Recently the question of productivity has practically ceased to concern many owners of seasonal dachas. Coming to the dacha, people want to enjoy silence, rest and surrounding look. In this regard, the issue of how to change the seasonal dacha becomes very topical for mnogokh owners of the country real estate.
Instruction
1. Choose style of your site. Collect information on the soil - the level of groundwater occurrance, relief and structure of the soil, openness to winds. Check articles and magazines on landscaping. It is necessary to remember that there are two opposite styles. The first of them is thought up by the French. It can be characterized as "taming of the wild nature". This landscape style means accurate geometrical lines and symmetry. Wide avenues, accurately cut bushes and fountains look, undoubtedly, very elegantly, but demand permanent care. The second, thought up by British, the style imitates the untouched nature. The main idea of natural garden - it is the most natural to enter your site in surrounding landscape.
2. Carefully plan the general composition of the site. Define the place for all planned elements of garden architecture. Gazebos, arches, canopies, garden sculpture, rock gardens and pergolas belong to them. They form site landscape. Arches and pergolas are the elements setting the direction of garden paths. The arch twined plants can decorate the branch from the main path conducting to the vacation spot. Pergolas, as a rule, attach to house wall. Gazebos and terraces it is possible to arrange in any, chosen for rest place. Rock arias and the rock garden is the compositions from plants and stones imitating certain type of landscape. It is necessary to consider that the rock garden is recommended to be organized on sites with difference of relief - on the flat area it will look unnaturally and ridiculously. Rock arias will perfectly look on the bank of pond or paddling pool. Also it can well add paved surfaces. Short flights of stairs can become one more original element of your site. They will be suitable for the gardens located on slope. Material for production of ladders and quantity of steps is defined proceeding from land relief and preferences of the owner. But it is recommended to do not less than three steps - otherwise the ladder just will not be noticeable.
3. Think over arrangement of garden paths. The main path has to connect the house, the vacation spot and other zones of your site. Side footpaths can conduct to work area, beds, groups of fruit-trees. At construction of paths on the site, small by the size, it is recommended to avoid right angles and lines - soft bends visually expand space.
4. One of the most important elements of garden architecture is the protection. At design of new fence and selection of material for its construction, it is worth remembering that solid high fences visually reduce the site.