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The arrangement of the garden and landscape design in the backyard area directly depends not only on the number of acres at your disposal, but also on the shape of the site. For example, ideas for arranging a garden on a strictly square plot will turn out to be unacceptable for an irregularly shaped territory, 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 components: the original size and configuration of the site, the terrain, the peculiarities of the natural environment and, of course, your own taste preferences. The amount of investment and one's own practical skills in the implementation of construction and landscaping works play a role.

This material is devoted to the arrangement of the garden and landscaping with your own hands in areas of different shapes.

A rectangular or square suburban area is best planned in a regular style. This style came from France, where it was very widespread in the 18th century. Imitation of the world famous gardens of Versailles swept across 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 the Summer Garden. The courtiers of Peter, naturally, also rebuilt their estates in the regular style, and some of them have survived, albeit in a deplorable state, to this day.

When landscaping a rectangular or square plot, straight paths are laid, planting is done in rows, which, of course, greatly facilitates the care of plants. Trees are placed along the boundaries of the site, stepping back, as expected, from the neighboring one by three to four meters. And so that the land does not go to waste, berry bushes are planted between the trees and the neighboring border - raspberries or black currants, with an indent from the border of one and a half meters. Raspberry and apple with pear are friendly plants. When arranging such a garden in the country, in the landscape design of a rectangular plot, black currants and pome crops are well adjacent to. 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 a neutral soil, which is very suitable for raspberries, and black currants, although they prefer slightly acidic soils, feel quite good on neutral ones. Over time, the trees will grow strongly and can cover shrubs with their shade, but this is not scary, because both raspberries and black currants endure partial shade without problems.

This arrangement of the garden will immediately dictate its decoration to you.

As shown in the photo, in the design of a square or rectangular section along a row of trees, there should be a central, through, straight path that runs 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 nothing else remains 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 flower well in partial shade. When arranging such a garden, when planning the design of a square or rectangular area, plant a border of low-growing or ground cover plants along the very edge along the path.

The remontant mustacheless strawberry will grow and bear fruit beautifully, the elegant bushes of which are strewn with bright white flowers and red berries throughout the season. This strawberry, which also feels good on soil with a neutral reaction, although it prefers slightly acidic, will have to take special care. The bushes must be divided and planted every three years, otherwise it will wither.

In the landscape design of a suburban area of ​​a square or rectangular shape, the space under the trees should also not be empty, because the soil open to the sun and wind dries up and collapses, in addition, a holy place is never empty, it is immediately occupied by weeds, and such a luxury as empty land , on six hundred parts we cannot afford. So, contrary to generally accepted recommendations, do not keep the near-stem circles under steam, do not dig the soil under them, but plant them with an earthworm (a hybrid of garden strawberries with strawberries) or sow with bent grass, or even better with white clover.

The earthworm and bent grass love moisture, do not forget about this, and therefore water your plantings abundantly. All these plants for arranging a garden with their own hands have approximately the same requirements for soil conditions, moreover, they are all hygrophilous, and therefore care for them is approximately the same, which greatly facilitates the work.

When planning the design of a rectangular or square site, one should take into account the almost complete lack of decorativeness at the plums. These plants are usually unsightly and rarely bear fruit in the Northwest, so don't put them in the foreground. But cherries are very decorative, so you don't have to hide them in the background. At the time of flowering, both plums and cherries are very elegant. It should be noted that cherries strongly oppress raspberries, so it is better to place them in different parts of the garden. In addition, pome fruits (apples, 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 of the garden.

When arranging a garden for a vegetable garden, you should leave the western side, separating the economic zone with a number of decorative tall shrubs or pergolas entwined with climbing roses, clematis and other vines, arches or apple trees and pears. And on the east side, create a landscape-style recreation area.

Look at examples of beautiful landscape design of a square or rectangular area in these photos:

Ideas for arranging flower beds in a square or rectangular area

Flowerbeds in a square or rectangular area are easiest to place.

As you can see in the photo, when arranging a garden on the territory of such a shape for flower beds, you can choose any configurations:

In the landscape design of a suburban area of ​​a rectangular or square shape, 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: arrangement of a garden and vegetable garden with your own hands

In the landscape of an elongated plot, with such initial data, it is more convenient to arrange a vegetable garden and a garden on one half of the territory, and plan them in a purely regular style (this is how more plants are placed), and use the second to build a house, places for recreation, sow a lawn and give this part a natural (landscape) view. Visually, when arranging a garden with your own hands, the garden can be separated from the rest of the site by covering it with a neat row of fruit trees.

Fruit trees can be formed in the form of palmettes, then their crown will not give excessive shade. Trees will take up much less space in the sun.

Across the plot, approximately in the middle, plant trees 3 meters apart, placing them in a line. A vegetable garden will be located on the south side of the planting line. Leave space in the landscape design of the elongated area for passage to the utility area. Now your task is to grow trees with a flattened crown. To do this, leave (or reject, or make a transfer of 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.

The crown will be pruned annually in the fall. This will cause new shoots to appear on the trunk at the apex. They will also form in the plane of the crown. Along the trees from the south, you can plant a row of black currants across the site, then a row of gooseberries, then a row of red currants, or place greenhouses or greenhouses in the center.

When planning a design for arranging such a garden, on both sides of the bushes, you can make two garden beds (4 beds may well feed a small family), and in front of them from the south you need to leave a place either for potatoes or for 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 the shadow from them should not fall on the 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 wattle fence, the following plants can be planted:

These photos show how to arrange a garden with your own hands on an elongated section:

Landscaping when arranging a garden near a house on an irregularly shaped plot

For landscaping a plot of irregular shape, a 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 to do with the natural landscape, but still they are much more natural in appearance. An example of such a park is Pavlovsky Park near St. Petersburg. And here the gardeners are in danger of cluttering up their site so that in a couple of decades it will become an impenetrable thicket, so many plantings will have to be cut down. There is another 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, and you have to form fill hills, reservoirs of natural forms, reminiscent of forest lakes, cascades, rocks and cliffs. An example of such a significant change in the relief of the area can be called the world-famous estate of nobles Potocki Sofiyivka near Uman in Ukraine.

On six hundred square meters, 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 are not suitable for the design of a plot of irregular shape due to the sprawling dome-shaped crown.

And what are these dominant (accent) plants? These are trees planted alone, rather tall or textured, which immediately draw attention to themselves. Conifers such as thuja, junipers, blue or gray spruce are often suitable for this purpose. All of them grow rather slowly, but after a dozen years they will grow significantly, and therefore, when planting, keep in mind that they will need a significant area of ​​nutrition and under them there will be a fairly thick shadow in which not all plants can grow.

And, conversely, the creeping forms of conifers, 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 the landscape (landscape) design of 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, one should not occupy the southern part of the garden, otherwise most of the territory will be in the shade. If you plant trees from the north side, then immediately there is a problem with the protection of fruit trees from the cold north and north-east winds. When arranging a garden in a dacha with your own hands on an irregularly shaped plot, you will have to plant curtain plants, retreating from fruit plants by 3-4 meters.

Of the echelon plants, those that have a more or less deep-lying compact root system, or, conversely, a superficial one, are preferable. These can be: mountain ash, irga, sea buckthorn or chokeberry (black chokeberry). Aronia, of course, is not a tall plant, but you can also reduce the crown of apple trees to two and a half meters by annual autumn pruning of both the central conductor and pruning the ends of the remaining skeletal branches, which, by the way, benefits the trees, and makes it easier for you to harvest.

What are the advantages of such trees? Compact root system and compact crown, larger fruits and early fruiting (3-4 years after planting).

What are the disadvantages? Just because of the small root system, a strong wind easily turns them out of the soil, and therefore they must be tied not to stakes, but to three metal pipes driven into a great depth. Yields are naturally 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 stock of a vigorous tree with a powerful root system. Then a year later, another graft is grafted onto it of the variety you need. There are no problems with such a tree, a powerful root system will keep 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 plot 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 backstage crops. The wind flows around a dense barrier from above, but then cold air descends to the ground at the so-called "cold point", which is located at a distance equal to three heights of the barrier. So, if the height of the chokeberry bush is 2–2.5 m, then at a distance of 6–7.5 m from its plantings in the direction of the cold wind, it is impossible to plant heat-loving crops, because they will constantly freeze.

So that the space between the trees planted by the group does not disappear, it is recommended to surround each apple tree with a "whisk" of raspberries, placing the bushes 50 cm apart from each other in a circle 1–1.5 meters from the trunk. Or plant black currants or gooseberries between the trees.

It is possible, as already mentioned above, to fill the entire space under the apple trees with an earthworm. This strawberry-strawberry hybrid has adopted the resistance to partial shade from the parent variety of forest strawberries, since it grows under natural conditions under the canopy of a forest. Let it grow in a solid carpet, like in a forest, without much 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 ones. They should flow around the trees, curl between them to appear as paths in a park or forest. This arrangement of plantings and paths, as noted earlier, visually increases the space of the garden.

With this design of the garden, traditional rectilinear 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 only one square meter in size, placed here and there throughout the site, where there is only a place for them in the sun, will look much more elegant:

Such compact beds are much easier to care for. In addition, they can be made decorative if you combine planting greens, vegetables with such useful and elegant flowers as nasturtium (of course, only bush forms), calendula or marigolds on them.

Do not plant apple and pear trees one at a time in different corners of the garden. This does not create a single composition, moreover, 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 a site of at least 16–20 sq. m. You can, of course, plant separately apple and pear trees, but then it will be difficult to place stone fruit crops, which, I emphasize again, do not tolerate the neighborhood of pome fruits.

As mentioned above, a regular garden for a landscape-style plot is not suitable. The arrangement of flower beds should be well thought out, since planting perennials in rows, as is usually the case in garden plots, is also not suitable. Ornamental plants are best placed in groups or singly in different parts of the garden, so as not to disturb its overall composition "for the landscape".

In addition to ridges or mixborders, you can arrange rockeries, that is, rocky slides, as well as use solitary plantings on lawns. By the way, a lawn or at least a small lawn or a lawn is an indispensable element of a landscape garden, so make sure that there is 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 are used, but in different tones.

An elegant white flower bed can be created by planting perennial daisies of different types, white peonies of different flowering periods, pyramidal white phlox, large-flowered perennial white bells, dwarf chubushnik variety, black cohosh, low white delphinium "Galahad", shrub Japanese small-flowered relict clematis, white-flowered lymeon with white flowers, basil and aquilegia, a group of white and small-bulb tulips with white flowers as a lining to a flower border, autumn aster, white polyanthus roses (blooming twice during the summer) and many other plants.

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Who decided that a vegetable garden cannot become the main decoration of a suburban area? A decorative garden can delight not only with a rich harvest, but also act as an original decoration of the site. To implement this idea, it is enough to think over the design of the garden and vegetable garden, in which vegetable beds will look no less picturesque than colorful flower beds. And how to do it correctly, we want to tell you today.

Modern landscape design applies not only to the garden on the site. Landscape architects have developed a number of recommendations, thanks to which they can plan and equip any gardener with their own hands.

• Site zoning... Thinking over the arrangement of a site on which buildings have not yet been made, at the design stage it is necessary to provide for the placement of all the necessary zones: front, rest, utility.
• Lighting and surface of the garden area... The area for vegetable beds should be lit from all sides. Most vegetable crops are sun-loving and demanding on soils. By placing the beds in a sunny area with fertile soil, you simplify your work on observing special conditions for planting and crop rotation of crops.
• Limited landing area... If you do not set yourself the goal of providing all your relatives and friends with stocks of jams and pickles from your own harvest, it is better to limit the planting area. Three or four well-groomed beds will look more attractive and provide more benefits than a dozen unkempt beds.
• Unusual shape and arrangement of the beds... When breaking up vegetable beds, it is important to take into account both the aesthetic appearance of the plant compositions planted in them, and the needs of the plants themselves. Intricate ornaments and patterns created from slightly raised beds in the form of trapeziums, triangles and waves are not always suitable for growing moisture-loving crops. Water in these beds dries out faster, which leads to uneven plant growth.
• The ratio of the width of the beds and the aisles between them... Traditionally, many of us break beds 1-1.2 m wide.Foreign gardeners are of the opinion that the width of the beds should not exceed 70 cm thereby harvesting.

The material on how to plant greenery on a small plot with edible crops will also be useful:

Land improvement work can be aimed at arranging a decorative vegetable garden, which is also an important component of garden aesthetics.

An example of a French vegetable garden. The width of the passage between low beds should be at least 40 cm, and between high beds - 70 centimeters

Methods for arranging a decorative garden

Each of us wants his garden to look attractive not only in summer, when it is decorated with a variegated cap of foliage, flowers and fruits, but also in the spring and autumn, when the beds are bare.

Neatly designed surfaces, framed by protective decorative borders, look equally beautiful and well-groomed at any time of the year

Using the boards, you can slightly raise the beds, building, which will become a spectacular addition to the landscape picture.

If the landscape design of the garden includes elements with smooth curves, circles and curved lines, the figured framing for vegetable beds can be made from ready-made modules.

For the same purpose, you can use small-diameter wooden hemp, clinker bricks placed on the end, or even plastic bottles.

Method # 2 - vegetable garden in containers

Planting plants in containers allows you to realize not only an aesthetic function. A significant advantage of such containers is their mobility. Containers with planted plants can always be moved, decorating empty spaces on the site.

Herbs and juicy fresh herb crates can be a complement to barbecues, patios and terraces

Any containers can be used as containers: clay and plastic pots, baskets, barrels, old dishes. There are no restrictions on the choice of containers for plants, the only condition is that they must be in harmony with other decorative elements.

Compact early ripening varieties of cherry tomatoes, ornamental peppers and eggplants are well suited for planting in containers.

In a container of large volumes, several crops can be planted at once, creating original color combinations. For example: red-burgundy chard leaves go well with pale green lettuce leaves

You can add colors to plant compositions by adding annual flowers to them: marigolds, calendula, majors.

Method # 3 - flower and vegetable beds

With this method of arrangement, plants are planted in small groups, which form variegated multi-level islands. For example: greens are planted in the foreground along the curb, the middle tier of the composition is filled with medium-sized pepper or tomato plants, corn or sunflower is planted as a background, the stems of which are twisted by asparagus beans.

Traditional beds can be completely replaced with original flower beds, decorated with plant compositions from decorative vegetables and flowers.

Site decoration in English and French style

Landscaping of suburban areas is often performed based on one of two styles: French or English. The first is based on a combination of geometric shapes. All green spaces on the site and decorative elements form a single carefully thought-out pattern.

As one of the examples of the French style of decoration, we propose to consider the project of the site, which includes a diagonal layout of vegetable beds.

The central point of the composition is the courtyard, from which, like the rays of the sun, plantings with greens, flowers and vegetables diverge

It is better to view and admire such a garden from a hill: from a house window or balcony. Compact plant varieties are more suitable for decorating the beds, which do not grow, thereby violating the strict aesthetics of the French style.

Compact garden plantings with cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes frame paths lined with slabs and bricks

Decorating a garden in a landscape style suggests more naturalness. Therefore, the choice of plants for filling flower beds and beds is much wider. To compose compositions, you can use any ornamental vegetable crops, combining them with planting greenery and flowers.
Finally, we suggest you watch a video with an example of a decorative vegetable garden:

At the height of the season, such a carefully planned and neatly decorated vegetable garden resembles a miniature park with flowers, the role of which is played by elegant plantings, zucchini and lettuce.

For the owners of summer cottages, a personal plot has always been an important aspect, or rather, a vegetable garden from which you want to harvest as much as possible. Some 10-20 years ago, hardly anyone was interested in exactly how their garden would look like, whether it is beautiful enough. Today, landscape design is more popular than ever among the owners of country cottages and among the owners of more modest houses in the village. Cast aside the prejudices that the design of a garden and a private house in the village are incompatible, take a look at the photo below.

Previously, hardly anyone would have thought that a vegetable garden in a village could or should be beautifully decorated. The main idea of ​​the owners was aimed at collecting a quality crop. Today, trends are changing their direction.

Many owners of a private house in the village want to perceive the vegetable garden not only as a place where you need to work every day, but also as a plot that you want to admire, to capture its design in a photo. After all, you must agree, to work in a well-groomed vegetable garden, where each vegetable has its own separate place and, as if everything is “laid out on the shelves,” it is much more pleasant.

Of course, we can say that for such purposes it is necessary to hire specialists who will transform the garden, while demanding a significant fee. However, this is not at all the case. Read to the end of our article and you will find out how to turn your garden into a work of art in just 6 steps without paying landscape designers.

If you decide to re-plan the design of your garden, then first you need to decide on its plan.

It is best to draw in detail: what size of the garden is preferable, how the beds will look like, which and where the vegetables will be located.

Pay attention to the photo, how well the design of the garden of the owners of a private house in the village is built.

Step # 2. Don't be afraid to make your garden look beautiful

If you ask any summer resident what a vegetable garden is associated with, the answer will be simple: "a lot of beds, a lot of work." However, everything can be changed, and certainly for the better. Do not be afraid to experiment, create interesting beds of various shapes, even if they are not inferior in beauty to flower beds.

Step # 3. Layout on paper

It would be more expedient to attribute this step to the first one, since it involves fixing the plan of the vegetable garden on paper. But we highlight it separately to show how useful this plan will be. It will not only help to plant vegetables correctly, but also come in handy when changing the design of the garden, will help to foresee where adjustments can be made.

Step # 4. Comfortable beds

The basis of the beauty of your garden will lie in the beds. Each area for each type of vegetable should be clearly defined, which will give an aesthetic appearance and ease of use.

Neat and clear beds will give your garden not only beauty, but also a sense of order and cleanliness. Take a look at the photo how the neat garden beds have transformed the design of the garden, even though this is a private house in a village, not a cottage.

Don't forget about the condition of the soil. If your site cannot boast of good land, then high beds on which vegetables will feel comfortable and delight with a rich harvest will be the best option. In addition, high beds are very convenient to use, because you no longer need to be in a bent position for a long time during the next weeding.

Please note that for convenience, it is better not to make wide beds. As for the length, here - as much as you like.

Step # 5. Experiment with design

It should be noted that not all owners of summer cottages are eager to create a large vegetable garden. For some, it is not entirely interesting, but for some, there is simply no time to deal with land affairs. In this case, a good option would be to transform a small flower bed into a garden bed, where you can plant various types of greens and tomatoes instead of the usual flowers.

Different types of cabbage or salad will also look interesting.

Step number 6. What to plant?

What kind of vegetables or fruits to plant is entirely up to you. Focus on the composition of the soil, climate and, of course, your own preferences.

Nevertheless, there are several general rules that are still recommended to adhere to:

• when planting plants with a high stem, keep in mind that in the future they should not obscure lower-growing ones;
• examine the plant itself before planting. What kind of light it prefers, whether it likes abundance of water, what kind of plants it does not tolerate neighborhood;
• each plant has its own watering regime. Some need water every day, others feel much better in drier soil. Do not forget to take into account such nuances, and in this case plant vegetables in different beds.

Fashionable garden: principles of creation

If you decide to make your garden not only fruitful, but also beautiful and fashionable, then give up the standard planting of crops.

In this case, it is better to resort to combination. Don't be afraid to combine what at first glance seems impossible. For example, you can plant carrots and beets on the same bed, alternate varieties of cabbage or salads.

Try planting pansies or marigolds among the "kitchen" greenery. They will not only add a touch of flavor to your garden, but they will also attract beneficial insects to pollinate your plants. Do not think that a beautiful design of a garden is only appropriate for a photo in magazines or in the presence of an expensive cottage, it will perfectly transform a small private house in the village.

Even a small flower bed can be interestingly filled with a mixture of various plants that will delight the eye. So, try to plant some types of tomatoes together: cherry, yellow, red, black tomato varieties. You will see how they will sparkle with colors and bring incredible variety to your garden.

Decorative garden: design rules

No matter how strange it may sound, you can combine not only vegetables on the garden plot. It is perfectly acceptable to combine them with different varieties of flowers.

Try combining some types of cabbage and lettuce, and plant colorful flowers, such as calendula, in between. Its sunny color will not only transform the garden, but it will also lift your mood every time.

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A tiny pond, green hedges, a lawn, a flower bed - all this vivid picture is gradually displacing greenhouses, beds and other agricultural areas in the thoughts of many summer residents. This is not surprising, if only specialists were engaged in the improvement of the summer cottage, then an inexhaustible source of information today allows you to draw up a sophisticated and beautiful garden design with your own hands. How to behave correctly for beginners in order to avoid collision with pitfalls as much as possible?

We estimate the potential of the land plot

Of course, for many summer residents, their meters of land are the best and most expensive. However, if we are talking about landscape design, as in the photo, it is worthwhile to evaluate your possessions a little critically.

Pay attention to the age, number and condition of trees, the degree of infestation of the site with wild plants, the presence of slopes, hills and the presence of rockiness, the remoteness of natural and underground water sources, the assessment of the incidence of sunlight on different parts of the garden.

At the initial stage, it is worth considering that any feature of the site must be turned into an ally. For example, the same overgrown shrub can be decorated in a green shield that can hide the area from prying eyes, areas with old trees can be decorated in country style, in addition, bright illustrations and design photos will allow you to decorate the garden with your own hands.

We draw up a plan

It's time to arm yourself with pencils and paper. It is necessary to indicate your ideas and plans on the sheet, perhaps the visualization of your ideas will allow you to slightly adjust your plans. Specialists do the same, only in their capabilities there are 3D effects. Already at this stage, the arrangement of plants and furniture in the garden should be indicated. Such a schematic plan will allow you to avoid some mistakes, for example, plant several seedlings in a seemingly empty corner of the garden.

Agree, in a few years this corner is at risk of turning into impassable thickets. You can avoid many other mistakes in garden design with your own hands by watching a video on the site, where expert advice will come in handy.

We mark the functional areas

Even the smallest garden, the improvement of which you are now engaged in, in the future should be not only beautiful, but also functional, as in the photo. After all, it is so wonderful to sit in a garden gazebo and enjoy the starry sky, and where the owners will repair their car, you should also leave a place for barbecue. When developing interesting ideas for designing a garden or vegetable garden with your own hands, it is important to clearly understand what functionality you will burden your site with. All family members should be involved in this business, because even small children will want to own their own corner for playing with a ball.

Implementation of ideas

So, if it is decided to design the garden with your own hands, without resorting to the help of specialists, then you should start with large-scale work - leveling, lighting, installing a drainage system, increasing the fertile layer of the site, digging a pit for a future pond, laying a lawn, and so on. And only after these "fundamental" works are completed, we can talk about the beginning of planting, the design of the recreation area and so on.

Even by their own efforts, everyone can turn their site into a piece of paradise - the main thing is to awaken in oneself the desire to turn your home into a fairy tale, and interesting ideas for transforming the garden will come to mind, and if not, you can see them in the photographs presented on the site. It remains to realize the whole thing and create a garden design of exceptional beauty with your own hands.

Many of our compatriots, when the phrase "summer cottage" involuntarily appears before their eyes, a picture with an endless number of tomato and cucumber beds, an old shed for equipment and a gazebo inherited from the previous owners of the land. Meanwhile, modern resources and magazines beckon us with beautiful photos of landscape design projects, where the design of every centimeter of the local area or garden is thought out to the smallest detail. A Russian landowner (even of the smallest plot) also wants to see his territory with beautiful, well-groomed, inviting greenery and the opportunity to relax in the shade in the fresh air. But at the same time, we are not ready to give up the beds with herbs, the opportunity to pick ripe vegetables right for a family dinner. Is it possible to combine the practical benefits of growing vegetables, fruit trees and greenery with the beauty of landscaping? Of course, even on a tiny piece of land nestled between the fences of private houses on narrow city streets, you can create your own green oasis for outdoor recreation. Efforts will be required, but the task is quite doable. We hope that an impressive selection of projects created in a wide variety of territorial conditions will help you get inspired for exploits in your own garden or backyard.

We draw up a detailed plan

Regardless of whether you own a tiny piece of land near your city dwelling or are the happy owner of a huge plot outside the city, the first thing to start creating your dream garden is to draw up a detailed plan. Of course, the initial plan is not a dogma carved in stone, it can be changed in small details, but the main points should be written (drawn) clearly. Without a concrete plan of what exactly you want to see on your site, it can be wasted time, money and effort. For some, it is important to be able to admire blooming flower beds and sit in the shade of fruit trees, others are more interested in growing vegetables and the ability to fry meat on a fire in their own yard or any other local area.

On paper or in a special program, arrange the main objects of your site - buildings, recreation areas, a sector for cooking on a fire, a dining area, a playground, a greenhouse or a greenhouse, a gazebo or a shed. It all depends on your preferences and the area of ​​the site. Next, you need to mark the location of the flower beds and planting trees. Depending on the passage of groundwater, the location of the site in relation to the cardinal points and the characteristics of the landscape, choose tree planting already at the planning stage. The same applies to flower beds, beds - it is better to know in advance which plants (sun-loving or preferring shady and damp terrain) you will plant in them. It is better to spend time at the initial stage than to face the need to transplant or completely cut down already grown plants that simply do not have enough sun.

Next, you will need to outline the location of the garden paths. These are not easy elements of landscape design, helping the owners to get from one sector of the site to another. Walkways help you to zone the site, distribute functional segments, and create order in the layout of the area. Not to mention the fact that it is extremely difficult to get from one corner of the site to another in slushy weather without properly designed paths.

Depending on the budget for the landscaping of your site, its size, the presence of buildings and the material for their execution, garden paths can be laid out:

• stone (plastushka);
• pebbles;
• fine gravel;
• brick;
• paving stones;
• paving slabs;
• concrete slabs;
• tree.

Many summer residents may decide that laying out garden paths is a waste of time and money. After all, many have their own childhood memories of their grandmother's garden, where there were no stone or brick paths, and the potatoes grew excellent. But garden paths are not only the aesthetic appearance of your site, but also safety, weed control, zoning of segments with different crops.

Garden paths made of stone look solid and respectable. Of course, the cost of the material can scare the Russian summer resident-gardener, but such paths will last a long time. If you still have natural stone from buildings, facade cladding or fence construction, then stone garden paths are your option.

Owners of plots on which there are brick buildings do not even have to rack their brains on the choice of material for the execution of the tracks. Sidewalk bricks are cheaper than building bricks and can serve as a walking floor for longer. Well, the harmonious appearance of your personal plot is guaranteed.

One of the cheapest options for organizing safe movement around the site is bulk gravel. The only thing that needs to be taken into account is that you will need more consumables than usual. gravel shrinks decently during use. And yet, for a large plot with a central alley, gravel is not very suitable; it is ideal for small paths between flower beds and beds.

Another fairly durable option for organizing garden paths is the use of concrete products. With the help of ready-made concrete slabs or blanks for pouring, you can create paths of any shape and size, wavy and straight, wide and narrow. In hardware stores, you will see many options for molds for filling - from round, triangular and polyhedrons to asymmetric products. You can not just lay out the track, but create your own, absolutely unique drawing.

Of course, the material for laying out garden paths can be combined. For example, the boundaries of paths (like low curbs) can be laid out with stone or brick, and the main part can be covered with gravel. Thus, the boundaries of the paths will be clear and money will be saved. If you put large pebbles as a base or concrete slabs, and compact gravel around them, you get a practical and beautiful garden path.

If we talk about the location of the beds in the area in front of the house or personal plot, then globally you have two options - the use of dug or raised flower beds. Dug beds can be fenced off with stones. Bricks, wooden boards - so your flower beds will acquire clear boundaries and additional protection from weeds.

Raised beds are very popular in the courtyards of Europeans. These gardening techniques began to be actively used among our compatriots. A raised flower bed can be fenced off with boards, stones, bricks or any material at hand. It all depends on your budget and expectations for the lifespan of the structures - whether you want to use them only for the season or the products should last longer.

There are ready-made vessels for the formation of beds on sale. They are usually round or oval shaped and made of thin stainless steel sheets. This is a practical, relatively inexpensive and aesthetic way of organizing beds or flower beds for planting plants, even in conditions far from the possibility of growing greens and vegetables in the open field.

Even a small area can be decorated with elements that do not take up much space. A beautiful arch or pergola can serve not only as a decoration for your landscape, but also as a support for climbing plants.

Examples of organizing a "green corner" in an urban setting

Among the city noise and bustle, the abundance of glass and concrete, the lack of contact with nature is especially acute. The desire to get their own small green oasis among the gray concrete slabs pushes many townspeople to even build a greenhouse on the roof of an apartment building. Nothing is impossible. It is also possible to organize a place for outdoor recreation on two square meters of land or a terrace. If, at the same time, do not forget about the possibility of growing fresh herbs for the table in small raised flower beds or even garden pots, then you can get not only a patio, but also a mini-vegetable garden right in the middle of the urban concrete jungle.

Even on the roof of the house, you can organize a cozy green patio for spending time outdoors, including weeding beds or mowing a small lawn. Of course, no one talks about planting fruit trees (even dwarf varieties) in huge tubs, but small flower beds or beds with greenery can be organized literally “from scratch”.

For the organization of beds or small flower beds on the roof, terrace or just a modest piece of land, bulk (raised) flower beds are best suited. They can be built using stone, wooden boards (you can use pallets or pallets left over from building materials) or scrap materials (tin sheets, old barrels).

A "live" or green wall is an opportunity to organize a resting area in the shade of plants for those who have no place at all to plant in the soil. Of course, creating and maintaining a vertical flower bed with plants is not an easy task, requiring more time and effort than a regular flower garden. But an incredibly beautiful, stylish and original building with its appearance will pay off all investments.

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