If you have in your country house small area or a front garden, then you can turn it into a cozy and beautiful corner without resorting to the help of designers. In today's review, the HouseChief editors will tell you how to arrange the territory and with what methods you can expand a small space on the site.
Read in the article
- 1 Japanese traditions
- 2 Vertical planting
- 3 tiered garden
- 4 Visual techniques for extending the garden
- 5 Finally
Japanese traditions
When planning to equip a miniature garden, pay attention to how gardens are decorated in Japan. A simple, minimalistic design is imperative, but many different types of plants are used, which are planted tightly so as not to leave empty space.
The Japanese use dwarf plants, which not only look beautiful, but also replace large trees and bushes. Also, the composition of the garden should contain small bodies of water: ponds, fountains. When planning a Japanese-style garden, choose evergreens and shrubs. You can plant thuja, juniper, dwarf fir.
Be sure to complete your garden setting using beautiful décor - lanterns, figures and stone compositions. However, you don't need to build wooden bridges and make rice paper partitions - only use ideas that can be adapted to the weather conditions in your area. Equip small winding paths and use stones by placing them on top of each other. Pre-fix the stones with glue and cement so that the entire structure does not fall off when you walk around the garden.
It is also not necessary to carry out a large fountain to the site, but try to make at least one with your own hands a small pond - it will visually expand the space, creating the illusion of spaciousness due to the presence of a mirror effect.
Simple tips for arranging a "Japanese" garden:
- try to place a small body of water in the very center. You can easily do it yourself using several car tires, plastic wrap and a system of thin tubes for supplying water to an impromptu pond;
- plant as many plants and bushes as possible, do not leave free areas. This way you can create the effect of a filled space;
- choose beautiful plants, but consider the climate in your area. You don't need to plant sakura if you live in the north.
Very beautiful and bright plants that you can plant in your garden: Thunberg barberry, Yakushimansky rhododendron, Japanese spirea, as well as bonsai, spruce, pine and fir.
Vertical planting
A great solution for a small garden is to create vertical planting zones, freeing up space on the ground. Try regular wooden beams and boxes - screw them to the walls and plant flowers, as well as berries and vegetables that don't require much room to grow.
You can make boxes for seedlings with your own hands from beams. You can also use ready-made ones, simply by drilling several small holes in them for drainage.
Also, to create a multi-tiered garden, you can use stones, boards, bricks, car tires, plastic bottles with a cut neck. If you do not want to waste time assembling the structure, buy a ready-made version at a gardening store.
It is also possible to plant plants in cans of paint, coffee, mayonnaise. Get creative and use the things you've wanted to throw away for a long time, such as colanders, old pots, or plastic bottles.
Another interesting solution - used to create a vertical garden organizers for documents. Before planting your plants, create flooring in a box or jar using coconut fiber liners.
When creating a multi-tiered flower bed, consider a few nuances:
- the size - bed should not be too big, think in advance where you place it. An ideal place - in center of the garden or at a distance of 2-4 meters from the reservoir;
- convenience - you should be comfortable to lean, to water the plants, weed the flower bed, or plant flowers;
- functionality - try densely planted all tiers, do not create such rows, which can accommodate only one or two flowers.
Plant some creepers and create a grid on the wall of the fishing line. A few years later the wall will already be almost completely braided ivy and other plants that always looks very nice.
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tiered garden
If space on your cottage is very limited, create a very small garden plants landed vertically on the stage. To create these tiers using ceramic pots in different shapes and sizes, placing them on top of each other.
Wooden boxes can be placed in different ways - to put one on the other, placed in a staggered or "ladder." Also, to create a design, you can use chest of drawers or cabinets, putting plants in open boxes.
Another unusual variant for the design of space - the creation of flower beds spiral. Put a large plant in the center and create a composition of small flowers around it.
To design looked beautiful and harmonious, choose a landing at all tiers of plants of the same height or the highest flowers and plant the grass below. For planting in tiers are perfect for flowers such as calendula, chrysanthemum, petunia, rock rose, begonia, nasturtium, pelargonium and purslane.
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Visual techniques for extending the garden
If the garden is too small, it can be visually expand, using some simple techniques. Use winding thin paths, various decor items, and also match plants by color so that they add color and do not hide the space. Make small curving tracks to create a feeling of more space around the bend.
You can also build several tracks so that they lead to the recreation area from different angles. Another unique technique - to build a multi-level platform, on one level set the table at the other place hearth, built of stones and a fountain.
Excellent solution - zoning of the garden. To do this, select several functional areas - land for recreation, paths and flower beds - and separate them from each other using a small light arches and pergolas. This technique will create the illusion of more space. First, think about where your seating area will be located - a table and a bench, and only then place additional elements on the site.
In addition, the zoning can be used colors - choose 1-2 varieties of flowers with bright colors and drop them off in the middle, surrounded by another white or pale yellow flowers. Do not plant trees in a small garden that, when grown, will occupy a very large area. It's best to give them up, replacing the bushes and dwarf trees.
Finally
Even if very little space at their summer cottage, you can turn it into a beautiful garden. Combine different ways to place the wall of plants and create unusual composition in Japanese style. Try to think over the type of your site in advance, designate the main areas in order to make it easier to carry out all types of repair and landscape work.
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