Gardens on a personal plot is a fairly common phenomenon for Russia. If earlier only productivity was important, and no one thought about the aesthetic component, now summer residents are trying to design and ennoble the territory of their allotments.
Main function
The main purpose of the garden is to harvest. Vegetables, herbs and berries grown on clean land without the addition of chemicals and nitrates, in our time, can only be obtained in their beds. Of course, huge potato plantations located on personal plots are already in the past. As a rule, summer residents leave small areas for planting, and the rest of the territory is sown with a lawn, and buildings are built for recreation.
So that your garden does not create a rustic atmosphere, but, on the contrary, gives piquancy to landscape design, you need to consider all the subtleties of design. Above, you can see in the photo the design of the garden of a private house, made in the form of a separate household unit. This is a fairly common method in personal plots.
Design of a garden with beds
The most acceptable option would be the location of the garden in the territory, which is not immediately noticeable at the entrance to the site. An open garden area is best designed with lawn and pavement areas. And the place behind the house is perfect for creating beds.
Designing a garden with your own hands is quite simple to do. You can use a low decorative fence around its perimeter, this will visually separate the agricultural complex from the rest of the territory. Formed beds separate the sides of the boards or concrete walls. The gaps between them can be filled with paving slabs or a mound of fine gravel. If you do not take care of this, then over time the trails will overgrow with grass and weeds.
Position the greenhouse so that it does not create shade for the plants. If you decide to make it yourself, then give it an interesting design look. Near the greenhouse, you can arrange a box in which you will put all the tools and the necessary equipment. The photo above shows the design of the garden of a private house, the emphasis of which is the decoration of the beds and their design in the garden style.
If you are a happy owner of a hillside plot, don't be discouraged. The landscape design of the garden makes it possible to originally approach the problematic issue. To do this, you need to carry out land work. An even slope must be converted into a stepped descent. Strengthen each step with concrete or wooden walls. This is done so that the edges of the steps do not spill. On each terrace, arrange a garden bed and walkway. In the center of your garden, build a staircase along which you can move along a stepped slope. Such areas look much nicer than standard options on the horizontal plane.
Herbal beds
It’s good when the necessary seasonings are always at hand. Fresh dill, aromatic parsley, basil and onion feathers are a wonderful set for adding zest to any dish. A bed with herbs can be decorated in the form of a decorative flowerbed of round shape. The circle can be bricked or fenced with a flexible decorative fence. Fill the interior of the flower bed with fertile soil. Divide the circle into several parts and sow each of them with the herbs you need.
When the greens grows up, your flower bed will be transformed. Different varieties of plants will divide the flowerbed into sections. If desired, zones can be fenced with jumpers from the boards. Flowerbeds with herbs can be placed in the garden. High-rise flower beds look especially graceful. On the lower tier, you can plant a salad, then onion, then parsley, and at the very top - dill.
Designer greenhouse
Self-construction of the greenhouse is a very exciting activity. In the past few years, trends in the spread of minimalism have been observed. Carved decor is a thing of the past, the severity of forms and the minimum number of elements - it is beautiful and convenient.
Our greenhouse will be in this style. We will use rubber tires filled with gravel and sand as the foundation. For the construction of the frame we use a 10 x 5 cm board. On the one hand we equip the entrance, on the other - a window. It is better to use polycarbonate sheets as a coating, such a material will be more durable. If you are not ready to splurge on it, then sheathe the greenhouse with plastic wrap.
The roof of the greenhouse will be shed. To ensure that water does not accumulate in the openings between the elements of the roof frame, and polyethylene does not sag the water by its weight, ensure free flow. The longitudinal elements of the roof frame must be connected by small transverse rails, they will not allow water to accumulate and collect in polyethylene. In the square inside the greenhouse, make 2 beds and a path between them. For the design of beds, put together barrage elements from the boards and fill the area with fertile soil.
You can make a greenhouse in the form of an extension to the house. In this case, paint the frame in the color of the building and use glass, not film. From the side, such an extension will look like a home greenhouse.
Decorative flower beds
To design the garden of a private house, you can use flowers. Do not mix them with fruiting plants. Arrange the flowers around the perimeter of the garden or at the entrance.
Make all the decorative flower beds that are on your site in the same style. If you started making wooden bases of flowerbeds in front of the house, then the rest of the constructions should also be of this material and in this style. You can slightly modify the shape and size. In front of the garden, linear multi-tiered flower beds with flowers will fit perfectly. They can be placed on either side of the entrance.
Berry bushes hedge
A photo of the design of the garden using hedges is presented below. To combine business with pleasure, you need to use berry shrubs as a hedge to divide the site into zones. For this purpose, varieties of berries that easily survive pruning, such as raspberries, blackberries, currants, are suitable. To organize a hedge around the perimeter of the plot, it is better to use raspberries or blackberries. These plants have spiny branches and are able to form dense thickets. Such a fence will protect your territory from the penetration of ill-wishers, and in the summer you will be pleased with a rich harvest.
Before you start boarding, ask your neighbors for opinions, as they may suffer from your idea. Blackberry and raspberry bushes spread very quickly throughout the territory and give a large number of new shoots. The zone of planting shrubs must be fenced off with a side, otherwise it will be difficult to control their growth. For aesthetics of appearance, carry out a haircut, remove old shoots. It is better to do this in early spring, until the leaves appear.
So that the bush does not spread along the ground, but is located vertically, dig in the posts and pull the ropes between them, and connect the posts in the upper part with a crossbar. If you do not cut the shoots for 3-4 years, then the length of the plant can reach 4 meters. It is necessary to throw it over the crossbar so that on the other side it hangs down. Over time, you will get a dense fence up to 30-40 cm thick.
Site zoning
In order not to have a feeling of piling up and randomness, the territory on the site must be clearly delineated and structured. This can be done with the help of side bushes, fences or natural fences.
It is customary to divide the space of a personal plot into 3 zones:
- Residential. Here is a house, a summer kitchen.
- Household. It is represented by a garden, kitchen garden, outbuildings.
- Rest zone. The place for arrangement of an arbor, a bath, a brazier or a smokehouse. Here you can organize a pond or pool.
If you decided to use a fence to separate zones, then its design should match the location. An eco-style gazebo, for example, can be fenced off with a wicker fence made of willow twigs. If you like oriental themes, then put together a solid fence of boards, covered with a small roof, and place the passage in the form of a massive arch. For lovers of high-tech style, the decor of the fence with CDs is suitable. To separate the garden, you can create a light wooden fence made of picket fence, which will freely transmit light. This will not create discomfort for the plants.
House for garden tools
In the arsenal of a real gardener there is always a large set of tools for all occasions. To this kit we add a wheelbarrow, buckets, watering cans, which also need to be stored somewhere. Usually the tools are in the house, but it is not very convenient. For the competent organization of the process of arranging the garden, a small change house is simply needed.
The dimensions of such a building can be 1 x 2 m, this will be enough. As a foundation, you can use blocks or bricks. A simple 10 x 2 cm board frame is sheathed with any remaining or unnecessary material. The roof is covered with roofing material or ondulin. On the walls of the change house, fix the hooks and install the shelves.
Conclusion
If you want your garden to delight not only with the harvest, but also with its appearance, then take the trouble to make a comfortable corner out of it. Proper design of the garden of a private house will help create convenient conditions for growing fruit plants. Less effort is required to maintain cleanliness in the beds, and the time spent on excavation work, you will spend with pleasure.