It is possible to decorate and arrange well personal plot by means of the Alpine hill – the decorative composition imitating the site of mountain landscape. Especially attractively this element looks with reservoir, but it is necessary to consider that it is rather difficult to make the Alpine hill with the lake own hands, it is necessary to know some nuances and rules.
The Alpine hill with the lake is very decorative, and to have a rest near it especially comfortably therefore time spent on this element of landscaping will bring only pleasure.
The place for composition
The Alpine hill with reservoir – great choice for damp personal plot. All its decorative effect depends on right choice of the place for composition therefore the hill has to be located so that it was well visible from far away. It is also desirable to provide its overview and approach to it from different sides. Surround the hill with usually grass lawn. At the same time the composition smoothly passes into the landscape surrounding it.
Views of decorative lakes
The small lake near the Alpine hill can be flowing and drainless. It is the simplest to equip the drainless lake, but this option has essential shortcoming: water in such lake can blossom and stand. It is more difficult to equip the flowing lake. If on the site there is stream, with creation of reservoir of problems will not arise, but if there is no stream, not to do without pump pumping water. Flowing decorative lakes can be several types. Especially beautifully options with falls or the part of stream falling into reservoir look.
Creation of the Alpine hill with reservoir the hands
For the equipment of the decorative lake plan its contour. Usually, to give to composition natural look, the form of the lake choose wrong. After that it is necessary to dig ditch and to carry out its waterproofing. Excavating depth completely depends on species of water plants which are going to land in this reservoir. The waterproofing is applied film or concrete. It is the simplest to use polyethylene film. It is stacked on ditch bottom, and edges bring to coast and mask stones or soil. For the concreted reservoir the ditch has to be dug out about 20 cm more deeply that there was opportunity to fill in two concrete layers, and between them to lay armature.
The Alpine hill on the site: optimum design and choice of plants
The design of the hill with the lake can be various. Often equip the lake near stone rocks. Also not bad the small mountain lake with stone scattering on coast looks. Before laying of stones and registration of coast of the lake it is necessary to equip the rigid stamped base that the laid heavy stones have not sunk over time, and the composition has not collapsed.
For coast of reservoir choose the blossoming hygrophilous plants. It is desirable to put not one look, and a little which will blossom at different times. It is possible to leave reservoir clean, having filled up its bottom with sand, but usually in it stack layer of earth and plant water-lilies which look surprisingly beautifully.