Today more and more people seek to get out of megalopolises closer to the nature and become owners of seasonal dachas and country houses. Having seized landscaping elements, it is possible to try to change the piece of the earth, to make of it own hands the small Eden, special, original and beautiful.
Types of garden landscapes
Long since in many countries of the world the gardens were reflection of ideas of the person of ideal life. Therefore before planting the first tree in the garden, the person drew desirable landscape in the imagination or on paper. Landscaping is on joint of science and art.
Gardens were always associated with heavenly spots in which gardening elements are thought well over, organized and combined with landscape constructions and sculptures, water oases and architecture of country cottages or dachas. The design created by hand of the plot owner most fully reflects its tastes, aspirations and dreams and also reflects his way of life.
Before undertaking pencil and to start creation of the project of the future garden, it is necessary to be defined in what style it would be desirable to sustain registration of the site. Designers allocate the following types of landscape gardens: regular classical, landscape and new landscape styles. The gardens sustained in regular classic style are distinguished by the clearness and laconicism of lines. At such landscapes there are right angles and the correct ovals (rectangular beds with round flower beds in the middle). Creation of gardens in this style is ideally combined with big mansions. The classical regular landscape is absolutely inappropriate on the small site with unsightly lodge. The arisen along with regular, landscape style differs in bigger freedom of planning lines. In it natural forms of plants and natural plasticity of water are used. In modern landscaping 2 styles of planning coexist. It is possible to call the first conditionally "modern regular style" in which elements of regularity use in design of city squares and ceremonial registration of buildings. The second – "the new landscape style" - places emphasis on smooth lines, imitates the wild nature, brings closer garden landscape to natural landscape, emphasizes indissoluble communication of the person with the nature.
It is simple to measure type of the soil "by eye". For this purpose it is necessary to take handful of the earth in hand and to squeeze it. The studied sample should not be very dry or, on the contrary, very damp.
Before creation of the project it is necessary to survey carefully the site and to find out not only its sizes, but also orientation on parts of the world and also to define soil type. It is very important for further planning and the choice of plants for garden. Creation of the project (sketch) of garden has to become the next stage. On it the house is surely drawn with all proportions, parts of the world are noted and specified if is, all growing trees. On the drawing the "ugly" and "beautiful" types opening from garden are designated by arrows possibilities of their camouflage or, on the contrary, inclusion in the general landscape are thought over, the lit and shaded zones are distributed, spaces for the sports ground, open kitchen, recreation area and others are allocated.
Basic elements of landscaping of the country site
Creating the project of future landscape, it is necessary to consider and designate all basic elements of garden design in the plan. First of all it belongs to gardening of the site. It is necessary to arrange harmoniously and to enter in bed landscape, lawns, the Alpine hills, the green space. It is very important to define location, contours (oval, rectangular) flower compositions and also to determine the range of plants, their configuration by color and form. Further the arrangement on the site of reservoirs is defined and planned. It can be artificial ponds, fountains, streams, falls. Water pacifies, introduces regularity and harmony in life. Surely it is necessary to provide original and creative design constructions (gazebos, rotundas, pergolas) where it is possible to retire, drink tea, to esteem, be engaged in relaxation and meditation. The special crape to design is given by interesting parts: paved paths, bridges, lamps, arches, shadow canopies and amusing sculptures (gnomes, mushrooms, fairies, animal). They often have not only decorative character, but perform various practical functions – are supports under flowerpots with flowers, birds feeders, lamps.
Starting design and creation of landscaping by the hands, it is important to be evaluated adequately the financial opportunities. In many respects the design of personal plot and the choice of the project depends on them.
Without involving in creation of landscaping of professionals, and being engaged in arrangement of the country site independently, it is possible to make therein various additions and changes to already ready project. Besides, there is opportunity to do everything gradually, having distributed material investments on construction and arrangement for several years.