is achieved thanks to minimal human intervention in nature. The designer’s task when creating an eco-style is to emphasize the existing landscape as best as possible and play up its features.

Variations in eco-design of the area

Ecological design is, first of all, stylized natural landscapes. Some neglect of the garden would be inappropriate here, and an overgrown thicket of plants on the territory would not make the site unique. The formation of a full-fledged eco-system is carried out using natural materials. Flora and fauna are selected solely based on the characteristics of a given region. A full-fledged eco-garden reproduces unity with wild nature. The meaning of its creation lies in the unique landscape with clean ecology, the singing of birds, the chirping of grasshoppers. In such a garden it is pleasant to recharge your spirits and breathe in clean natural air.

The features of creating a garden in eco-style differ from all other existing design trends in that they are recreated on an already existing territory. While other types of styles involve carrying out landscaping work from scratch. This includes excavation work and complete clearing of the area from growing plants and shrubs. The ecological style, on the contrary, allows you to play with every hillock in the area, while preserving the natural contours of the relief. The presence of a reservoir will advantageously complement the overall picture of the garden; a small artificial swamp with duckweed, mud, reeds, ducks and frogs will look especially beautiful.

Classic style

Classical landscape design plot is strict symmetry in everything. Clearly defined shapes garden paths, flower beds and shrubs are combined into a single concept that interprets order, a kind of dominance over chaos. Thanks to the perfection of lines, a certain artificiality of geometric shapes is recreated, where the center of the universe is a large composition, a house, a fountain or a huge flowerbed of fresh flowers. The classic style is suitable for areas with a large area, the relief is pre-leveled, and a stunningly beautiful garden is laid out on the opened surface.

Features of the classic style

The classicism of style in garden design is manifested in the correct layout of all paths, lawns, flower beds, and other elements of gardening. The clarity of geometric shapes dominates here, correctly placed accents are masterfully intertwined with the Baroque style. If you remember history, you can clarify the origin of the classical style. It owes its appearance to the royal gardener of the French king Louis. The Sun King dreamed of magnificent gardens and his servants created truly stunning masterpieces of architecture.

IN modern world the classic style is the most expensive; only natural and expensive materials are used in its creation. Granite fountains, magnificent sculptures, garden furniture made of expensive wood - all this is a classic, or as it is also called, regular style. Mostly shrubs and trees that are easy to trim are planted on the site. Preference is given to topiary, juniper plants, and pyramidal poplars. Trees are planted in the form of alleys, flower beds have strict shapes. Flowers for planting are chosen from remontant varieties, which ensures abundant flowering in the garden throughout the year.

Japanese style

Asymmetrical shapes are the essence of Japanese style. Each element used when creating this style is not repeated twice for any of the characteristics. In a Japanese garden, every pebble or decorative item has a special meaning, and there is a whole science involved in creating a landscaped area. A calm atmosphere and tranquility reigns here, and the miniature and minimalism of objects brings subtle laconicism to the design. The philosophy of the land of the rising sun is manifested in a subtle understanding of the fundamentals; it is a beautiful religion of creativity with an emphasis on the smallest nuances and sacred meaning.

Basics of Japanese style

All items used to create a Japanese-style garden have asymmetrical lines. The paths and flower beds are irregular in shape, but they maintain balance in the overall picture. Smooth transitions without clearly defined lines intertwine beautifully and create a single ensemble. In this case, the area of ​​the plot does not matter; a Japanese garden can be laid out in a small area. Green spaces are planted along the waterways of artificial ponds, mainly: bamboo thickets, pine, juniper, ornamental apple trees and, of course, bonsai. The garden is decorated with alpine slides, rockeries, rock gardens and bells ringing in the wind.

Basic materials for creation Japanese garden– stone, plants and water. In the Japanese garden, winding paved paths harmoniously coexist with various ponds, streams, waterfalls, and bowls of water. A gazebo in the form of a tea house will be a real decoration of the garden plot. Ceramic Buddha figurines, stones stacked in a special way, garden screens, national lanterns - all these are part of the features of the Japanese garden. It’s nice to relax here in silence after a hard week of work, do yoga and meditation. A Japanese-style garden is a cozy space that shields its owner from the bustle of the outside world.

Alpine style

Alpine style created preferably in elevated areas. The main material is stone. The concept of the style is a mountain landscape; to reproduce it, an imitation of alpine slides is used. Despite the labor-intensive process, the style allows you to create a truly exclusive garden, which is basically impossible on the plain. Along with stone, various types of plants are used; together they create a magnificent picturesque corner of unique nature.

Key elements of style

Naturally there is stone, and also contrasts - a paved sidewalk in different shades, a variegated range of plants, multi-colored gravel. It is very convenient if the site is located on a slope, this will allow you to beat the existing landscape without additional work. Alpine style implies the presence of winding paths, retaining walls, all kinds of stone structures and gravel embankments. The complete picture of the site forms a single landscape complex.

Plants planted on the site are mainly evergreen, for example, coniferous trees recreate and replicate the nature of the alpine area. Suitable for landscaping are pyramidal juniper, thuja, pine, dwarf species trees, moss, heather. All kinds of bodies of water look great: cascading waterfalls, small streams, artificial ponds. For flower beds it is better to use perennials, plants characteristic of mountainous areas. Landscaping smoothes out sharp transitions on an elevated site, and also plays a big role in zoning the territory.

High tech

High-tech style involves the embodiment of the most bold ideas, unusual for other areas in landscape design. Complete freedom of creativity along with application modern materials and structures help create a unique atmosphere in the garden plot. Here you can create optical illusions using decorative lighting, any unusual shapes. Abstract solutions the best way characterize this style direction. Catchy accents on a light background will favorably transform the area, giving it uniqueness and expressiveness.

Style Features

High-tech style is suitable for areas of any size. The materials used are: plastic, metal, glass, as well as concrete and gravel. The shape of design elements can be different; both symmetry and asymmetry are allowed. Expressive geometric and zigzag lines different forms create a single whole. All components of the garden are reminiscent of a futuristic future.

Architectural elements of the high-tech style are distinguished by their laconicism; these are original flowerpots for plants of strict geometric or non-standard fancy shapes, all kinds of supports for vertical gardening. Several types of plants are planted in flower beds at once; boxwood, thuja, and pyramidal cypresses look especially expressive. The design of flower beds is always maintained in the same style, with the absence of diversity and too lush dominance of vegetation. For general landscaping of the area, a garden lawn or parterre lawn is used.

Reservoirs play an important role when designing a garden in a high-tech style; they smooth out modern accents, as if breathing life into the resulting system. Small artificial ponds can come in a variety of sizes and shapes with concrete outlines, and they often form entire groups. The overall color scheme mainly consists of light shades, with bright accents; here it is important not to overload the area with too variegated tones.

Let's move on to practice

To create a unique and beautiful space near your home, it is not at all necessary to involve landscape design specialists. Create an atmosphere of harmony and comfort in personal plot you can do it yourself. Making a garden design with your own hands is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. A beautiful well-kept garden is the dream of every owner of a country house or summer cottage. To achieve the desired effect, you first need to understand the sequence of all the work being carried out.

Do-it-yourself landscape design of the site

The first step is to decide on the style and create a project for the future garden. The project will help avoid many mistakes in the arrangement. All four cardinal directions are marked on paper, the contours of the future site, all buildings, and future buildings are drawn. The next step will be to draw the location of the landscaping levels. The first level is trees, followed by shrubs, flower beds and lawns. The final part of drawing up a future plan is to work out the location of the irrigation system and lighting.

IMPORTANT: the southwestern side of the local area is suitable for landscaping, since it is this part of the area that receives more light and heat, so necessary for full development plants.

Next, they begin to clear the territory and land work. Moving soil masses is appropriate if the project involves changing the terrain. Slopes and ravines are artificially created, slopes are formed to drain storm water, drains are constructed, and supports are erected.
After finishing earthworks moving on to the arrangement of the landscaping part of the project. This stage is the final one.

Zoning a site is an important component when carrying out landscape work. This is necessary for the full functioning of each of the individual standard zones provided for by the project. The standard plan defines three main zones, these include:

• front area;
• area of ​​outbuildings;
• rest zone.

Depending on the project, there may be more such zones in the garden; imagination plays a role here, as well as the preferences of the owner of the site.

Front area

Carries an important functional load. This is the entrance to the site, and the first thing that opens to the eyes of guests. Therefore, it is initially necessary to arrange a convenient paved path and entrance for a car, if necessary. The front area does not take up much space; the percentage of the total area of ​​this site on the territory is up to 10%.

Next, the possibilities of the territory for introducing decorative elements and performing the landscaping part of the landscape work are determined. Quite often, the front area is decorated with climbing plants and various varieties of roses.

Outbuildings area

The utility area is usually located in the backyard of the house, it is hidden from prying eyes. Various buildings for storing equipment, gazebos, and greenhouses are being erected here. A bathhouse is often installed in the area of ​​outbuildings. Practicality is the component goal that is pursued in the arrangement of this area of ​​the adjacent space.

Just as when arranging other areas, convenient paths made of brick or paving slabs. Green spaces are planted to camouflage objects: vineyards, any climbing plants. Typically, the economic zone is located next to the area allocated for gardening.

Rest zone

The recreation area is located away from the main entrance. This cozy corner can accommodate benches, hammocks, tents, a swimming pool, gazebos, and ponds of various shapes and sizes. Here you can arrange a beautiful terrace for gatherings with friends. Green spaces in this area of ​​the territory are no less relevant; preference is given to tall shrubs, climbing plants, and hedges of fresh flowers.

The recreation area can be combined with playground for children. In this case, you need to take care of security measures by making some kind of separation, potentially dangerous places, for example a water area, a swimming pool, etc.

IMPORTANT! The pool parapet must have a reliable fence and non-slip paved paths. The recreation area is hidden from prying eyes; for this purpose, tall shrubs and trees are planted along its perimeter.

Reservoirs and swimming pools

Convert Vacation home You can get to a real paradise using various bodies of water. There are many ways to arrange a garden design using artificially created streams, ponds, and other waterways. Reservoirs are relevant even in small areas, the area of ​​which is only 6 acres.

There are several main types of reservoirs of large and small shapes:

• formal - have a strictly defined form, especially suitable for arranging a classic design on the site;
• landscape - with an irregular coastline and natural contours;
• cascade - reservoirs located above ground level.

The layout and location of reservoirs are influenced by such parameters as: the size of the site, its topography, soil composition, groundwater level, as well as an organic combination with other buildings and the main idea of ​​the style.

The art of camouflage is especially important for creating a complete and well-kept garden design. There will always be places and buildings on the site that it is desirable to hide from prying eyes, or even simply to divert attention. These can be unsightly objects that spoil the overall appearance and impression of style, or heavy structures that need to be given softness and vitality. In each case, various camouflage options are selected to play up a particular landscape design object or building.

Decorative fence

To decorate fences, shrubs, vines and perennials are planted along the perimeter. For this purpose, special gratings and supports are attached to the fences. The fence can be decorated with artistic painting or zoned with the help of individual items suitable for each style. For example, accents in the form of unique inserts in the form of cart wheels or clay pots placed on a wicker fence are perfect for a rustic style.

The fence can be decorated with hanging pots with fresh flowers, or made multi-layered. The latter option involves several stepped levels at once, on which hedges are located, forming a single composition; it looks great.

Decoration of buildings

Gazebos, sheds and other outbuildings completely surrounded by flowers and greenery look beautiful on the site. An original solution would be small houses decorated with multi-colored mosaics made of broken glass. Additionally, buildings can be decorated with hanging flower pots and artistic paintings.

Concrete walls of outbuildings can be decorated with overhead panels, wicker elements, screens made from scrap materials - for example, reeds.

IMPORTANT! Do not forget about belonging to the style; if the garden is decorated in the Japanese style, then all objects in the garden design must be strictly subordinate to it.

New landscape design

Landscape design, although a constant value, every year pleases with new design delights. Modern ideas and bold solutions allow you to create comfort in any corner of the garden. Any styles and trends are subject to transformation, but the essence always remains the same - the correct design of the garden, loyalty to the existing concept. So what did the designers bring to the table this time? Let's try to figure this out.

Abandoned garden design

Naturalness is what is in fashion now. Modern technologies have firmly entered human life, and the use of natural materials is driven by the need to feel balance, a certain harmony, and direct unity with nature. The riot of thickets in the garden plot perfectly recreates the uniqueness of wild flora and fauna. Dense vegetation creates the effect of an abandoned garden in which rare things exist organically. Tall grass and winding paths complement the overall picture, while accents of large stones recreate the natural landscape. Forged gazebos, benches, wicker furniture, antique vases - all this resembles a mysterious garden from a long-forgotten fairy tale.

Zen Gardens

When arranging a territory in an oriental style, nothing is done for nothing. Each element carries a certain meaning. This truth is visible in everything, from the correct arrangement of stones to water islands, next to which you can practice meditation or simply relax from the bustle of the outside world.

The materials used for arranging Zen gardens are gravel, sand, and crushed stone. The color of the plants is mostly green, but there are red and white ones color shades. On an oriental-style plot, laconic restraint reigns; creating such a garden is a whole philosophy, often taking more than one year to create.

Minimalism

Recently, in landscape design there has been a desire for minimalism. It consists in a minimum of decorative elements and regular geometric shapes. Orderliness in everything, an abundance of open space - all this is inherent in this style. Minimalism is not characterized by hedges and different color schemes. Flowerbeds are created from several types of plants, which also do not differ in variegation and brightness.

The materials used are stone. The minimum of decorative elements and architectural delights on the site is compensated by green spaces of regular shape. Everything is interconnected and harmonizes perfectly with each other, making this style unlike any other. The presence of a pond is welcome, but there are also certain requirements - the pond and pool must be of the correct geometric shape.

Retro

Now, in the age of modern technology, the tendency to return to the origins of Russian culture is increasingly taking root. Functionality is the main component of the idea that prevails in retro style. Everything that is connected with rarity and remembers the breath of the past will be used here: old grandmother’s chests, a gazebo with a samovar, benches.

Plants are selected taking into account the area where they grow. It is advisable to plant birch, linden, apple trees, and lilacs on the site. Inhaling the aroma familiar from childhood blooming gardens You can travel back in time for a moment, feel the unforgettable, long-forgotten feeling of a carefree and naive childhood. The Retro style is also beautiful because it does not require any special research. Arranging such a garden does not require investing large amounts of money.

And finally, a final word

There is nothing difficult about doing the landscape design of your garden plot with your own hands. The main thing is to correctly understand the future concept of the garden and try to adhere to certain norms and rules. All efforts to create a piece of paradise on earth will be definitely rewarded. It's so nice to relax own plot, especially if the owner of the estate himself was directly involved in its creation.

A person cannot exist without a comfortable living environment. The cozy atmosphere is conducive to relaxation of body and soul. You want to return to a well-equipped country house with a beautiful and well-groomed area again and again. When working on creating the design of a garden and garden plot, first of all, you need to include logic, only in this case you can avoid many problems.

To achieve the best results, it is important to provide plants, trees and ponds with the necessary complete care. Don't be afraid to experiment creativity It’s never superfluous, the main thing is that it is the residents of the country house who feel comfortable staying in it.