Gone are the days when everyone at their dacha plot was busy with garden beds and fruit trees, but didn’t think about decor. Once upon a time the best decoration The courtyard had unpretentious flowers along the fence or a small flower bed. Today, the dacha is becoming a place for country holidays, and many owners hire a landscape design specialist. But if your hands are in place and you have a few worthwhile ideas, you don’t need to spend a lot of money. Original design summer cottage They are made with their own hands from scrap materials, which are abundant in every garage, on mezzanines, balconies or in storage rooms.
Decorating a cottage with your own hands
Mill at the dacha made of stones
Decorating a flower bed with wood
The main advantage of homemade country decor is that it is possible to attach everything that was a pity to throw away. Every thrifty homeowner has long-term deposits of all sorts of goods stored in the garage and on the balcony, mezzanine and pantry, which will soon become an adornment of the landscape.
You can adapt many items that have served their main life to your dacha design with your own hands:
- bald car tires;
- plastic bottles, containers and containers;
- ropes, tarpaulin, burlap, camouflage net;
- cutting boards and thin cuts of wood;
- unnecessary plastic pipes;
- thick wire, chain-link mesh, metal scraps;
- old shoes and sports equipment;
- plywood boxes and wooden containers;
- empty barrels and other containers;
- leaky teapots, bowls, pans;
- unnecessary carts and bicycles;
- old plastic and wooden furniture;
- leftovers building materials And polyurethane foam.
First of all, you need to evaluate the “reserves” in order to distribute them for the arrangement of the dacha as needed. Some of the materials will be used to make fully functional devices.
In any yard, a “Moidodyr” (washbasin) in the barbecue or grill area and a sofa swing in the shade of the garden under a tarpaulin canopy will be useful. From other old things, make flower stands and flowerpots, all kinds of original garden decorations with your own hands.
Boar's head from a pile of earth at the dacha
Decorating a flower bed with flowers
You will need a detailed site plan for proper zoning and marking. Even in a small yard country house or in country garden it is necessary to distribute functional zones that will delimit:
- curbs;
- sides from plastic bottles;
- hedges;
- decorative stonework;
- original fences.
A well-maintained estate does not require redevelopment; all you need is creative design ideas for your dacha. On the new site, places for a comfortable pastime are determined:
- outdoor cooking fireplace;
- children's playground with decorative sandbox;
- gazebos, benches, swings;
- parking under a canopy for cars, motorcycles or bicycles;
- a playground for a children's pool;
- decorative beds, flower beds, flower beds and alpine slides.
By working on your own country house design, you have the opportunity to realize long-standing dreams and plans of the whole family. Free areas can be covered with small stones, lawn grass, low-growing border plants and flowers can be sown, as in the photo.
Do-it-yourself gazebo in the country
Flowerbed at the dacha
DIY border at the dacha
Garden paths
Discussions about whether paths are needed in a dacha last until the first rainstorm. In some regions, the soil is so viscous that you can’t pull your feet out of the mud - it sticks to your shoes in a heavy lump. The only way out is to provide aesthetically pleasing paved passages between summer cottages.
Paths made of different materials will help you decorate your dacha with your own hands:
- bricks or foam blocks;
- cutting boards and round cuts;
- sea pebbles and wild stone;
- compacted fine gravel and sand;
- homemade paving slabs;
- marble chips and others bulk materials small fractions;
- concrete paths with a mosaic of broken glass and ceramic tiles.
The country alley leading to the garden will be functional and attractive in itself when it has original borders or rows of annual flowers on the sides. But the original idea of laying it will make it a real decoration of the garden with your own hands from scrap materials.
Decorating a summer cottage with plants
Flower beds at the dacha
A paved path can be lower than ground level or slightly elevated, and have a flat or slightly convex surface. Alleys will last for many years if done according to all the rules.
You need a shallow trench, which is marked and the boundaries are fixed using a rope between driven pegs. This is the only way to make the path the same width.
The bottom of the trench is compacted with gravel and sand, regardless of the type of paving material.
Next, you need to organize formwork for concrete with filler or sides for large blocks. Low log pegs and rows of glass or plastic bottles of the same size dug upside down are suitable as decorative borders.
Sandbox with flowers
Flowers in pots at the dacha
Flowerbed made of stones at the dacha
Between the formwork, the compacted trench is filled with a concrete base under the recessed Decoration Materials. Between the pieces of mosaic path tiles, you need to carefully fill the seams.
Alleys made of bricks, blocks and solid tiles (without connection cement mixture) sprinkle sand along the seams.
When laying tiles or bricks on sand, use a rubber or wooden hammer– for adjustment and alignment.
The horizontal is adjusted using the building level.
If the site is located in a lowland, be sure to organize drainage, otherwise the alleles may turn into drains during a rainstorm. The situation will be saved by a shallow drainage ditch parallel to the garden path, paved with ceramic fragments or filled with cement.
Design ideas for a dacha will be realized in the best possible way if all stages of the construction of the path and its decoration are done slowly and efficiently, following the laying technology. The easiest way is to use ready-made lattice templates for homemade cement walkways with filler, as in the photo. The template is step by step moved into the prepared trench with a bed of sand and gravel, filled with base material.
Forms for paving slabs and "Eurofence" different sizes and forms are available for sale. You can organize an entire production for your summer cottage or start your own business.
Gardening the border at the dacha
DIY border at the dacha
Decorative hedges, fences and borders
Using the technology described in the previous section, decorative sides are made to strengthen the levels of a sloping summer cottage and the walls of a cascading flower bed. The picket fence method is also suitable as a decorative fence.
The edge of the low side can also be used as paths between flower beds and sandboxes. Children love to run along the rows of buried stumps.
Hedges - great way save on zoning your summer cottage with your own hands. Shrubs for pruning, ordinary or standard roses in the form of a tree are suitable. Low-growing border roses are planted between them, creating a two-row flower wall.
The simplest side is made from plastic bottles. Containers of the same color are filled with sand, gravel or soil. Bottles are dug halfway into a small trench and covered with earth or stone chips. They may be empty, but they last longer when filled with something.
Attention! Plastic bottles cannot be filled with water - under sun rays Lenses are formed that burn nearby plants. There might even be a fire.
DIY flowerbed
Castle made of stones in the country
Do-it-yourself barbecue made of stones in the country
Flower arches and arbors made of climbing plants
Climbing roses and other climbing flowers are a great way to decorate your homemade summerhouse or arches from scrap materials. A metal rod, corner or channel, which can be assembled into a structure, is suitable as a base. welding machine or bolt it together.
Ready-made supports for arches must be securely fixed in the ground. Dug holes with columns underneath country decor with their own hands they compact it well with crushed stone and sand, after which they cement it and fill it with stone chips. Depending on the climatic conditions of the region, grapes or fragrant flowers may spread along the top of such a gallery.
In hot climates it is better to make an indoor gallery. Remnants of light-transmitting ones will also work. roofing materials. Canopies along decorative paths can only be on the south side, but at an angle to provide more shade. A wire trellis is stretched between the posts where the plants will climb. The most economical way is to grow cucumbers, decorative beans or pumpkins along the arch.
Flower lovers can use various methods to decorate their dacha with their own hands using scrap materials. They make vertical flower beds in holes from wide plastic pipes, wooden or openwork metal shelves for pots, as in the photo.
Flowerbed made of stones at the dacha
Decorating a cottage with your own hands
Garden sculptures and decor from scrap materials
Do-it-yourself garden design from scrap materials is mainly associated with the following materials:
- car tires (bald tires);
- templates from plywood scraps, from which it is easy to make the missing elements for the “smiling characters” of country decor;
- plastic containers;
- ceramic flower pots;
- unnecessary shoes;
- metal and wooden barrels etc.
Some homemade garden sculptures are so good that they can compete with real masterpieces. For example, foam frogs or plaster swans.
But most role models are made from car tires- cut and turned. Acrylic paints will transform any material to make characters recognizable for country house design with your own hands. Depending on the skill and style of garden and patio design, you can choose any idea. This is what swans and parrots look like made from rubber, palm trees made from plastic bottles.
Decorating a flowerbed with snails with your own hands
Decorating a cottage with improvised materials
Table and chairs made of hemp in the country
Original flower beds and mini-beds
Mini-flower beds with succulents and cacti (other small plants) inside large shells look original. No less interesting to many will be the idea of using shoes as flower pots or old hats on the wall.
Small containers are suitable for succulents and indoor plants, exhibited in the open air for the summer. But before you decorate the dacha with your own hands, keep in mind that you will have to bring them into the house during rain, hail and gusty winds. Original forms and it is better to make flowerpots stationary, and insert flower pots for the season or upon arrival at the dacha on weekends.
Traditionally broken vehicles used as original DIY garden decorations. Trolleys and bicycles, large car body parts are suitable for a small flower garden. Musical instruments are also suitable. Creative idea– a piano with flowers and a waterfall.
Fountain, artificial pond
Mini pond – perfect solution for decorating a dacha with your own hands. A small tank can be equipped using available materials:
- old rubber boat;
- large metal barrel;
- excavator bucket;
- tub;
- tank trim.
The bottom of a homemade pond is made in a small pit, with a compacted cushion of gravel and sand. The top is lined with tarpaulin and thick film in 2-3 layers, the edges are secured with stones in the form of sides. All that remains is to fill with water and decorate with the raised plants.
Advice. To maintain eco-balance, you need to monitor the condition of the water, which is periodically drained or circulated. A fountain requires a pump and a filter. To complete the “lake” design, add homemade frogs, swan or crocodile.
Flowerbeds at the dacha with flowers
DIY flower bed at the dacha
Landscape design with a children's playground
So that children don’t get bored at the dacha, and they don’t waste time while working in the garden and beds, there is a solution - a children’s playground with a sandbox and funny homemade figures.
An important condition is that the place for children’s games should be clearly visible from different angles of the summer cottage in order to observe what is happening.
The sides of the sandbox can be easily built using available materials:
- palisade made of logs;
- painted boards;
- wide wooden box;
- big tire, etc.
With any type of sandbox, children need a place to sit and lay out the molds. A country children's corner can be fenced off from neighbors with a fence in the shape of pencils or decorated with other homemade decor - paints to the rescue!
If there is enough space, more than one can be built on the site interesting sandbox- in the form of a ship, car or mansion. Somewhere nearby you can build a tree house with rope ladders and a slide for descending into a sandbox or a tent city made from old blankets. Stretch ropes between the trees, give them clothespins and fabric, they will happily build houses for themselves.
Original garden furniture
Fantasy craftsmen is limitless - from plastic bottles, awning materials and wood waste they make garden furniture on the verge of masterpieces. After pruning the garden and removing dead wood, there is a lot of material left that is easy to use to make:
- armchairs;
- swing;
- rocking chairs;
- tables and stands.
For comfort, soft seats are made, and natural-shaped material is used on the sidewalls and frame of the products. It is very convenient to use ready-made pallets or pallets as the basis for a sofa or a corner under a canopy. Poufs and banquettes, tables and armchairs are made from plastic bottles. If you have time and experience, make an entire sofa for your dacha out of plastic bottles, but you will need many containers of the same shape and volume. A cover or cover for a homemade sofa is sewn from old curtains.
More original ideas They will prompt you with a photo from our gallery.
Always interesting to watch beautiful dachas in the process of their arrangement. The main dream of the owners of this dacha is to create a rose garden with beautiful views With different points garden, and also provide a small vegetable garden. Let's see how to design a summer cottage yourself, taking into account these wishes.
Design of a summer cottage. Layout
The history of the arrangement at this dacha began with the purchase of a neighboring empty plot, the selection of photos nice solution for landscape design, elegant curved contours which it was decided to implement at the dacha.
The future layout of the site was thought out: next to the house, going around its corner, a patio with a grill will be built, the rest of the site is divided in a ratio of 2 to 1 - most of it will be occupied by a trellis garden with a gazebo and a decorative fountain in the far corner of the garden; a smaller part will be occupied by a vegetable garden, which will be separated from the garden by a wooden decorative picket fence.
Curvilinear contours were marked using a rope.
Then the central front path was laid, trellises for roses were installed and decorative fence, separating the vegetable garden.
After the plants were planted in the flower beds and the lawn was raised, the design of the summer cottage became more attractive. 
To protect the flower beds from the grass of the lawn, flower bed fences were installed around the perimeter. 
Made on the side of the garden. Moreover, in the first year, due to lack of funds, the path was made of wooden planks, but it lasted less than 2 years and was later replaced with a paving slab path. 
Recreation area in the design of a summer cottage.
The bottom photo shows the view of the garden from the entrance to the house. The design of the dacha plot is planned in such a way that the most spectacular view of the garden opens from this point. This will be the main recreation area and is planned to be developed here. 
For paving the patio and path near the house, a combination of natural stone (for the center of the patio) and ordinary paving slabs (for the path and decoration of the edges of the patio) was chosen. 
The combination of light and dark tiles gives a special freshness to this not-so-sunny corner of the summer cottage. 
To enjoy grilled food forged table mobile patio has been added wooden table with the little one. 
If you are thinking about how to design a summer cottage yourself, take note of installing additional lamps near tree posts near your recreation area. This lighting gives a special intriguing atmosphere to your entire garden. 
Garden lamps with economical LED bulbs were placed along garden paths. 
Country design. Garden gazebo.
In the far part of the garden according to the design project garden plot was planned. 
The small size of the gazebo allows you to place garden bench to enjoy relaxing in the gazebo in privacy. 
For the same purpose, the gazebo is placed halfway to the central garden path and is thus hidden from direct view by the flower beds.
The stages of constructing a gazebo include drawing up a drawing with the main dimensions, concreting the pillars, installing the frame of the gazebo, concreting the area inside the gazebo and laying paving slabs on it.
How to make a fountain at the dacha.
If the gazebo tries to hide from view, then this decorative one is located on the main center line of the landscape design of the site - at the end of the front garden path and a tunnel of arches of garden roses. 
A wall was built from concrete blocks to house a decorative waterfall, where water from a pipe at the top of the wall gradually falls down into a bowl. Behind the waterfall wall there is a removable tank with a pump, which is removed for the winter. A decorative waterfall in the landscape design of a garden plot is not only a visually beautiful accent, but also protection from extraneous noise and a pleasant, relaxing atmosphere on a hot day. The bright lighting of the fountain makes it the central element of the garden in the evening. 
Vegetable garden in the landscape design of the site.
On a summer cottage it is located behind a decorative picket fence so as not to disturb the overall aesthetic harmony of the garden. 
Both conventional and raised beds, for example, for early varieties strawberries 
On the back side of the house, near the garden, a cluttered corner spontaneously formed with flower pots and other garden trifles.
This one was built in its place decorative wall, on the back side of which - garden table with gardening tools, and the front side is a kitchen garden with herbs. This is an example of how, in the design of a site with your own hands, a “decorative” element has a clear functionality.
Country cottage area. Outbuildings.
Also, small outbuildings were built near the outlet of the water tap to the street: it is convenient to store a watering hose, buckets, and watering cans here.
How to design a summer cottage yourself. Results.
The outer fencing of this garden area is mostly a chain link fence.
However, the private recreation area near the house is closed from the street side by a blank fence, which, in combination with five tall thujas, completely closes off prying eyes this part of the house and plot. This elegantly and gently solved the problem of privacy without the need to build a blind high fence.
We hope that the story of this garden design I liked it and showed you how to design a summer cottage yourself. That this is an interesting and slow business, if over time some ideas have shown their ineffectiveness, you always have the opportunity to replace them with others.
Landscape design at the dacha is important element, when creating beautiful and cozy atmosphere. Before you decide what exactly you want to get in the end, you first need to create a plan where the entire plot will be divided into zones, determine a budget, since without it you will be doing the landscaping of your dacha with your own hands for a very long time, you will not have enough funds then to one thing, then to another.
After determining what exactly you want, you can begin planning. To do this, a plan is created and each zone is assigned a specific design element or combination of several elements. All in in this case depends only on your imagination, funds, as well as the availability of materials and plants.
The landscape of a summer cottage, as in principle all landscape design, is something more than just “landscaping and landscaping”. Creating gardens is a real art that has a history of more than a thousand years. Fashion changes, even styles change, but gardens remain.
Unlike gardening and horticulture in their usual form, the main task of which is more agricultural (increasing productivity, etc.), landscape design is a general and even universal discipline.
The main task of landscape design can be called creating beauty in combination with various amenities, beauty and the use of building infrastructure. This science can be either a special case or more general concept, which already deals with special planning, where landscape design schemes for a summer cottage are used.
Water features
Reservoirs and ponds in this design occupy an important place and are particularly popular among customers, as well as landscapers themselves. In this case, you need to decide what you want to get from the reservoirs.
For example, ideas for landscape design of a summer cottage with a water environment can be both practical and purely aesthetic in nature. That is, you can use a reservoir for some purpose, for example, use water from it to water the area, or make artificial lake, which will simply please your eyes. Landscape design projects for a summer cottage involve both of these options, and sometimes combine them.
Selecting the type of pond, required materials, as well as requirements, creating a pond with my own hands, purchase of specialized equipment and its maintenance, various plants for ponds, living creatures for reservoirs - this is all that you will need to take care of when creating such a project.
Landscape design suburban area, is not limited to standing types of reservoirs. These could also be:
- fountains;
- water mills;
- circulating rivers;
- cascades and waterfalls.
Plants and flowers
Growing flowers at your dacha always requires some time, as well as financial costs, and personal efforts from you to create various flower beds. However, the most important thing is the desire to decorate the country landscape as competently as possible.
Today, there is simply a huge number of plants, as well as types of design solutions that can be used for a summer cottage. It could be like classic options, such as alpine slides, and mixed or modern. Everything again depends on what style it is decided to use for the overall design.
Paths
Landscape at the dacha with your own hands necessarily involves the organization of garden paths. With the help of such a seemingly simple detail, you can create a truly unique solution that will have no analogues.
The most important component in the landscape of a dacha are the paths that lead to gazebos, rock gardens, sheds or a parking lot. That is, they are not only aesthetic in nature, but also practical, since you must use them all year round no problem. Therefore, it is extremely important to think through everything down to the smallest details, and then bring them to life.
The buildings
Buildings will help you with practical arrangement places for your relaxation and entertainment. The landscape design of a summer cottage, the plan of which often implies the presence of buildings, is more inclined to the fact that the buildings should be more practical in nature.
Most often, buildings can be:
- gazebo;
- tandoor with a small open kitchen;
- Tool shed;
- children's playground and much more
Landscaping at the dacha with your own hands involves a combination general design and buildings, that is, you do not have to do everything in Japanese style, and for example a gazebo in European style.
The fact is that such a solution will look inorganic and, frankly speaking, will spoil the overall impression. Although some designers propose making modern design options, combining several types of styles, this issue should be approached extremely carefully in order to avoid mistakes.
Fencing
It is also an important element, which for the most part serves an aesthetic component, since there is no need to fence yourself off from someone on your site. In most cases, a fence that runs along the boundary with neighbors is not considered a design fence.
Landscaping at the dacha using fences can also be used to separate zones of the site from each other. For example, on your site there is a garden, a vegetable garden and a recreation area. You have the opportunity to separate them from each other with decorative fences, which can be made of any material. The main thing is that the fences fit harmoniously into the overall concept. There is no point in building heavy and bulky buildings, since the main task- this is the separation of zones, and not hiding what is behind them.
Decorative elements
These elements speak for themselves. They are used naturally to give your site a unique look. Today it is no longer recommended to use arrogant figurines of gnomes or animals, as this speaks more of a lack of taste than of originality by the owners of the site.
When you decide to order landscape design for your summer cottage, you should definitely think about this moment. Can be used as such elements:
- flowerpots;
- lighting;
- decorative fountains;
- patio;
- sculptures and much more.
In this case, these elements will fit perfectly into absolutely any stylistic decision, the main thing is correct selection, not contradicting each other.
A selection of landscape design photographs
“Dacha penal servitude” is a phrase that should disappear from our vocabulary forever. And “dacha vacation” begins with preparing the place - and landscape design. Let's look at the photo best options landscape design of a summer cottage near a country house.
"The dacha is not about relaxation." Somehow this has happened since the days Soviet Union that the concepts of “dacha” and “garden” are closely related for us. Vacation home(dacha) for the older generation is not a place of relaxation, but a means of survival. Are you jealous of the models in the pictures about their vacation in a cottage on the river bank? You have always dreamed of your own small forest with a gazebo and a hammock, but you strongly associate a dacha with beds, seasonal work “on potatoes” and best case scenario- kebabs? It's time to break the persistent stereotypes and finally arrange the dacha so that it is pleasant to spend time there.
Where to start designing a site near a country house
You should start arranging your dacha with those same “acres”, usually covered with beds with cucumbers and dill. Meanwhile, the dacha plot - good opportunity try yourself as a landscape designer.
The first step is to sketch out your site plan. When designing a garden, you need to start from the location of the house. Mark where there are already buildings (except country house, there is often a garage on site, summer cuisine or tool shed). And now it’s time to think about what you need for a good rest. with a barbecue? Goldfish pond? Beds with your favorite variety of strawberries? Write down everything that your imagination suggests and place it on the plan.
PLEASE NOTE! the height of plants on the site should decrease from north to south. The beds are where it is warmer. Trees are where the north is.
Independently designing and decorating a summer cottage will require patience, knowledge in many areas and considerable effort. In the excitement of design and a burst of inspiration, do not forget about what exactly you wanted to see on the site from the very beginning. In the process, it is very easy to get carried away and lose the main idea. As a result, instead of a cozy garden and a dream house, you risk getting the same chaos from the beds with which you started the renovation.
Don't be afraid to implement bold ideas and trust your intuition, but try not to stray too far from the core idea and style that you like.
Paths
The path layout is laid depending on which areas of the garden you need access to. Good decision - lay out an “excursion route” past those parts of the site that look most attractive. There must be an easy path to the beds and flower beds (if you have saved them).
Note! Main paths should be smooth, without sharp turns.
A walking route among trees or flowers can be made winding and complex so that guests have the opportunity to appreciate the beauty of a flowerbed or garden composition from all sides.
There is not as much space on the dacha plot as we would like. But even with conditionally cramped conditions, the width of the path must be chosen taking into account the fact that two people should “diverge” freely on it. The optimal width is 1-1.5 meters.
The garden path should have a slight slope on both sides - then puddles will not form on it. Besides rainwater the path will additionally “water” nearby flower beds and wash away dust from the path itself.
The material for the garden path must be resistant to temperature changes, durable and aesthetically pleasing. Most often, to design paths on country yard use concrete, stone or decorative tiles. A more natural option is paths sprinkled with sand or gravel. Mosaic paths made of pebbles look very attractive.
Lighting
Landscape design received less attention than interior design. What can we say about lighting an area if it is not always remembered in interior design? With the right lighting, an area can look more interesting in the evenings than during the day.
We use functional lighting, but we forget about the decorative. To illuminate paths, turns and buildings on the site, diffused soft light is enough, which makes it possible to safely move around the yard, but does not distract from observing the garden.
Recessed lamps are perfect for functional lighting. They can be mounted along paths, at the edges of steps and near railings. The main purpose is to serve as “guiding lights”, without blinding or irritating the eye. You can also use lamps on poles - if you don’t mind that in daytime days, a “fence” will be visible around the garden paths. Bollards come in all possible styles, so even a technical lighting element can be used to support the overall mood of the space.
Thanks to decorative lighting, you can highlight all the advantages of the area, highlighting individual trees or highlighting flower beds.
For illuminating shrubs, trees or decorative elements Typically, ground-based mini-spotlights are used. They are able to provide not just a warm or cold tone of lighting, but also illuminate the area in any color - thanks to the filters on the glass.
Features of lighting for a summer cottage:
- lamps need less power than in the city
- It is better to choose energy-saving lamps
- It is advisable to provide the possibility of separate inclusion of technical and decorative lighting
- The power cable for the lighting should be well insulated so that you do not accidentally damage it during gardening work
Garden figurines
Garden figurines of gnomes, animals and mythical characters are very popular in the West, where each of the characters has its own story. You can install any decor on the site. The main thing is that it does not look like a “foreign body” and matches the style of the house and garden. Garden gnomes more often they hide in the bushes, and the forest fairy should live near a tree. Come up with your own fairy tale about how the Easter bunny or dragon came into your garden.
Landscaping garden plot
Tall plants are best placed on the north side. Middle lane The plot is allocated to bushes. If you decide to save a few beds of tomatoes and peppers “for salad”, these plants feel best in sufficient light, on the south side of the garden.
All typical country gardens are planned in a regular style. Beds, greenhouses and even rows of trees are arranged in a geometric pattern.
Landscape design involves a more natural and natural arrangement of trees and flowers. Special attention pay attention to the nuances of the relief. If there is a hillock on your summer cottage, you should not level it. Try to play with the composition that nature has already created for you.
Alpine slide
Alpine slide is a small piece of real mountains, created by your own hands. A simple pile of stones with flowers somehow stuck between them is not an alpine slide. This decor is not as easy to create as it seems. Before you start implementing a composition, it’s a good idea to plan it on paper. A real mountain has peaks and cliffs, smooth plateaus and a green valley.
Construction of the slide begins in the fall. The first layer is gravel or broken brick, on top of which an earthen mixture is poured (in a heap, of course). The approximate height is about a meter (later, when the earth “settles”, the slide will become a little lower).
After shrinking, large stones are installed in the hill (they are buried halfway into the ground). Medium and small elements are placed on top. The choice of plants for a slide depends not only on their requirements for soil and light, but also on the general style of the site. But first of all, you should pay attention to flowers and herbs that do not require complex care.
Important! Basis for alpine slide are perennials, annual flowers can be replanted several times a year, updating and changing the appearance of the slide.
Popular plants for alpine hills:
- edelweiss;
- sedum;
- saxifrage;
- lumbago;
- gubastik.
Flowerbeds in the garden plot
A flowerbed is not necessarily the usual circle or rectangle filled with even rows of flowers. Creating an elegant and thoughtful flower bed requires taste and some effort, but the beauty of the resulting composition is worth it.
Vertical flower beds
Vertical gardening is a popular type of design for urban spaces that can be adapted for a summer cottage. Who said that flowers have to live on earth? They need soil, but soil can be supplied to the height of human growth.
Advantages of vertical flower beds:
- REQUIRE LESS SPACE than traditional flower beds;
- THEY MAKE THE SITE ORIGINAL due to the non-standard solution.
Although most often used for vertical flower beds flowering plants, ornamental vegetables, spices or greenery look no less attractive - and even more unusual. Interesting option for vertical flower beds - climbing fruit-bearing plants.
Classic forms of vertical flower beds:
- pyramid- plants are planted in a multi-tiered container;
- flower tower- similar to a pyramid, but the diameter of the “tiers” does not decrease.
Rabatka
Rabatki - flower stripes, usually located along paths, fences or around lawns. The planting width is from half a meter. When the plants in such a flower bed bloom, the ground is covered with a continuous bright carpet.
Types of discounts:
- unilateral(usually located along the house or fence line);
- bilateral(usually designed in the middle of the alley).
Plants for flower beds can be very different. The basic principle of choosing plants for gardening is that they should be low, bright, and match each other in color.
Mixborder
This is a flower garden where herbs, small shrubs and even small trees. It is quite difficult to care for it, because each of the plants requires special conditions. Weeding can also add problems - dense planting is distinctive feature mixborder. This type of flower bed is often found in landscape-style gardens, where plants are arranged in such a way as to create a feeling of “accident” of their appearance on the site.
Mixborder features:
- free lines and shapes of flower beds
- tall plants- in the background (if there is only one viewpoint) or in the center (if the flower garden can be viewed from several sides)
- look impressive contrasting combinations flowers or vice versa - different kinds plants in the same range.
Design project for a summer cottage depending on the area
The style and fullness of a summer cottage directly depends on how many acres are at your disposal. Don’t try to implement everything at once if you only have 6 acres of land. The garden may not fit a swimming pool, but small flower beds and paths will be in perfect condition.
What to consider when planning:
- Terrain and natural relief.
- Shape of the plot. The usual “cut” of land can be square, but there are also L-shaped and triangular sections. These features can be used and played up in design.
- Soil type. This determines how plants will feel comfortable in your garden.
- Location relative to cardinal directions. This is important both for planting trees and for thinking through garden lighting schemes.
Plot 6 acres
For small plots, the geometric style that was so often found in Soviet vegetable gardens is best suited. It allows you to use the available space as efficiently as possible. You can add originality using non-standard moves (for example, vertical gardening).
NOTE! The house should not cast a shadow on light-loving plants.
Garden trees planted in a row on the north side will not only help organize the space, but will also “shelter” the house from cold winds. In the northern part there are technical buildings and a greenhouse.
If you are not hiding something too important, it is better to abandon the high fence. In a small area, it will only increase the feeling of cramped space. They will also help to give “space” garden paths with smooth curves (not straight).
Plot 10 acres
The basic rules for designing a site do not depend on the area. The trees and the barn are still in the north. But you have much more room for imagination when designing the southern part. On a plot of 10 acres, you can already equip a gazebo, sow a lawn and even build a bathhouse or sauna (planted with climbing plants).
On a plot of this size it is possible to equip Japanese garden(you'll have to tinker with installing the gazebo and creating artificial stream) or "corner wildlife", which will be filled not by garden trees, but by forest trees. In this case, it is important to plant not only tall plants, but also undergrowth - herbs and shrubs that do not require a lot of light (daisies, bells and ferns are what you need).
Plot 12 acres
Such an area will fit not only residential buildings, but also a small pond with a waterfall. The soil extracted during the construction of a reservoir can easily be turned into the base for an alpine slide or an independent element of landscape design.
Narrower paths can run from the central path to the house, leading to secluded corners of the garden, to a gazebo or stream.
12 acres make it possible to allocate children their own space on the site and equip a play area with soft grass, where there is no sharp corners, thorny plants or tall trees.
How to do your own landscaping
To competently arrange a site with your own hands without involving a designer, you will need the following skills:
- agronomist
- builder and surveyor
- and, of course, the artist
You should start by studying the features of the shape and location of your site, plotting all existing buildings on the plan and marking out functional areas. Next, armed with a directory of garden trees and plants or a seed store catalog, select those species that suit you for aesthetic reasons - and which suit your site.
