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Arrangement of a garden and landscape design on a personal plot directly depends not only on the number of acres available at your disposal, but also on the shape of the plot. For example, ideas for arranging a garden on a strictly square plot will be unacceptable for an irregularly shaped area, and the design of an elongated summer cottage will not fit into a spherical landscape at all.
The choice of style is dictated by many factors: the original size and configuration of the site, the terrain, the features of the natural environment and, of course, your own taste preferences. The amount of investment and your own practical skills in carrying out construction and landscaping work also play a role.
This material is devoted to arranging a garden and do-it-yourself landscape design in areas of different shapes.
Rectangular or square country cottage area It is better to plan in a regular style. This style came from France, where it became very widespread in the 18th century. Imitation of the world famous gardens of Versailles spread throughout Europe, and in Russia the regular style became popular during the time of Peter the Great. Suffice it to recall our world-famous Peterhof, the Catherine Palace in Pushkin or Summer garden. Peter's courtiers, naturally, also rebuilt their estates in a regular style, and some of them have survived, albeit in poor condition, to this day.
When landscape designing a rectangular or square shape Straight paths are laid, plantings are done in rows, which, of course, makes caring for the plants much easier. Trees are placed along the boundaries of the site, retreating, as expected, from the neighboring one by three to four meters. And so that the land does not go to waste, berry bushes - raspberries or black currants - are planted between the trees and the neighboring border, with a distance of one to one and a half meters from the border. Raspberries and apple and pear trees are friendly plants. When arranging such a garden at the dacha in the landscape design of a rectangular plot, black currants also coexist well with pome crops. In addition, the depth of the roots of these trees and shrubs is different, so their roots will not oppress each other.
Apple trees and pears prefer soil with a neutral reaction, which is very suitable for raspberries, and black currants, although they prefer slightly acidic soils, feel quite good in neutral ones. Over time, the trees will grow greatly and can cover the bushes with their shadow, but this is not a problem, because both raspberries and black currants tolerate partial shade without problems.
This arrangement of the garden will immediately dictate its artistic design.
As shown in the photo, in the design of a square or rectangular area, a central, through, straight path should run along a row of trees, running no closer than 2.5–3 meters from the tree trunks:
In addition, it must be wide enough for a wheelbarrow to pass. And then there is nothing else left but to plant perennial flowers along it, when choosing an assortment of which only two points should be taken into account. They should prefer slightly acidic or neutral soils and bloom well in partial shade. When arranging such a garden, planning the design of a square or rectangular plot, plant a border of low-growing or ground cover plants along the very edge along the path.
Remontant strawberries, whose elegant bushes are strewn with bright white flowers and red berries all season long, will grow and bear fruit beautifully. These strawberries, which also feel good in soil with a neutral reaction, although they prefer slightly acidic ones, will have to be taken special care of. The bushes must be divided and replanted every three years, otherwise it will wither.
In the landscape design of a summer cottage plot, a square or rectangular shape the space under the trees should also not be empty, because the soil exposed to the sun and wind dries out and collapses, in addition, a holy place is never empty, it is immediately occupied by weeds, and we cannot afford such a luxury as empty land on six acres . So, contrary to generally accepted recommendations, do not keep the tree trunks fallow, do not dig up the soil under them, but plant them with earthen grass (a hybrid of garden strawberries and strawberries) or sow bentgrass, or even better, white clover.
Earthweed and bentgrass love moisture, don’t forget about this, and therefore water your plantings abundantly. All of these plants for arranging a garden with your own hands have approximately the same requirements for soil conditions, moreover, they are all moisture-loving, and therefore caring for them is approximately the same, which makes the work much easier.
When planning the design of a rectangular or square plot, you should take into account the almost complete lack of decorativeness of plums. These plants are usually unsightly, and in the North-West they also rarely bear fruit, so do not put them in the foreground. But cherries are very decorative, so they don’t have to be hidden in the background. At the moment of flowering, both plums and cherries are very elegant. It should be noted that cherries greatly inhibit raspberries, so it is better to place them in different parts of the garden. In addition, pome trees (apple trees, pears) and stone fruits (cherries, plums, apricots, cherry plums) do not coexist well with each other. Therefore, in the landscape design of a square or rectangular area, it is also better to place them in different parts garden
When arranging a garden for a vegetable garden, you should leave the western side, separating the economic zone with a row of decorative tall shrubs or pergolas entwined with climbing roses, clematis and other vines, arches or apple and pear trees. And on the eastern side, create a recreation area in landscape style.
Look at these photos for examples of beautiful landscape design for a square or rectangular area:
Ideas for arranging a flower bed on a square or rectangular area
It is easiest to place flower beds on a square or rectangular area.
As you can see in the photo, when arranging a garden in a territory of this shape, you can choose any configuration for flower beds:
In the landscape design of a rectangular or square dacha plot, the following plants are usually used:
Look at the photo of flower beds in the design of a rectangular and square plot:
Landscaping of an elongated area: arranging a garden with your own hands
In the landscape of an elongated area, with such initial data, it is more convenient to place a vegetable garden on one half of the territory, and plan them in a purely regular style (more plants are placed this way), and use the second to build a house, places for recreation, sow a lawn and give this part a natural look (landscape) view. Visually, when arranging a garden with your own hands, the vegetable garden can be separated from the rest of the area, covering it with a neat row of fruit trees.
Fruit trees can be formed in the form of a palmette, then their crown will not provide excessive shade. Trees will take up much less space under the sun.
Across the plot, approximately in the middle, plant trees 3 meters apart, placing them in a line. There will be a vegetable garden on the south side of the planting line. Leave space in the landscape design of an elongated area for passage to the utility area. Now your task is to grow trees with a flattened crown. To do this, you leave (or reject, or transfer fruiting) only those branches that lie in the desired plane, that is, across the site, and remove all those growing perpendicular to this plane, that is, along the site, as early as possible.
You will trim the crown annually in the fall. This will cause new shoots to appear on the trunk at the top. You will also form them in the plane of the crown. Along the trees from the south, you can plant a row of black currants across the plot, then a row of gooseberries, then a row of red currants, or place greenhouses or greenhouses in the center.
When planning the design when arranging such a garden, on both sides of the bushes you can make two garden beds (4 beds can easily feed a small family), and in front of them on the south you need to leave space for either potatoes or garden strawberries.
In one of the corners, far from the apple trees, you can plant a group of cherries, and in the other - a couple of plums, but their shadow should not fall on greenhouses and garden beds. You can also plant red currants, raspberries or honeysuckle along the southern border.
In the design of an elongated area near the fence, the following plants can be planted:
These photos demonstrate how to arrange a garden with your own hands on an elongated plot:
Landscape design when arranging a garden near a house on an irregularly shaped plot
For landscape design of an irregularly shaped area, the landscape style is more suitable. This style came to Russia from England, and during the reign of Catherine II, instead of regular parks and gardens, the creation of landscape park ensembles began, in which the authors strive to arrange plants as naturally as possible, imitating nature.
Of course, such parks have nothing in common with the natural landscape, but they are still much more natural in appearance. An example of such a park is Pavlovsky Park near St. Petersburg. And here gardeners face the danger of cluttering up their plot so that in a couple of decades it will become an impenetrable thicket, so that many plantings will have to be cut down. There is one more feature of arranging such a garden near the house: unlike regular French gardens, they are not located on flat terrain. If you imitate nature, then in everything, you have to form bulk hills, reservoirs of natural shapes, reminiscent of forest lakes, cascades, rocks and cliffs. An example of such a significant change in the terrain is the world-famous estate of the Pototsky nobles, Sofievka near Uman in Ukraine.
On six acres, of course, it is impossible to radically change the terrain, but what can be done is to change the visual perception of a flat surface by planting dominant plants with a vertical conical or columnar crown shape. Fruit trees for the design of an irregularly shaped area they are not suitable due to the spreading dome-shaped crown.
And what are these, dominant (accent) plants? These are single planted quite tall or textured trees that immediately attract attention. Often coniferous plants such as thujas, junipers, blue or dove spruces are suitable for this purpose. All of them grow rather slowly, but in ten years they will grow significantly, and therefore when planting, keep in mind that they will require a significant feeding area and there will be quite dense shade under them, in which not all plants will be able to grow.
And vice versa, creeping forms coniferous plants, as well as weeping forms of trees and shrubs will emphasize all the features of the existing relief. If you do not like straight lines and prefer landscape design for your site, then a decorative tree group should be planted in one corner.
The planting area is usually at least three to four meters - usually more - so the plants will take up quite a lot of space. In this regard, you should not occupy the southern part of the garden, otherwise most of the territory will be in the shade. If you plant trees on the north side, then the problem immediately arises of protecting fruit trees from cold northern and northeastern winds. When arranging a garden at your dacha with your own hands, in an irregularly shaped area, you will have to plant bush plants, moving 3–4 meters away from the fruit plants.
Of the canopy plants, preferable are those that have a more or less deep-lying compact root system or, conversely, a superficial one. These can be: rowan, serviceberry, sea buckthorn or chokeberry (Chokeberry). Chokeberry, of course, is not a tall plant, but apple trees can also have their crown reduced to two and a half meters annually autumn pruning both as a central conductor and by trimming the ends of the remaining skeletal branches, which, by the way, benefits the trees and makes harvesting easier for you.
What are the advantages of such trees? Compact root system and a compact crown, larger fruits and early fruiting (3–4 years after planting).
What are the disadvantages? Just because of their small root system, they can easily be torn out of the soil by strong winds, and therefore they must be tied not to stakes, but to three metal pipes driven to a great depth. Yields, naturally, are low on dwarfs. It is much better to plant trees with a dwarf insert. That is, first, a cutting from a dwarf tree is grafted onto the rootstock of a vigorous tree with a powerful root system. Then, after a year or two, a cutting of the variety you want is grafted onto it. There are no problems with such a tree; its powerful root system will hold it in the soil in any wind and provide high yields, but the growth of the tree will be limited to 3–3.5 meters.
You can plant spruce trees as a protective curtain, but only outside the boundaries of your property, behind a ditch, on the side of the road, so that the roots of the spruce trees do not destroy the apple trees. There is one caveat when planting canopy crops. The wind flows around a dense barrier at the top, but then the cold air descends to the ground at the so-called “cold point,” which is located at a distance equal to three times the height of the barrier. So, if the height of the chokeberry bush is 2–2.5 m, then heat-loving crops cannot be planted at a distance of 6–7.5 m from its plantings in the direction of the cold wind, because they will constantly freeze.
To avoid wasting space between trees planted in a group, it is recommended to surround each apple tree with a “crown” of raspberries, placing the bushes 50 cm apart from each other along a circumference 1–1.5 meters from the trunk. Or plant black currants or gooseberries between the trees.
You can, as mentioned above, fill the entire space under the apple trees with earthworms. This strawberry-strawberry hybrid has taken over its resistance to partial shade from its parent wild strawberry variety, since in natural conditions it grows under the forest canopy. Let it grow in a continuous carpet, like in a forest, without special care. If the yield decreases, the plantation should be renewed.
In the case of landscape (or rather, landscape) garden design, the paths should be made winding and narrower than straight. They should flow around the trees, winding between them to seem like paths in a park or forest. This arrangement of plantings and paths, as noted earlier, visually increases the space of the garden.
With this type of garden design, traditional rectilinear vegetable garden beds are far from the best option.
As you can see in the photo, when arranging a vegetable garden in such a garden, small mini-beds the size of only one will look much more elegant. square meter, placed here and there throughout the area, wherever there is a place for them in the sun:
Such compact beds are much easier to care for. In addition, they can be made decorative if you combine planting herbs and vegetables on them with such useful and elegant flowers as nasturtium (of course, only in bush form), calendula or marigolds.
You should not plant apple and pear trees separately in different corners of the garden. This does not create a single composition, besides, apple trees and especially pears are cross-pollinated plants, so a group of at least two apple trees or two pears is needed. To place them you will need an area of at least 16–20 square meters. m. You can, of course, plant apple and pear trees separately, but then it will be difficult to place stone fruit crops, which, I emphasize again, do not tolerate the proximity of pome trees well.
As mentioned above, a regular vegetable garden is not suitable for a landscape-style plot. The location of flower beds must be well thought out, since planting perennials in rows, as is usually customary in garden plots, is also not suitable. Ornamental plants It is better to place them in groups or individually in different places in the garden so as not to disturb its overall composition “under the landscape”.
In addition to ridges or mixborders, you can arrange rockeries, that is, rocky slides, and also use solitary plantings on lawns. By the way, a lawn, or at least a small lawn or lawn, is an indispensable element of a landscape garden, so provide a place for them in advance. Lawns look best in front of the house.
Instead of ordinary flower beds with different perennials and annuals, monochrome flower beds look better. In such plantings, different types of flowering plants of the same color but different tones are used.
An elegant white flower bed can be created by planting perennial daisies different types, white peonies of different flowering periods, pyramidal white phlox, large-flowered perennial white bells, dwarf variety mock orange, black cohosh, low white delphinium "Galahad", small-flowered shrubby relict clematis, white-flowered Japanese anemone, daylily with white flowers, cornflower and aquilegia, a group of white tulips and small-bulbs with white flowers as a lining to the flower border, autumn aster, white polyanthus roses (blooming twice during the summer) and many other plants.
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More and more often, owners of garden plots are shifting their emphasis from the possibilities of growing vegetables and fruits to decorating their land and designing their garden plot. They earn money in the city, and come to the dacha to relax. Of course, fruit trees and shrubs, vegetable beds-all this may be present, but they are also subject to the rules of landscape design. Entrusting a project to a professional seems great... but professionals often end up with overly ordered, cold landscapes. Self-designed gardens, although not ideal, are much more comfortable and you feel much better in them.
Where to start: planning
It all starts from the stove: you need to correlate your desires with reality. To do this, first sit down and write down what you need on the site. Just a list of what you and your loved ones want to have. Then you take a site plan with dimensions and begin to place what you simply cannot refuse. Usually this is a playground or carport, some kind of vegetable garden - at least a few beds, if there are children - a playground.
Place the carport closer to the gate - less space will be spent on the driveways, the children's playground is in direct view from the windows, and most likely from the kitchen windows: it's not always time to sit with them, and so, both the children are under supervision, and you're busy you do. You will have to be smart with the placement of the playground: it needs to be free of drafts, and some of it should be in the shade, some in the sun. To have the best conditions.
Therefore, there is no need to hide it. It will still be a decoration for your site and you will be proud of it. For this you will need a sunny piece of your site.
Now we need to find a place for technical and auxiliary premises. You will definitely need, and also a compost pit. They can be taken to the backyard, but it’s better to be closer to the garden. If you plan to heat the house, you need a place to store firewood. They do this for this purpose, and they can be attached to the barn, or they can stand separately, and some specimens can also be a decorative element. Somewhere in a secluded corner you will need to install a shower. The toilet is also a hassle: you need to take into account the distance to neighboring areas (at least 2 m), and also the prevailing wind direction - so that odors do not bother you.
Next comes the turn of what you really want. Usually this is a gazebo or fountain. A pond and a fountain can be combined, and a gazebo can be placed nearby. To the point that one of its edges can hang over the water. On the other bank, you can put a bench by placing an arch next to it or building a pergola (the same arch, but more solid). Near the gazebo, you can make a small canopy and place it, as per your choice. It is best to allocate the lowest area under the pond or where the groundwater is closest. Everything else will fit into the free space.
A pond and a gazebo nearby are a good combination
It seems that these are all the main objects. If you managed to fit them all into the site plan, great: you can plan. You need to manage and make a minimum number of paths, but they must connect all the main buildings. Paths may lead to auxiliary structures. It's even more romantic. And along the way, look for places for flower beds, flower beds, rock gardens, and decorative slides. You can even specially bend the paths to fence off the space for the flower garden. This, by the way, is one of the favorite techniques of professionals. They almost never use straight lines. Only in elongated areas to visually bring the far edge closer.
Don't forget about trees and bushes. By the way, they can serve as a screen for an unsightly fence. And you will have it all around the perimeter. It can be partly decorated with hanging flower beds, partly covered with trees and shrubs. While the trees are growing, you can put a lattice in front of the fence on which to grow climbing roses, clematis, or any other similar plant.
Garden plot design: choosing a style
In most cases, the garden design style is very difficult to determine. Most often it can be described as “modern”. Are used interesting solutions different “nationalities” and different style trends, and sometimes these combinations are very, very successful and interesting. That's good independent registration, which can be intuitively created beautiful landscapes. But to register a plot in a certain style in a way it’s simpler: you know for sure whether this idea will work or not. Let's look at some design options for a garden plot in a specific style. The easiest way to work is with ethnic trends.
Oriental
Chinese and Japanese cultures have significant differences, but regarding the design of a garden plot, it is difficult, almost impossible, for a non-specialist to distinguish between these two directions. For ease of perception, we will combine them into one style: oriental.
Decoration in Japanese style - an abundance of stones, interesting combinations of deciduous and coniferous species
Achieving maximum harmony is inherent in these cultures. What's great about Japanese or Chinese style garden designs is that they use a lot of crushed stone and pebbles. If it is difficult or expensive to get pebbles in the right quantity, then there are much fewer problems with crushed stone. Maybe you’ll be lucky and you’ll even be able to agree on the color - the meticulous Japanese use pebbles of the same size and the same color when backfilling, or form them into different shapes.
Great idea for decorating a yard near garden house: crushed stone and pebbles, slabs as a path - dirt will not rush into the house
Large stones, near which boxwood bushes are planted, a small fountain in the traditional shape. A very interesting idea with a border made of painted crushed stone. Only if you do something like this, make sure that the water that flows from the plant has somewhere to go: under the pebbles and crushed stone there should be dense soil with a slope towards the plantings or an exit to drainage system— this is how water drainage is organized.
A small fence is made extremely simply. Another good thing about bamboo is that it doesn’t rot.
To make your Japanese-style garden design truly traditional, you can use bamboo. A small fence and gate are extremely simple to make. A couple of stakes are driven into the ground, bamboo crossbars are tied to them, and thin bamboo is tied to the crossbars. It turns out to be a bamboo picket fence.
Paths are very characteristic - rounded stones at a distance of a step from each other, slabs of stone, or even concrete plates, but they are not square, as we are used to, but long. Please note that the gaps between the stones/slabs are overgrown with grass, moss, or filled with pebbles.
Often in Japanese gardens there are fountains. But these are not pompous structures with sculptures and upward jets, but combinations of bamboo and stone along which flows a small amount of water. It’s easy to make them even yourself, but read how here.
Several photos of Japanese-style garden design are collected in the photo gallery. There are interesting ideas that are easy to implement with your own hands. Moreover, the costs are minimal))
The right selection of plants is half the success. Japanese maple - how can you ignore it? Slabs, stones, crushed stone, plants - all this against the backdrop of a lawn
Rustic style (rural or country)
The more urbanized our cities become, the more we want something simple, natural, without clear lines and edges, which are already boring in the city. That’s why many people began to build houses from logs: they exude comfort. If your country house built from logs, a natural continuation of the idea would be to design a plot in a rural or rustic style. In this case characteristic features- the use of various kinds of old utensils and their elements in the decoration of flower beds and flower beds, wattle fences, simple, often deliberately rough, made of logs.
The design of a garden in a rustic style can be easily recognized by the presence of wheels from carts, baskets, ceramic dishes, old barrels, logs and flowering stumps
On a village plot, there’s no way everything can be too smooth and orderly. The paths are overgrown with grass, with stones laid for convenience, and boardwalks thrown in. And to make the “boards” always look like new, you can use decking - this is a wood-composite material that looks and feels very similar to wood, but does not rot, does not darken, and retains its original appearance over the years.
Fences inside the site can be made from dead wood cut from the forest. Fences made of birch or okha with its light green bark look very decorative.
Wicker fences are traditional for this style. They can be made for beds, flower beds, to fence off areas inside the site, and even as the main fence, separating the garden from neighbors and from the street.
You can decorate a pond in the same vein - a small mill or bridge next to a long pond wouldn’t hurt. And if there is a difference in height on the site, you can make a cascade of watering cans and buckets - a very original idea.
A waterfall along the steps, only in an unusual design: a fountain made of watering cans and buckets
Even the toilet can be made in the same style. Of course, it’s unlikely that anyone will bring it to the fore, even in a stylish design, but you won’t have to worry too much about making sure the building is not visible.
This kind of toilet is a hut that you don’t have to hide very much
The design of a garden in a rustic style is not demanding on geometry or selection of plants. It is important that you feel comfortable and cozy and that the plants feel good. Then even the simplest compositions will delight the eye and heart. See the photo gallery for several design ideas for different zones.
Unusual flower bed - flower stream Carts and wooden wheels- traditional elements of a country style garden. A gazebo covered with reeds and sculptures from ceramic pots- interesting design finds in garden design Wattle is a good fence, and the style supports the design of the well
Garden plot in modern or modern style
The design of a garden plot in the Art Nouveau style is international. It contains elements from different cultures. The basic rule is harmonious combination shapes and shades. Most often, straight lines and rounded shapes are combined.
Is it difficult to create such a corner in your own garden? Tiles can be replaced with concrete or stone slabs or wooden flooring, the main thing is that the geometry is preserved. Flowerbeds of unusual shape - smooth edges both at ground level and high. There are seats between two high flower beds, and to make it really convenient and comfortable, you can make the border higher and nail a board on the back. All this cubism is broken up by a round ceramic plant pot. Instead of a pot, you can make a small fountain in the form stone ball, along which water flows.
This fountain is not difficult to make. The main thing is to find a suitable stone and drill a hole in it
As you can see, the fountain is close in style to Japanese style. Slightly modified, it fits perfectly into modern design garden And this is not the only stylized element. For example, wicker furniture is often used. But it has a different shape - either cubic or with curved surfaces, but only in one plane. Looking at the photo below, you will understand what we are talking about.
And again, pay attention, hard straight lines are broken up by round ones: in the bottom photo these are pyramidal thujas, in the top photo there is a round flowerbed table (an extraordinary solution, by the way) and curved lines of armchairs.
This is where lovers will find freedom raised beds, so it is precisely when designing in this way: it is more convenient to set straight lines using high boxes. They are made from wood, stone, concrete. The material should be combined with the main finish or be an addition.
It is decorated in approximately the same traditions local area and areas near the pond. Make a flooring from boards, plank or decking, install characteristic furniture - part of the garden is decorated.
By the way, you can make a gazebo in an unconventional manner.
There are a lot of ideas, and they are all interesting in their own way. Check out some photos in the gallery below. Maybe something will be useful for your garden.
Practical design of the pond - you can even sunbathe on the decking Smooth paths are a sign of style, but the execution is unusual
Ideas for decorating fences and walls
Whatever one may say, there is always a fence. And it is not always a decoration of the garden. More often than not, it’s quite the opposite: it’s the owner’s headache: how to disguise it or give it a more acceptable look. There are actually quite a lot of solutions, and for different tastes.
If you know how to draw, and the fence is at least relatively smooth, paint it with some scenes. It is clear that choosing a suitable plot is not easy, but you can rely on the general design style of the site.
The funky fence and site design style are easy to guess))
You can use the fence as a space for a vertical flower bed or vegetable garden. It's beautiful and useful. This idea will especially please owners of small plots. But this can only be used if the summer in your region is cool. In all other cases, the plants on it burn.
Approximately the same idea will be useful for decorating the wall of a house. Only here flowers are planted more often, and mostly hanging ones, but nothing can stop you from planting, say, aromatic herbs or just beautiful flowers into the lower tier, and at the top let there be hanging hanging lashes.
Wall design option - metal baskets lined with jute fiber, inside - soil
Very often, simple decorations or some unusual elements distract attention from the not-so-attractive surface that the fence represents. These can be homemade flowers made of colored plastic or a whole cascade of different boxes in which you can either plant flowers or put them in pots.
Simple decorations, but they serve their purpose - they distract attention from the unsightly surface
Ideas in photo format
Not all summer residents limit themselves to laying out flower beds and mixborders on their property. Many people like the creation of decorative vegetable gardens - in addition to aesthetic pleasure, there is an opportunity to provide their table with aromatic herbs, and especially careful owners can get a good harvest of vegetables. Of course, when designing a decorative city, it is not enough to dig a few beds and sow them with seeds. It is important to ensure that this fruitful area matches the overall concept of the garden.
Growing vegetables is one of the most labor-intensive gardening activities. The garden needs to be cleaned every year, fertilized, sowed, seedlings planted, watered, and weeded. Why fence him off? Firstly, to get the freshest and healthiest vegetables. Another reason is savings. You can save some vegetables for the winter and make preparations, although for most working city dwellers this is more of a theory. To do this, you need to be able to grow vegetables, plant a garden large area, spend a lot of free time and a lot of effort on caring for it and “producing” blanks. The third reason for gardening is perhaps the most important. Growing vegetables is a fascinating process that requires skill and talent.
Skilled gardeners derive satisfaction from the opportunity to grow exactly the vegetables and the variety they want. If you have a talent for growing vegetables, don't let it go to waste.
Do you have the desire and need to garden? Some gardeners are not at all inspired by the idea of a vegetable garden; there are also those who are ready to give it up the best place in the garden, but most plot owners prefer to combine the cultivation of ornamental and edible plants in the garden.
Designing a decorative vegetable garden at a summer cottage (with photo)
The vegetable garden in the garden, the design of which is made in the form of a geometric pattern, is elegant and pleasing to the eye. Of course, you will need funds to create it, but digging in beds or boxes is practically not necessary, the harvest in them is always higher, and the vegetables are more beautiful and ripen earlier.
Neat beds look especially decorative if marigolds, nasturtiums, marigolds, or even short roses, groundcover or miniature, are planted in them next to vegetables, for example around the perimeter.
When designing a vegetable garden, you can play with the color of the boards; brown and orange are good, I especially like blue.
Look at the photo: you can decorate a decorative vegetable garden with blue bottles of Moselle wine - it turns out quite nice:
Painted boards for delimiting beds are most often used in Russian vegetable gardens; vertically placed tiles and wickerwork can also be used. The last option is very beautiful, but such “borders” will need to be updated every two years.
In the design of a decorative vegetable garden, low trimmed hedges 20-30 cm high can be planted as borders for beds. Of course, creating and caring for them is quite expensive and takes time, but decorative effect worth it.
They can be made from alpine Schmidt currants, privet, and Thunberg barberry.
As you can see in the photo, when decorating a vegetable garden, you can use annuals for such borders - marigolds, marigolds, nasturtium or clipped kochia; curly parsley, chard are good for this purpose, the beautiful foliage of carrots and ordinary beets are also suitable.
If the space allows, set aside a place to decorate a plot in the garden for a fragrant herb garden that combines benefits and beauty. Their wonderful aroma heals the body and soul; it’s good when they grow in a recreation area, where you can not only pick them, but also stroke them with your hand.
Another idea for decorating a vegetable garden is to grow herbs in ceramic pots and any other containers, for example, plastic flowerpots, wicker baskets, even wooden boxes with pre-lined film on the inside or brightly colored large olive oil jars.
In a fairly large container or several medium-sized containers, you can organize a mini-vegetable garden. From the point of view of productivity, a garden in a container is pampering, but so cute and cute.
They feel good in pots not only spices(parsley, dill, thyme, rosemary, mint, lemon balm, etc.), but also chives, salads, cherry tomatoes, decorative peppers, strawberries.
To make it even more decorative, add healthy garden flowers such as nasturtium, calendula and marigolds. When decorating a vegetable garden with your own hands, place such containers near the barbecue or grill - you are guaranteed to delight your guests.
For the winter, the rosemary in the pot will move to an indoor window sill or glassed-in loggia, and dig the strawberries and thyme into the ground on the site.
Modern Belgian and Dutch gardeners grow plants in bags similar to “shuttle” bags, simply by purchasing the desired varieties of desired vegetables, herbs and strawberries at the garden center in containers with handles, which can only be brought to the garden and placed on sunny place yes water regularly.
There are requirements that are mandatory for any vegetable garden, regardless of its size and shape of the beds; a sunny place, protected from northern winds, is allocated for growing vegetables; here you need to make a compost heap; organize easy access to water for irrigation; fill the beds with loose soil fertile soil, ensure timely watering and fertilizing, observe crop rotation.
Here you can see a photo of the design country garden and choose your favorite options:
Design of beds and photos of beautiful garden design
And what should those gardeners who have a traditional, non-decorative garden do when designing beautiful vegetable gardens? Be sure to close this separate area, so important and useful, from view from the house, from the gate and the recreation area, because for most of the season (spring, early summer and after harvest) it looks unattractive.
When designing beds in the garden, you can decorate them with a long mixborder; a living multi-colored “screen” will do its job perfectly. You can use a garden screen with or without vines for this purpose, as well as a hedge, trimmed or freely growing, I especially like it when they use fruit bushes- gooseberries, red and white currants, regular or standard.
When planning our garden, we sometimes think only about the artistic side of the matter, implying that beauty and benefit are mutually exclusive, but you can successfully combine both.
Pay attention to the photo of the design of the beds in the garden - this is not just an area where vegetables are grown, not only an agricultural workshop, but also one of the full-fledged decorative areas of the garden.
The conceptual gardener can take a cue from the Popes, who created an ornamental vegetable garden in purple tones in England's Headspan. The dark purple color of the leaves in it is provided by amaranth, basil, cabbage, lettuce, bean pods and eggplant fruits.
To avoid it being too gloomy, we planted chard ‘Hadspen Golden’ with orange stems, pumpkins and zucchini with yellow stems. orange flowers and fruits, nasturtium, calendula, zinnias and sunflowers with orange flowers. As you can see, color schemes can be invented not only in the flower garden, but also in the vegetable garden, and without compromising functionality. In plan, the Pope's vegetable garden is a square, in the center of which vegetable vines - beans and sweet peas - climb on four pillars of a square pergola, and around the pergola there are only 8 beds with wide row spacing paved with tiles.
For row spacing, you can use not only gravel and tiles, but also wood chips and ground bark, but this coating will have to be renewed every 1-2 years.
As you can see in the photo, when decorating beds in a vegetable garden, sod row spacing looks good; they say this is exactly what they did in the old days in vegetable gardens in the Russian North:
If you enjoy growing vegetables and have the time to devote to it, then a greenhouse will bring you a lot of joy. It is convenient to grow seedlings of vegetables and flowers and preserve heat-loving plants from frost.
It can be not only a “closed garden bed”, but also a cozy refuge for fiddling with your favorite plants and even thoughts and dreams.
When starting a greenhouse, do not forget that you need to open it in the morning and close it in the evening, and water the plants daily. It should be purchased only if you have the desire and time to care for the plants.
Now each family independently decides whether to have a vegetable garden or not, but do not forget that the Russian garden has always combined beauty and benefit.
And even if you have never grown vegetables, try it, it is a fun and tasty activity.
In the garden it is dangerous to plant everything according to the principle “whenever you have to and where you have to.” The seedlings may not take root, the seeds may not sprout. And in the end, the money is spent, the mood is ruined, and the garden is infested with weeds.
Risk is not a noble thing when it comes to the beauty and health of the family garden. Agrotechnical problems will not fall on your shoulders if the design of your garden plot is created according to the rules.
Let's be honest: digging and watering a garden from morning to evening is not what you dreamed of when purchasing a dacha outside the city. Instead of inhaling the smell of petunias and listening to the singing of nightingales, you have to work in the dust under the hot sun. For 6, 10 or 12 acres land plot not become a burden, you should carefully work on your garden project before landscaping.
The image of a beautiful garden design does not take shape in one day. Here you need to catch the line between magnificence and simplicity. Find ideas for inspiration on the Internet by looking through photographs of the works of famous landscape architects. Garden design should turn out like a picture, in which there is nothing to take away or add.
Garden design “by the rules”
Choosing a location for the garden
Work on landscaping and landscaping of the garden begins with an analysis of the territory. It is important to study everything: from the topography, lighting and soil type, to the location of buildings and utilities.
Options garden design need to be thought out taking into account slopes, heights and swampy areas in the summer cottage. The main criteria for selecting trees, shrubs and flowers for the garden is the study of soils and the depth of groundwater.
Gardens develop best on gentle, southern, southwestern and southeastern slopes with a slight steepness. For the garden with fruit trees Dells and closed basins are completely unsuitable.
Garden planning - project development
On paper (computer), visualize (draw) in detail what the garden design should look like after the work is completed. Write down everything, even the smallest details (down to the color of the paving tiles).
At the preliminary design stage, combine your desires with the real possibilities of the territory and already growing plants. For example, if you dream of a garden with rhododendrons, keep in mind that the bushes do not grow well next to birch, willow and maple. For "rose trees" best neighbors- These are pine, pear and apple trees.
Areas, flower beds, green spaces, and lawns marked on the sketch are provided with explanatory captions and photos. For example, you plan to set up a decorative vegetable garden in the back of the house behind the playground and it should look something like this - attach a photo:
Choosing plants and trees for the garden
When deciding on the list of vegetation that you would like to see in your garden, give preference to zoned varieties.
Before purchasing seedlings, make sure they have labels indicating the variety, plant type and product class. When purchasing packaged seeds, be sure to check the expiration date, variety name, number of seeds and weight in grams. When selecting corms and flower bulbs, make sure they are dry and firm, without cuts or mold spots.
The location of the garden according to the cardinal directions
It is important to consider the degree of illumination of an area when choosing locations for a house, vegetable garden, flower bed, pond, gazebo, alpine slide or playground.
Correct orientation of the site to the cardinal points when developing a garden design will allow plants to develop well. If the bedroom windows face south, then a light-loving flower garden is created in this place. The kitchen windows on the north-west side can look onto recreation areas with a gazebo, barbecue and small pond. An orchard is being planted in the southwestern sector.
Zoning of the garden and vegetable garden in the landscape design of the site
Before forming a garden near the house, it is necessary to carry out functional zoning of the site, which consists of:
- front area (entrance area begins with a gate and front garden with a lawn, flower beds and coniferous trees);
- orchard ( orchards, most often, they are arranged in the depths of the site on an elevated, unshaded place);
- recreation area (a recreation area can be adjacent to the main building in the form of a paved terrace deck board or stone);
- utility area (a shaded corner of the garden is suitable for a utility block);
- playground (the playground should be well lit, i.e. located on the sunny side, and be remote from the main flower garden or vegetable garden).
To combine all areas of the garden in landscape design into a single whole, and at the same time make each of them an independent “green room”, you can divide the area with hedges of different heights. Evergreen molded and unmolded from coniferous species or combined from deciduous trees. Visually separate different zones using pergolas, trellises, screens with climbing plants.
Planning a budget for garden design
Based on the design sketch of the garden design, calculate the estimated cost of all work and materials. Will it turn out that your funds are only enough for the device? garden drainage and an automatic watering system, and on planting material no more money left?
Garden design for the poor does not come down to planting trees on the site and laying lawns with your own hands. Natural beauty can be artificially recreated using inexpensive but beautiful varieties of flowers in spectacular groupings and combinations.
How to inexpensively create a beautiful garden design?
You can completely change the look of your garden and avoid getting into debt with the help of:
Forb lawn
To do this, you need to treat the soil to remove weeds and plant all the free soil in the area with the mixture. lawn grass from fescue, bluegrass and bentgrass. Imagine a garden with neat beds, beautifully flowering trees, and an emerald carpet around them. Perfect. And on a budget.
Dense compositions of shrubs, flowers and ornamental grasses
Flower beds are a subject of endless creativity for summer residents. On the green background of the lawn, periwinkles, nasturtiums, delphiniums, astilbes, anemones, poppies, irises, sedums, and basilisks look contrasting. It is better to form the backbone of mixborders, borders, flower beds and ridges in the garden design from perennial flowers. Hardy, visually beautiful and easy to care for.
Climbing plants for the garden
When all the vertical surfaces of the garden are in the possession of the vines, it acquires a special charm. Do you need to disguise the peeling facade of your house? Make a support and plant a winter-hardy climbing rose. And ivy is better - it’s more capital. veranda walls, country fences, gazebos are framed with problem-free plants: bindweed, decorative beans or wisteria. Climbing plants have enormous potential. Some annuals change the garden decorations every year, while others decorate them once or for many years.
Garden styles in landscape design
From a combination of flower arrangements, fences, paths, water features, gazebos and sculptures, a simple summer cottage turns into a stylish garden, with inner meaning and harmony. There are several main styles in landscape gardening art. Let's look at the most popular of them in the photo.
Design of a classic parterre garden-labyrinth
In the design of parterre gardens, trimmed conifers are planted symmetrically at the entrance and along the perimeter of the site: spruce, juniper, thuja, yew. Topiary objects of the most complex shapes are created from coniferous shrubs and trees. Beginners in landscape design should not set themselves the goal of cutting a chess piece or a lion from an overgrown bush with needles. To begin, learn to trim light geometric shapes in a formal garden—cube, cone, sphere, square, cylinder, or pyramid—and form them into a garden labyrinth.
The free space between conifers in parterre gardens is filled with flower beds of intricate shapes, gravel or colored sand.
The photo shows a classic garden on a rectangular plot with trimmed conifers
The photo on the right is a rose garden in a formal (regular) style.
In the photo on the left is the zoning of a classic garden in landscape design
The charm of a rural garden has captivated more than one owner of dacha acres. Once you have invested time and soul into its design, you won’t have to devote much time to your country-style garden in the future.
What is needed to create a harmonious village landscape on 6 acres?
Firstly, forget about a clear layout, trimmed lawns, blatantly neat flower beds and works of topiary art.
You can clearly show all the charm of rural life through wild wild flowers, beds with your favorite vegetables and aromatic herbs.
Decorate the gardens in rustic design unpretentious and simple: irregular flower beds, fruit trees, shrubs, decorative equipment.
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All buildings, including the gazebo and fences, are entwined with vines and hidden behind dense bushes of honeysuckle, lilac and jasmine. 
A flowering Moorish meadow with bluebells, daisies, columbine, phlox and colorful lupins fits into the concept of a rural garden design. Design orchard with apple trees, pears, cherries, raspberries, red and black currants, the rustic style allows every bush and tree to grow freely.
In order to create a compositional style effect, fruit plants are placed deep in the plot (varieties with decorative fruits and flowers are an exception). Tree trunk circles the trees are left free, and bentgrass, meadow bluegrass or bulbous plants are sown around them: tulips, crocuses, daffodils. 
The photo shows the design of an orchard with bird feeders, which emphasize the overall stylized focus of the rustic style Garden design in modernist style
Beds of abstract shapes are placed on a sun-kissed, windless area. Vegetables in a modular garden are planted both in rows and in clumps - small islands. Edible flower beds are separated by garden paths made of small stones, borders made of low-growing trimmed shrubs, and modules different forms, logs or bricks.
To implement a decorative vegetable garden in the garden landscape design, the following are planted: useful crops like: parsley, basil, lettuce, tomato, zucchini, thyme, dill, cabbage, peppers, garlic, celery, arugula, beans, carrots and beets.
On the left in the photo is a landscape design of a vegetable garden with picturesque flower beds of vegetables and herbs
On the right in the photo is a decorative vegetable garden with cabbage - best plant for garden bed
In the photo on the left is a garden design with neatly processed rectangular beds that are protected by decorative edges
In the photo on the right vertical flower bed in landscape design of a country garden
Scheme of a vegetable garden in landscape garden design (photo)
The plan diagram shows an example of planting an ornamental vegetable garden
Advice: if you refuse to plant vegetables and herbs in dense rows, and experiment with clumps (small island plantings between narrow stone paths), then take care of decorative vegetable garden it will be much easier.
Garden landscape design in Art Nouveau style
A distinctive feature of Art Nouveau gardens is the abandonment of right angles and lines in favor of natural forms and new technologies.
A feature of country gardens that gravitate towards the Art Nouveau style is the active introduction of picturesque flower groups, tapeworms, small architectural forms and vertical gardening into the landscape design.
The construction of wooden terraces is a necessary touch in the design of a Art Nouveau garden
French garden in landscape design
Garden project in french style This:
- cool color palette, with an emphasis on green, white, blue and purple;
- intricately trimmed boxwood hedges;
- neat flower beds with large flowerpots;
- stone in paving borders, terraces and recreation areas;
- gravel for paving in the design of garden paths;
- repeating elements located symmetrically to each other;
- a cozy resting place with a wooden bench, surrounded by a wall of evergreen and flowering bushes.
It is a mistake to believe that French gardens are only good for large spaces. A formal French-style garden is easy to organize in a small 12-acre dacha. Yes, it will require a lot more maintenance than a country or woodland style garden.
Landscaping garden in English style
Perfectly trimmed green lawns are a truly English hobby. The lawns of English gardens in spring are decorated with bright spots of crocuses and daffodils. Maximum naturalness is achieved through group plantings of bulbous plants.
At home landscape style, shrubs and trees are arranged in loose groups, enlivening the terrain water surface artificial ponds and streams.
The photo shows the garden design in english style. Hydrangea bushes and soft lawn give a special atmosphere of simplicity and naturalness
In the photo, an essential element of an English garden - be it a small cottage garden or a large one suburban area, - vertical gardening on a support for climbing plants
The favorite flowers of the British, which can be found literally at every step in the garden, are roses. The photo shows an English garden with a bench that stands under a wooden canopy arch entwined with roses
Chinese style garden landscape design
A large plot with hills and lowlands is the optimal place to create a Chinese garden. His required elements that exist in harmony with each other are stones, water, wooden bridges, weeping willows, plums, daffodils, pine trees, pagodas, observation decks.
Water organizes the space of a Chinese garden and gives different character to its individual sections. Rock slides in garden design are arranged with a minimum amount of vegetation.
In the photo, the Chinese garden, which embodies peace and tranquility, is conducive to concentrated contemplation
Garden of aromas in landscape design
Admiring the compositions of luxurious flower beds in the garden is one thing, but getting drunk from their magical smells is quite another. “Aromatherapy sessions” at the dacha will only bring pleasant impressions if you combine plantings of different varieties into fragrant flower beds.
Create a fragrant mixborder of perennial flowers and beautiful flowering shrubs. Phlox, monarda, meadowsweet, grayish-blue carnations, evening primrose, lilac, rosehip and jasmine will not cause much trouble, but at the same time they will fill the garden with dizzying smells from the slightest breath of wind.
Next to your resting place - a gazebo, veranda or open terrace, organize a flower garden of bulbs: tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, lilies. Plant next to a support perennial vine- honeysuckle honeysuckle. The flower with double pink and white flowers smells half-heartedly in the morning, intensifying its aroma in the late afternoon.
The photo shows a rock garden with pleasant aromas. Melissa, thyme, fragrant tobacco, mint, lavender, catnip and orange poppies create a light fragrant curtain in the summer cottage
In the photo of the garden there is a fragrant monoflower made from spicy thyme
Landscape design of a garden plot with flower arrangements
Garden design with roses
In the spring, roses in garden nurseries sell out like hot cakes. Hybrid tea, climbing, shrub, remontant and English roses dictate color modern garden, fill it with new textures and forms. The background elements of the rose garden are green lawns, shrubs and trees.
Creating a rose garden in a garden at the dacha begins with developing a planting scheme, taking into account:
- soil composition in the garden;
- illumination of the area;
- characteristics of the rose variety (shape, height, flowering time).
IN flower arrangements Low-growing rose bushes are placed in the foreground, medium-tall rose bushes are planted behind them, and tall varieties close the composition. You can complement the overall picture with “architectural” grasses, dwarf conifers or ferns.
If roses of the same height are used in a rose garden, then the main factor in the arrangement is the color scheme of the plants.
The photo shows a romantic rose garden in garden design
The photo shows a cheerful rose garden in garden landscape design. Formal style
On the picture hedge from tall bush roses and ferns in the design of a garden fence
Garden design with phlox: calico glades
Landscape designers actively use creeping phlox in rock gardens, and paniculate phlox in mixborders and edgings. Subulate phloxes are effective in combination with bulbous and coniferous plants. Stoloniferous, spreading and lovely phloxes are simply irreplaceable in the design of ponds and semi-shaded places - here they grow well with swimsuits, primroses, lungworts and dicentras.
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The photo shows a landscape garden flower garden with phlox, echinacea, daisies, yarrow and bells
Flower garden design scheme with phlox
- pink phlox “Youth”;
- pink astilbe “Straussenfeder”;
- pink daylily "Double Challenge";
- silver-lavender heuchera "Regina";
- pelargonium ivy.
The best flowers for the garden
Everyone has different tastes. It is difficult to single out the best for garden landscape design. But according to statistics, the most popular flowers are those that do not require special care.
What flowers are best to plant in the garden?
Top unpretentious and charming plants:
1st place – Marigolds
2nd place – Cosmeya 
3rd place – Nasturtium 
4th place – Peonies 
5th place – Irises 
6th place – Petunias 
7th place – Daisies 
8th place – Daisies 
9th place – Pansies(violets) 
10th place – Asters It would be appropriate to consider the non-trivial use of flowers and ornamental grasses using the example of the works of famous landscape designers: Christopher Lloyd, Roberto Berl Marx, Jean-Paul Ganem, Charles Jencks, Andre le North, Lancelot Capability Brown and others. The way they work and the styles of garden artists are completely different. But each of their gardens inspires.
Photos of landscape design of garden plots from top-ranking architects
Christopher Lloyd
(not to be confused with the American actor)
The photo shows a garden design with lush vegetation from the famous Englishman Christopher Lloyd. The landscape designer was a supporter of mixborders and was convinced that the proximity of shrubs, perennials, climbing plants, biennials and annuals contributes to the decorative expressiveness of the flower garden
Roberto Buehrle Marx
The photo on the right shows a unique image of the garden from Roberto Burle Marx. All the private gardens of the Brazilian architect, gardener and artist are abstract paintings that the maestro transferred to landscape projects. He loved to use cobblestones, stones, mosaics and concrete
In the photo on the left is the project of the Roberto Burle Marx garden, in which the water-mirror emphasizes the beauty of the unusual flora
Jean-Paul Ganem
In the photo of the French landscape designer, the garden is the canvas, and the plants are the paints. To bring color to a lifeless area, Jean-Paul Ganem sows the cracks between the garden path slabs, uses local and inexpensive garden flowers to create a river that runs across obstacles throughout the garden.
Charles Jenks
The photo shows the cosmic design of the site by Charles Jencks with the depth of contrasts and clear graphics of lines
Andre Le Notre
The photo shows the Castres garden in the style of French classicism from the king of gardens Andre Le Norte
Lancelot Capeability Brown
The photo shows the landscape design of an English garden from the iconic architect and artist Lancelot Capebility Brown
Todd Longstaffe-Govan
Tom Stewart-Smith
Pictured are the gardens of Trentham Hall by Tom Stuart-Smith and Piet Oudolf. The basis of the garden design is the contrast of the chiseled, strict forms of coniferous plants and boxwood borders with luxurious flower beds and huge clumps of cereals
Pictured is the work of Tom Stewart-Smith
On the picture beautiful garden late-flowering herbs and perennials, including: sedum, catnip, agapanthus, spurge, thyme, viola, irises, onions, hosts, echinacea, rudbeckia, eryngium, yarrow, epimedium
Anthony Paul
Pictured is Anthony Paul's terraced garden
In the photo, Anthony Paul decorated the hills of the garden with colorful flowers
In the photo of the garden design by Anthony Paul there is a swimming pool, a place to relax and a dining area on the terrace
In the photo there is a canopy in blooming garden and wicker rattan furniture that is not afraid of the vagaries of the weather
Bunny Guinness
The photo shows a project from Bunny Guinness, who makes her gardens the main gathering place for all family members
The photo shows a geometric composition of the garden with paved paths, trimmed bushes and laconic sculptures. The landscape from Bunny Guinness is in complete harmony with the façade of the building
Arne Maynard
In the photo of the regular garden design from the Englishman Arne Maynard, the solitaire tree appears as the main soloist
Piet Audolf
The photo shows a laconic and ingenious garden design by Piet Audolf with a place to relax
The photo shows the work of Piet Oudolf. Paved stone paths create a feeling of permanence and comfort in the garden.
Dirmude Gavin
In the photo of the landscape design of the garden, Dirmude Gavin fully revealed the theme of daisies - their shape repeats and garden furniture, m paving, and even a glass gazebo
Andy Sturgeon
Arabella Lennox-Boyd
Philip Nixon and Marcus Barnett
Ginny Blom
Landscaping of a recreation area in the garden
You need to relax in the arms of nature, and even at your own dacha, in comfort. Let's consider the most successful combinations of decorative and practical solutions for recreation areas, designed to give peace of mind and positive emotions.
The photo shows one of the most fashion trends garden - a place of relaxation wooden terrace. It is not adjacent to the garden, but, on the contrary, is lost in the thickets of flowering shrubs and deciduous trees. Pay attention to the soft cushions on the wicker chairs. If it rains, you can take them home with you
Sitting in such a gazebo, you enjoy the coloristic play on halftones. The designer achieved smooth transitions from dark green, purple and burgundy using group plantings. Mixborder compositions are made up of plants of different heights, different leaf cuts and different colors.
The photo shows a separate “garden relaxation room”, which we managed to set up on a very tiny piece of land. During the construction of the partition, natural material was used - wood. In the center of the composition is a garden art object – a mushroom box made of dry grass, flowers and stones.
Garden zoning in landscape design
By dividing the garden into separate zones, we add many advantages to its design, both aesthetically and practically. Zoning is especially important if the plot is small and every acre matters.
Let's look at examples of garden zoning in landscape design in the photo:
The photo shows the design of the front garden area with a front garden, lawn and elegant flower beds
The photo shows the orchard area. The tree trunks are decorated with tulips. After the bulbous flowers have faded, sow annuals: balsam or nasturtium.
In the photo there is a garden area for children preschool age with sandbox 
In the photo there is a relaxation area, a dining area and a play area 
The photo shows the design of the utility area, decorated climbing vine and bushes. Today, a garden is not only a place for growing various crops and plants, it is, first of all, a real outlet for a city dweller, a cozy environment where you can enjoy nature and get away from the bustle and noise of the city. That's why original ideas more relevant than ever for the garden.
You can turn your garden into real fairy-tale magic with the help of beautiful flower beds, flower beds, mini-ponds and others landscape techniques. We offer you to look at some of the most popular and stunning options.
Wattle
Interesting site design options can be created using wattle fence. Of course, it is unlikely to replace modern fences, but it will definitely provide the fabulous atmosphere of Gogol and Pushkin times!
Wicker made from willow twigs is considered the highest quality. However, raspberry bushes also serve as excellent material for such a fence. By combining different rods, you can create an unusual range of colors and a relief pattern if you twist rods of different thicknesses.
For decoration and a special mood, the wattle fence can be decorated with cute clay pots.
Flower beds and flower beds
Flower beds are the first place gardeners begin to decorate their garden. When choosing plants, it is imperative to take into account the individual characteristics of each species. The first step is to highlight the soloist flowers, that is, the main plants in the flowerbed.
It is also good to use unusually shaped leaves and ornamental grasses in the design. With them, the flower garden will look original, even at a time when the flowers have not yet bloomed.
It is important to maintain harmony - too much various colors and plants will look intrusive and create a feeling of chaos in the garden. The flowerbed should be holistic and concise.
Simply beautifully planted flowers are half the battle. Flowerbeds with decorations around them look much more interesting. This is a bright accent to complete the composition.
Water beds
Flowerbeds are a special pride for gardeners. A selection of flowers of different shades, petal shapes, stem heights, aroma, leaf density and flowering periods is only a small part of the design that a gardener uses when creating a flower bed.
New ideas for decoration can be realized with your own hands from scrap materials in the form of all kinds of structures. But not every gardener has original water beds made on their own. Meanwhile, creating such a masterpiece in the garden or at the dacha is not at all difficult.
The procedure for designing a water flower bed:
- dig a hole no more than 50 cm deep;
- lay brick around the perimeter of the flowerbed;
- cover the bottom of the flowerbed with plastic wrap and cover it with a 5 cm layer of sand;
- Place plants planted in pots in the center: egg capsules, water lilies, nymphaeums;
- the sand layer at the edges should be 10-15 centimeters thicker, and plants such as chastukha, water iris, and calligraphy are planted in the ground;
- fill the flowerbed so that the leaves of the plants float on the water surface;
- For additional decoration, you can use aquatic plants that do not require adhesion to the ground - pistia, duckweed, watercolor, bagel, azolla, eichornia.
If you fill at least half of the entire flowerbed area with plants, the living decor will delight you throughout the season. Additional decorations in the form of cute fairy-tale characters can be used to decorate foam areas around the flowerbed.
Garden paths
The garden paths you create will remain your pride for a long time. River pebbles and bricks can serve as available materials.
Laying out paths should begin with markings. At the dacha or garden plot, for sure, your favorite paths have already been trodden. They are best used for future markings. Try to lay out the path so that the surface is as flat as possible and the width is the same along the entire length.
After leveling, the marked path must be covered with crushed stone, the layer thickness of which is about 10 cm. Compact with a vibrator. Next, pour a special solution onto the prepared area and level it again. The pre-washed pebbles are pressed into the solution in a dense, pre-thought-out pattern. Finally, a brick border is laid.
Rutary
Rutary – quite unusual way designing a garden plot using original driftwood and tree roots. It is also often called the garden of roots.
If desired, even small area you can create unique magic. Many of us have met the most fancy shapes roots. When you see special specimens, your imagination immediately draws a vivid plot of a fairy tale. Handmade beautiful compositions from driftwood create such a rutaria, the sight of which is simply impossible to take your eyes off.
Old furniture for decoration
Don't rush to throw it away old furniture– it can serve as a colorful decorative item in the country for many years to come. It is enough just to clear old paint and repaint.
Using car tires in garden decoration
One of the most common materials for garden decor are car tires. From durable and flexible rubber you can create veryaromatic flowerpots, figurines of various animals, a sandbox, children's swings, etc.
Decorations made from plastic bottles
Plastic is an inexpensive and easily accessible material. Experienced gardeners with creative imagination know a lot of options for its use. Qualities such as flexibility, strength, and durability of plastic allow you to create a wide variety of sculptures, decorations for flower beds, borders, and others. interesting compositions from plastic bottles.
Figurines and feeders
A variety of figures give a special charm and atmosphere to the garden. To create them you can use the following Construction Materials like gypsum, polymer clay, etc. Design solutions depend on your imagination.
Cute bird feeders are a great way to attract birds to your yard. They can be made from twigs, a plastic bottle or a tree trunk.
Unusual fence
The best aspect of making a garden plot unique is its fencing. In addition to its protective function, the fence is an eye-catching business card for the owners. Simple iron or wooden version– it’s banal. You can decorate the fence in different ways. Some bright examples shown in the photo.
Children's Corner
When decorating and improving your dacha and garden, you shouldn’t forget about the littlest fidgets. They need to allocate their own territory for entertainment and exciting games.
Arrangement of a recreation area
Place to rest under open air – required condition comfortable pastime at the dacha or in the garden. Here everything will depend on the desires and preferences of the owners. There are a lot of options: gazebos with comfortable furniture, wide swing ( great idea– place a hanging structure in the shade under the trees), hammocks, or just a platform with comfortable chairs and a table.
DIY garden ideas: photos of striking examples
Whatever ideas you may have for decorating your dacha and garden, always remember that a dacha is, first and foremost, a place for relaxation, comfort and privacy. The environment here should be inspiring and pleasing to the eye. Therefore, it is important not to overdo it with design creative solutions– in everything you need to know when to stop.
