Improvement of your site: how to equip a personal or garden plot

Buying a suburban land plot is a great idea. There will be a place to rest from the bustle of the world after hard working days. Nature is the best healer known to mankind. But in order to fully relax, recharge with the energy of life and return to the slender ranks of the townspeople, the improvement of your site should be organized at a height. Be sure to study all the important nuances that will help to equip a suburban piece of land so that the neighbors will gasp.

Landscaping is a creative process, rather laborious and requires a lot of money.

All detailed information on decorating the street of your cottage is collected in this review. Here you will find:

• expert advice;
• design tricks;
• visual tricks;
• Hand made;
• and much more.

Be sure to read the article to the end. It will be a shame if you miss out on some great tips hand-picked by landscape design professionals with 20 years of experience.

Features of the territory improvement

For a high-quality and competent design of a land plot, first of all, you need to draw up a plan. This is a kind of diagram that contains approximate images of the main elements in the territory. You need to apply:

• land boundaries;
• a fence on four sides (if any);
• house in accordance with the size (keeping the proportions);
• plots allocated for orchard plantings;
• approximate locations of additional, utility structures and buildings (greenhouses, sheds, toilet, bathhouse, gazebo, etc.);
• areas of the location of small architectural forms (LFA);
• recreation areas and games for children;
• mark roads, sidewalks and paths;
• apply preliminary planting sites for flowers, green bushes, ornamental trees, flower beds and mixborders.

To draw up a diagram, it is convenient to use graph paper, on which it is very easy to observe the scale

It is right to start the process of landscaping a personal plot with a sketch of several schematic plans for the future architecture. Without this step, it is impossible to qualitatively organize the landscape, to imagine a picture of the future courtyard.

After you have drawn up several options for the landscape, you can start painting work. Color in your diagrams to see what really awaits you. The more objects fall under the colored pencil, the better. So you can decide on the most successful site improvement option without spending a lot of effort.

The orientation of buildings and plantings relative to the cardinal points helps to plan the site as profitably as possible

In order to make things easier for yourself, look at a selection of photographs of ennobled suburban areas. But don't strictly follow their example. Make your own corrections, make changes, come up with your own rational solutions. In a word, create. The most unusual, exclusive and memorable yard creations are created precisely thanks to imagination and intelligent improvisation.

In landscape design, there are dedicated styles of site design. However, we can safely say that all theoretical foundations are just a "skeleton" to which you add your own ideas and solutions.

Consider building codes and regulations. Do not place outbuildings and buildings close to the fence. This is especially true for cesspools, places for keeping animals and birds (chicken coops, pigsties, etc.) and other objects that can negatively affect the surrounding atmosphere, soil and ground water.

Standards for placing objects on a suburban area

Small architectural forms

To bring freshness and liveliness to the improvement of your summer cottage, make it a decent and a luxurious courtyard of a huge and expensive cottage, pay attention to small architectural forms (abbreviated MAF). These objects are capable of changing the garden beyond recognition. The correct choice of shapes, colors, types and accents will allow you to decorate the street space according to the most famous canons of landscape design of the French, English and Italian nobility.

Flowerbeds are an important element of any site. Even on the smallest courtyard, you can find a place to organize a flower garden.

Let us finally figure out what applies to the IAF:

• Flower plantings. A large selection of shades, varieties, forms of garden, street flowers will give freshness.
• Trees, shrubs. The absence of green spaces is out of the question. Plant more trees of different species. Living hedges will add a touch of aristocracy to your garden. Most importantly, do not forget to align the bushes in time.
• Fences, fences, partitions. Internal zoning of the yard with small fences is a great solution.
• Outdoor luminaires, lamps and lanterns.

Proper lighting will make the garden attractive and functional, not only during the day, but also at night.

• Fountains, statues, pedestals, busts and other architectural forms.
• Garden benches.
• Bridges.
• Artificial reservoirs, streams.
• Playgrounds for children.
• Pergolas, trellises.
• Terraces and verandas.
• Gazebos, baths and much more.

Before the device of the reservoir, it is necessary to decide for what needs it will be used - as a decorative pond, for watering or for fish farming

It is important not to overdo it with the LFA. Of course, you want a pond, a fountain, and a bridge across it. But measure the territorial capabilities of your allotment. Also, the price of the MAF bites noticeably.

Central fence

The design of the garden area begins with its main entrance - the central fence. Create contrast to make your design catchy, noticeable and unique. This is done by alternating between dark green and light green shades. Here's what it looks like in an example.

Blue Christmas trees look great against the background of other conifers - thuja western, juniper and Canadian spruce

The lawn in front of the fence is covered with light green lawn grass. Round indentations are made in the ground around the entire perimeter of the lawn. Here you will plant Christmas trees, thujas or other conifers. It is important to provide for the contrast already here. For this, spruce and thuja are selected in a dark green shade.

It is better to cover the soil surface under the thuja with organic mulch or pebbles

In the photo on the left - a blue spruce, on the right - a mountain pine

Be sure to lay a string of decorative natural stones in a circle under the trees. The latter can be made as neat rounded cobblestones, and rough, broken stones. The choice depends on the individual preferences of the residents.

The fence is best made of brickwork, natural stone. Brick / stone pillars also look great, with sections of wooden structures installed between them. The tree itself perfectly decorates any functional element. And with proper processing, layout and painting, wood is a true work of art. Plots arranged in this way stand out for several hundred meters. And their owners are happy owners of excellent mood.

A chic solution for the front part of the site is a fence on brick pillars with wooden sections decorated with forging

Climbing plants or the same thuja can be planted along the fence from the side of the road. The composition arranged near the fence in the form of multi-tiered mixborders without clear boundaries will look beautiful. The edges of such MAFs are laid out with natural natural stone. Multicolored plants of various shapes and motifs are planted inside.

Garden lanterns can be hung on the posts of the gate

When arranging a site with mixborders, it is best to provide a stone or brick blank fence. This will allow you to give the required accent to the front entrance of the house and remove all kinds of flaws made during construction or when planning architectural landscape design.

The combined fence with wooden spans and gabion sections looks attractive and modern

Rest area and barbecue

Before starting to equip the site, be sure to draw a separate barbecue area. This is a recreation area, the beauty of which depends on the choice of elements of the LFA. There should be:

• alcove;
• brazier / barbecue;
• tables and chairs;
• comfortable chairs and sun loungers;
• hanging flower pots;
• pendant and wall lamps;
• large flowerpots with green spaces;
• comfortable, wide path-approach to the gazebo.

The larger the canopy, the more convenient and comfortable it is to accommodate guests. The gazebo must be roomy and spacious. It is a place of relaxation, rest and meditation. But the gazebo should also accommodate noisy companies.

The recreation area is located away from the central entrance and hidden from prying eyes

The brazier and barbecue are best placed under a canopy in a gazebo. So in any weather you can fry a piece of meat, bake delicious vegetables and sit in a warm cozy place with your family or a noisy company. Be sure to make a chimney if you don't want to spend the rest of the picnic outside.

If desired, a full-fledged summer kitchen can be organized in the gazebo

The gazebo looks beautiful, the supports of which are made by a combined method of stone and wood. The lower base, on which the load is distributed, is made of concrete, faced with natural natural stone. Further, on these supports is placed a thick wooden beam, processed by the aging method. Be sure to add contrast. Select the lower stones in a light brown, sandy shade, when the wood should be dark brown.

Be sure to hang old-style lamps on the support posts, as in old castles. Forged steel elements add a gothic feel to your design.

It is better to cover the site in the recreation area with stone or ceramic tiles.

Look at a selection of the improvement of the suburban area, the photos of which are given below. You can implement excellent barbecue area solutions without resorting to high costs. The main thing in this business is the desire and ability to work with your own hands.

Recreation area on the terrace attached to the residential building

A cozy retreat in the farthest corner of the garden

Fairy garden

The most interesting and mysterious place on your site is the garden. Its arrangement is a true act of creating art. To get an amazing place, you need to follow all the tips below:

1. Plant different trees. It can be as decorative thuja, Christmas trees, creeping thuja, and fruit trees and shrubs. It is important that several varieties are located in the garden at once. This will add variety, color, freshness and originality to such a wonderful place.
2. Lay out beautiful rows of stones around each tree. Pick up different natural stones. Everything is important - size, shape, color and laid out figure. Give each tree special attention. Don't use cliché landscaping for your garden. Everything should be unusual here.
3. Illumination of trees. The most ideal solution for creating a fairytale effect. Opt for ground-based directional luminaires that will illuminate the plants from below. There are LED multi-colored lamps with adjustable illumination color. Pay attention to this.
4. A pond in the middle of the lawn. Who has not dreamed of having their own pond in childhood. So make your dreams come true. Organize an artificial pond right in your garden. The shore can be laid out with the same natural stones. Make a decorative bridge across the pond with a street lamp. If the size of your estate allows, make a trickle. To do this, equip an architectural slide above the pond of stones, flowers and small shrubs, lay out the bottom of the stream with stones, put a pump and that's it. The stream is ready. Enjoy the true beauty of nature.
5. Set up decorative houses right in the garden. It can be Baba Yaga's estate, or Leshy's house. If you have small children, they will thank you so much for such a place.
6. Be sure to make decorative paths. Large cobblestones are perfect for this. Tracks can be made not full bore. That is, it is not necessary to lay out a solid carpet of stones. It is enough to lay the cobblestones in some steps, leaving glimpses of lawn grass in between.

Garden paths are not only an element for moving around the site, but also a way of zoning the territory

Choose trees and shrubs for planting that are suitable for your climatic conditions

In addition, in the garden you can organize alpine flower slides, put flowerpots with green spaces, arrange mixborders and much more. A fountain made in the ancient Greek style with a statue in the very center will look great here.

Hand made

Arranging a personal plot with your own hands is a great idea. To do this, you do not need any transcendental skills, materials and spells. All you need is:

• glass and plastic bottles;
• old rubber tires from cars;
• mounting / construction foam;
• glue and paints;
• metal wire.

Flower bed for petunia from a plastic bottle

Neat edged beds in a small area

Bottles and wheels can be used to make excellent flower beds and mixborders. But polyurethane foam with metal wire is useful for making more complex architectural compositions. For example, you can make the shape of a forest animal, or make a small bird.

Funny lambs made of polyurethane foam on a wire frame

Original flower bed in the form of a mill

Check out a selection of photos of landscaped home gardens. Perhaps you will find something that suits your liking.

Video: Arrangement of beds in the garden area

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