Reservoir – effective decoration of the seasonal or garden dacha. Options of registration of reservoirs set: with fountains, streams, falls, compositions from stones, flowers and exotic plants. If to enclose imagination in design, then such site will become the favourite vacation spot and subject of special pride.
Instruction
1. For a start be defined that you want from reservoir and what decorative purpose at it? Whether it will become element of the general garden composition, the place for bathing or relaxation, the habitat of fishes and water plants? Its registration depends on it. Besides, it is necessary to consider the general style of garden and arrangement of reservoir concerning the house and other landscape objects. Using in landscaping of combination of different plants, stones and elements of decor it is possible to create the reservoir corresponding to any style, the direction and purpose.
2. There are two main styles used in registration of reservoirs: landscape and design. For the first the maximum approach to the nature, is characteristic of the second – fantaziynost, deliberate artificiality and conceptuality. Often during creation of design reservoir the style of registration of the house and garden is considered. If certain, pronounced style is absent, it is better to issue reservoir in landscape style.
3. In design of the reservoirs which are brought closer to natural widely use stones. Them have on coast and bottom that creates illusion of natural beauty. The form of landscape reservoirs is free. Plants are selected not exotic, but often wild-growing species of bushes and cereal herbs which meet at coast of natural reservoirs.
4. Land along coast of landscape reservoir of composition of perennials. Select plants various for shape which will create harmonious transition from lawns, flower beds and other sites of garden to water. It can be the akvilegiya, daylily, vasilisnik. Issue border with water iris Siberian, forget-me-not marsh, verbeynik, fern. On water surface start up duckweed, rogulnik, water-lilies.
5. That the pond in natural style looked naturally, the coastal zone has to be magnificent. Attentively study and consider characteristics of plants. They have to feel well on the sites allocated to them. Be defined in advance what plant species you put in the sun, in shadow, on damp soils, etc.
6. The design reservoir can be strict geometrical or fantasy form. For example, to resemble butterfly or flower. In registration different types of decor are used: ceramic tile, lamps, clay cachepots and pots, landscape gardening sculptures, fountains, shod and wooden benches, the exotic, magnificently blossoming plants. That is everything what your imagination will be enough for.
7. If at reservoir not concreted bottom, is possible will issue it so. Hammer columns that they slightly towered over water. Arrange on them clay vases and pots with undersized plants: forget-me-nots, primroses and any other to your taste (their watering is carried out from hose).
8. Lamps comfortably light the site of garden with reservoir and give the chance to admire it in the evenings.
9. Even the reservoir, small by the size, can be equipped with the fountainlet. Water for it is pumped from water supply system on normal garden hose. In design the pump is also used. In specialized shops it is possible to pick up fountain for every taste: both traditionally classical, and vanguard.