Psychologists say that a person's well-being, his psyche and mood are strongly influenced by smell and color, which he perceives through appropriate analyzers. In this regard, to solve the problem of color design of a summer cottage, you can be guided by your individual psycho-emotional sphere. But it should not be forgotten that there is also artistic and design taste. Beautiful design of the suburban area 45 photo ideas.
Almost all colors are characterized by saturation, hue, and lightness. The exceptions are gray, black and white. They are devoid of color tone and are characterized by extremely lightness. The most difficult task when choosing a color scheme for a site is to maintain harmony when choosing options for combining different colors.
There is a scientifically based color matching system. It was developed by the French physiologist E. Delacroix. The main, reference colors are blue, yellow and red. Additional (secondary) colors here are purple, green and orange. There are three types of color combinations: characteristic, contrasting and disharmonious, landscape design of the suburban area photo:
Photo gallery: arrangement of a summer cottage
There are many ideas for arranging a summer cottage, but each summer resident rethinks them in his own way. They begin work at their summer cottage with a layout, which is especially important for small areas.
As you can see from this example, even a small area contains a sufficient number of landscape design elements.
A gazebo and a small reservoir, equipped with their own hands near the house, will create a kind of aura, mood. In Chinese Feng Shui philosophy, a natural irregular shape is considered the most suitable geometry for a water reservoir. The pond was called the "bright room" of the natural landscape.
Option for a pond in the country Source dekorin.me
The Japanese garden is an interesting design option for a summer cottage. The sophistication of the aesthetics of the natural landscape attracts many summer residents.
Japanese-style decoration with a man-made pond
Beautiful flower beds are pearls of the landscape of the backyard territory. They delight the eye, recreate an atmosphere of peace. It is pleasant to relax on a bench, in a gazebo, inhaling the aroma of flowers.
Decoration with flower beds, flower beds Source
Flower garden around the bench Source
A variant of the original flower garden Source ru.
The design of a plot in a landscape style is suitable for a summer cottage located in forest areas, near a natural reservoir. Scandinavian landscape design fits into this interpretation.
Arrangement in the style of natural landscape Source idre-hembygdsforening.se
The combination of small architectural forms with flower beds looks beautiful. You should not oversaturate the territory with an abundance of elements of landscape architecture in a small area.
Flowerbed combined with antique-style columns Source
Flowerbed in combination with MAFs Source bigmobel.access.ly
Among the numerous techniques for arranging the site are arches, pergolas with ampelous plants. These are the elements that transform the landscape.The lush beauty of the upright plants keeps the resting gazebo cool. It acts as an element dividing the territory into zones, serves as a disguise for the fences.
Ampel plants in the country Source
Climbing Roses Source
Over time, obsolete things accumulate in the household. Creative rethinking of their purpose is sometimes realized in interesting landscape design solutions.
An old bicycle that became the basis for an interesting flower bed Source
Shrubs and lawn
The attractiveness of any country estate depends on how competently its merits are emphasized.
Shrubs help to focus on the benefits of the terrain. They can be both deciduous and coniferous, both decorative and berry. They should diversify every lawn.
Green areas designed in this way will add a special atmosphere, highlight the strengths of the relief and serve as an ideal complementary element for the design of the site.
In addition, shrubs can be shaped to create intricate shapes and islands.
Speaking about the species, experts recommend staying on those that are undemanding to the conditions of detention. These can be hydrangeas, thujas, spireas, rose hips, hawthorns, junipers.
Planting plants on the lawn should be carried out according to certain rules. It is worth abandoning dwarf specimens - they will look inexpressive.
Preference should be given to bushes with a height of half a meter. And when choosing an assortment, it is advisable to be guided by the need and subtleties of care. In addition, you need to take into account that the plantings do not interfere with mowing the grass and removing garbage.
DIY step-by-step arrangement of a summer cottage
Begin the arrangement of the site with planning, division into zones. To this end, they take as a basis a copy of the land plot, sketch out a plan on it. It should be noted on the diagram trees growing on the territory.
When allocating zones, it is necessary to take into account:
- Territory size.
- Relief (take into account all drops).
- Cardinal directions for planting plants for their correct development.
- The location of the main water outlet, the choice of the irrigation system (drip, sprinkling, from a portable hose). Automatic watering is possible, but more expensive. Includes wiring system, electronic control.
You need to carefully think over and draw a site plan. Next, proceed to the distribution of the site into zones.
Traditionally, the following are distinguished:
- recreation area;
- playground for children;
- economic block;
- areas set aside for a garden and beds;
- water bodies: ponds, streams, fountains;
- objects for relaxation: gazebos, a bench near a flower bed, grottoes, pergolas;
- parking area.
Site layout Source Under the recreation area it is better to take a shady area not far from the house. It is desirable that there is a water outlet nearby. Climbing ampelous plants are planted around the perimeter of the gazebo.
The garden is arranged in the southern or southeastern part of the site so that the plants have enough sunlight. It is rational if a separate water outlet is connected to it.
The hozblok is masked with hedges, trellises with climbing plants.
Relaxation zones with a bench are arranged in picturesque places of the site: near a flower bed, water bodies, in the shade of trees.
After identifying the zones, they determine where to lay the electrical wiring: to the recreation area, to the playground, to illuminate the pond. It is reasonable to use light-accumulating elements as illumination of the rest of the territory.
Further, they are determined with the design style. Regulatory styles rely on strict geometry for shapes.
Landscape, on the contrary, are as close as possible to the natural landscape. The use of certain small architectural forms depends on the style.
Landscape stylistics Source
When the territory is divided into zones, decide on the aesthetic design and maintenance system, you need to think about which plants and where will be planted. They are repelled by the conditions of the climatic zone, soil, personal preferences.
Even in a rather harsh climate, it is now possible to grow plants that were previously characteristic only of temperate, southern latitudes. Thanks to the many years of work of breeders, frost-resistant varieties have been bred, for example, shrub, climbing roses.
The shoemaker in boots: a small nursery garden for landscape designers
Alexander Zhukov is one of the members of our portal, well known to all the regulars of the landscape design branch. And unlike many other professionals who periodically "look at the light", he shares not only the theory, although it is undoubtedly important, but also the most that neither is personal experience.
Alexander ZhukovFORUMHOUSE participant, landscape designer
They write that the landscapers do not have their own gardens. Yes, because most of the specialists live in the city, they seem to have summer cottages, but since we work in other people's plots during the season, they do not reach our own hands. But some designers live outside the city - they have always dreamed of living in the countryside. And the work is suitable - no need to sit in the office from 9 to 18.00, woke up in the morning and you are already in the office.
It was: an abandoned plot with an area of 11 acres, with a dilapidated wooden house, hothouse skeletons, outbuildings and an abundance of trash, both on the site and in the house. Standard situation for abandoned land.
It took a month to dismantle everything and everyone and clean up the trash, the local residents helped with the "removal", quickly navigating the topic of free firewood.
They decided to build a house with an area of about 120 m² (11 × 11 m), lei. There were no problems with the implementation, since the team worked on its own (gardeners, read, generalists). We started in October, celebrated the New Year holidays in a new house, when two rooms and a bathroom were ready, the finishing was completed in January.
It has become.
More details about the house can be seen in the video.
The garden was designed with the ability to customize along the way.
Alexander Zhukov
Since at first there was no particular goal, we designed a fairly simple configuration, and only then we added or removed some elements during the landscaping. All photos are the next year after planting. The general plan is something like this.
Flower beds.
Alexander and his wife often participate in various specialized exhibitions and festivals, thanks to which the exhibits “migrate” to the site.
Gazebo (Moscow Flower Show 2013). Monolithic polycarbonate (thickness 2 mm) on a metal profile, factory-bent, but there are options to reduce the cost of the structure.
Seagulls (Moscow Flower Show, Central Park of Culture and Leisure 2014).
There was also a place in the yard for vegetable crops.
Instead of a compost heap, the pros have a compost chest.
There are several types of paths on the site and in the garden, from granite screening, tennisite (ground brick with the addition of clay) and wood - so that there is variety, and because they were made from materials available, and there was "a lot of wood" in stock. The result was the flooring (pine treated with an antiseptic for harsh operating conditions and tinted impregnation).
And a la paving stones (sawn timber 100 × 100 mm, laid on a crushed stone pillow).
And backfill with tennisite, with edging with a bar, but installed vertically (100 × 200 mm).
The idea to set up a nursery was born spontaneously.
Alexander Zhukov
First, a lot of space was allocated for the lawn on the site. Then the understanding came that 4 hundred square meters of lawn is not needed - you mow, mow, and no one uses it, well, children run around once a month and that's it. We wanted to plant with herbs, but the decision came by itself - a lot of grains that we use in our work are extremely difficult to find in Russia and Europe. We order constantly, either the wrong thing will come, or a little, or the wrong condition.As a result, we decided to grow part of it at home, plus experiment with new herbs and part of the site was allocated for a mini-nursery for crops that we grow and use in our projects. These are the sectors the landings are divided into.
On the site, something is regularly altered, updated, added.
For everyone who decides to repeat - the decoding of the landings.
1) Blue molinia Molinia caerulea “Heidebraut (difference in height - age and stocking density). 2) Blue molinia Molinia caerulea "Moorhexe" (dried clumps were recently transplanted). 3) Molinia blue Molinia caerulea "Edith Dudszus"
1) Molinia reed Molinia arundinacea "Windspiel". 2) Sesleria blue Sesleria caerulea. 3) Gray fescue Festuca glauca.
1) Molinia reed Molinia arundinacea "Windspiel". 2) Sesleria blue Sesleria caerulea. 3) Gray fescue Festuca glauca.
The wonderful garden of the Zhukovs can also be seen.
The couple did not stop at what they had achieved, and now they are mastering another virgin land.
Alexander Zhukov
We moved to our 10 hectares in the Tula region. There will be a herb nursery. While the guest house was built, we live in it. So far we have 90 acres - individual housing construction and in the plans - 2-3 hectares for an exhibition garden of herbs. The nursery is 2-3 hectares, we are thinking about the rest.
There are also plans to open a new topic, and all the details are in the current discussion.
Fencing of the site - we use the fence as a decor
In suburban areas, especially small ones, as a rule, deaf, high fences are not installed. They look bulky, discord with the surrounding natural landscape, obscure the perspective, hinder ventilation of the space. A picket fence, a low fence made of boards with a gap, fences made of various types of metal grids are more suitable as a fencing of the territory.
Fences are made from scrap materials, for example, sawing logs. The wattle will organically fit into the natural style.
Variants of the original design of fences Source vjazanie-
Fences from scrap materials Source domik.e-
Weaving options
Hedges, a fence with climbing, ampelous flowering plants - this is not only a beautiful element of the dacha arrangement, but also a natural continuation of the landscape. A hedge design option includes using the fence as a support for vertical flower beds.
Hedge Arch Source
Vertical beds on the fence Source
Picket fence with climbing roses Source
A hedge of trees Source
Decorations from plastic bottles
Plastic is an inexpensive and readily available material. Experienced gardeners with creative imagination know a lot of options for its use. Such qualities as flexibility, strength, durability of plastic allow you to create a variety of sculptures, decorations for flower beds, borders and other interesting compositions from plastic bottles.
Arrangement of the play area
Children's playgrounds are installed in places that are clearly visible from different points of the site and the house. Thus, the child will be under constant adult supervision. When arranging a site for a playing area, several rules must be observed.
The soil cover in this area must be soft enough to prevent injury. A grass carpet, sand bedding will do. The installed play equipment is made with a margin of safety: the child grows, gains weight. The set of the play area depends on the age of the children. Traditionally, it includes:
- sandbox;
- mini-pool;
- slides;
- swing;
- sports corner: ladder, hanging rings, bars, crossbar;
- play house.
Adult play areas are organized for teenagers. It can be a small tennis court, a court with a basketball hoop, football goal. Additionally, they are equipped with a sports corner.
Playground at the dacha Source realt.onliner.by
Playground with a log house Source
Children's playground, sports ground Source 990.md
On the prosaic but necessary - toilets
These buildings sometimes appear before the fences, because without them it is a disaster. The builders will master all the nearby nooks, and who, I wonder, will like it.So, perhaps the most necessary building. And why are we talking about toilets, in relation to the decoration of the site? But because this building can be made so that it will not necessarily be hidden. Displaying is also not an option, but you don't need to mask it. For example, a standard birdhouse can be made from logs. You will get a mini-hut.
The costs are not much, it looks good ...
Plant a plant around it, make it cute, and this corner of the garden will be attractive too. For example, such as but the photo below.
A few more options on the same topic. One and the same uncomplicated design can be designed in different ways. You choose the style depending on the one in which the dacha or the personal plot is decorated.
Well, if you need a stone toilet, why not decorate it in the style of a medieval castle. Only crowds of tourists will need to be driven away ...
Arrangement of summer cottages with relaxation corners
A favorite place on a summer cottage is a rest corner. Design it according to personal preference.
Forms of arrangement of recreation areas:
- gazebos with barbecue;
- pergolas (open gazebos), entwined with climbing plants;
- benches located in picturesque corners of the site;
- specially equipped grottoes;
- open hearths with a sofa group around them;
- terraces near the house;
Hanging hammocks and swings are installed in the shade of trees.
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Traditional materials for making gazebos: wood, beams, logs, forging. Collapsible ready-made structures can be purchased in construction supermarkets. Having certain skills in construction work, you can do them yourself. Including from scrap materials (treated with impregnations wooden logs of irregular shape).
Pergola, entwined with climbing plants Source Forged gazebo for evening gatherings Source
Sequencing:
- Determined with a place for installation. Better if it is a shaded area close to the water outlets.
- They draw a sketch of the gazebo on a scale, and the material is calculated from it.
- Prepare the foundation. Remove the top layer of soil, make a cushion of gravel, sand.
- Before pouring the foundation, load-bearing supporting elements of the structure are installed, concreted.
- Then the foundation is poured with a cement-sand mixture.
- The rafter part of the roof is mounted, then the side, non-supporting elements.
- Install the roof.
Arrangement of a summer residence with an open hearth Source www. As a floor covering, a wooden board with a moisture-resistant impregnation is often used, a tile under a natural stone. A barbecue (stationary, portable) is installed at such a distance that the heat from it does not spread to the recreation area. A stationary barbecue is installed in large gazebos.
Barbecue log construction option
Hearth near the gazebo Source pinterest.es
Rest corner in the country in the shade of trees Source
Artificial reservoir
Arranging a personal plot on your own, you can also think over the device of a small reservoir for decorative purposes. Such a small pool can be made from a concrete ring, which is dug in 5 cm below ground level. A layer of crushed stone of 20 cm is laid at the bottom, rammed, sprinkled with water, then poured with cement mortar (1: 3). Paving slabs are laid along the upper perimeter of the ring, and the joints are sealed with mortar. You can plant water lilies, irises, reeds in it. Caring for such a reservoir is to change the water.
A small pool with communications can be made by separately concreting its bottom and walls, which are reinforced with reinforcement. To make the water flow out of it better, the bottom is made with an inclination towards the drain pipe, which, in turn, is also installed at an angle. The water from the pool is drained into a general sewer or a drain well, which is arranged for drainage in the lowest place. The filling pipe should be just above the pool water level.If you install a spray head, you get a fountain that looks very attractive.
Arrangement of the visual appeal of the house
The harmony of the composition of the architectural ensemble of the house and the landscape is achieved by introducing elements of plant design into the design of the facade and terrace of the building.
A variant of the design of the facade of the cottage Source wapand.sayt.im
Terrace with climbing roses in flowerpots Source canfm.club
For these purposes, the following techniques are used:
- Containers for ampelous plants on the windows. Traditionally grown in hanging pots: begonia; bindweed; ampelous fuchsia, petunia, begonia, verbena, labelia.
- Cultivation of unpretentious climbing plants: maiden grapes, Chinese magnolia vine, wisteria. Braiding the facade of the building, they thereby turn it into an element of landscape design. They create coolness inside the room, hide individual flaws.
- Registration of the entrance group of the house. Arrangement of the site near the entrance to the house includes the following elements: decoration of the path, porch; breakdown of flower beds around them. Additionally, you can install pots with plants on the steps.
- Terrace decoration. The open area of the house is its natural continuation, a place for recreation, a transitional part from the interior of the premises to the natural landscape. The design of the entrance group and the terrace will create a single composition. For this, the terrace is decorated with ampelous plants suspended in pots, flowerpots with flowers, hanging containers.
Facade of a building decorated with flowering plants in containers Source sn.at
Plants in containers on the terrace railing Source When decorating the facade of the building, the terrace and the entrance group of the landscape, it is necessary to observe proportions. You cannot oversaturate the landscape with flowering plants. They must be balanced by shrubs, trees. Tall plants are planted around the perimeter to maintain perspective. It is necessary to determine the focal point on the site - the center from which the layout will be built. In this place, a central flower bed, an alpine hill are broken, small architectural forms are installed.
Porch, terrace decoration Source
Preparatory work
The first step was to get rid of the weeds and level the area. For this, we removed the top layer of the earth. Where the retaining wall was supposed to be, about 30 cm of soil had to be removed. While we were digging in, we got to all the wells dug on the site and covered them with steel sheets, so that a beautiful lawn would appear in their place later.
The next stage of work is soil improvement. Considering that there is clay all around, first they made a drainage layer (they covered everything with a 5-centimeter layer of sand), and on top they poured a 7-centimeter layer of black soil.
After the site was prepared, they began to arrange individual zones.
Plants for landscaping the site
Conventionally, the entire suburban area can be divided into several main parts:
- The vernal zone defines the boundaries of the territory. Fences are arranged along its perimeter, including hedges. For these purposes, tall trees and shrubs are used.
- The central or interior part that adjoins directly to the house. This is an active zone, it is in it that the main small architectural forms, flower beds, flower beds are located. It should be visible from the windows of the house.
- Separate or intermediate zones: recreation, sports, economic. The arrangement of the suburban area involves their selection using landscape design elements: paths, low hedges, mixborders, pergolas, arches with climbing plants.
Bright Mixborder Source
A beautiful pergola Source The general style of the landscape, repeating alternating elements: paths, duplicating elements of landscape design, unites them into a single composition.
These include:
- Mixborders - flower beds in several levels, going along the paths.
- Suspended structures for ampelous plants dividing the site into zones.
- Rock gardens, bulk beds, combined with stones, gravel.
- Gabions, metal mesh containers filled with stones. Suitable for the formation of flower beds on an area with uneven relief.
- Rutaria, flower beds, the basis of which is the stumps of old trees.
- Flower beds, flower beds, ridges. Plants in them should not overlap each other, therefore undersized plants are planted around the perimeter, and taller ones - in the middle.
- Grass lawns serve as a separating element. At the same time, they create a common background for all parts of the landscape.
Alpine slide for the improvement of the suburban area Source
Bright, unusual rutaria for the garden Source svoimi-rukami-
Gabion as a means of zoning a territory Source datestudio.by
Alpine slide
The decoration of a personal plot is often complemented by such a design solution as a rock garden or an alpine slide. This is a decorative composition made of low-growing shrubs, flowers and stones, where the latter form the basis of the slide.
It is better to select stones of the same breed, the largest ones weighing about 30 kg.
A pit 30-40 cm deep is dug along the outlined contour.On clayey heavy soils, its bottom is covered with a layer of gravel of 10-15 cm, and on waterlogged soils, it is increased to 20-25 cm. After that, fertile soil is poured into the pit above the level of the surrounding soil on 40-60 cm, and then the stones are laid out and installed, trying to achieve the maximum naturalness of their placement. Places of various sizes are left between the stones for planting plants.
For an alpine slide, select low-growing and creeping plants with bright colors of flowers, leaves or fruits. At the same time, coniferous species (creeping juniper, dwarf thuja, Canadian conical spruce) should also be included - they enrich the colorful flavor in spring and autumn. The correct selection of plants ensures the decorative effect of the alpine slide not only during the growing season, but also in winter. From deciduous shrubs, you can choose purple-leaved barberry, periwinkle, heather, hydrangea, honeysuckle, ivy, rhododendron, boxwood. From flowers, a garden of stones will be decorated with a pinnate carnation, St. John's wort, goldenrod, iris, bell, crocus, primrose.
Flowers with an intense color are planted in the center of the composition. It is better to plant flowers in groups or singly, but not scattered all over the hill.
A separate conversation about cutting bushes or the art of topiary
Trimming bushes can be another original idea for decorating your yard. Neatly trimmed bushes, of course, look very dignified, but the unusual figures cut with the help of a pruner from the bushes that grow around the house can turn the estate into a real palace. Learning the art of topiary is pretty easy. You need to master some tools, give free rein to imagination and awaken the imagination.
Shrub varieties for curly haircuts and hedges
For your creative work, you also need to select the appropriate material. There are a number of shrubs that are ideal for curling or hedging. Among them:
- Boxwood. However, it is characterized by the rapid growth of twigs, as a result of which the compositions from it will have to be trimmed at least twice a year.
- Yew. Caring for him is simple and does not require any special measures and skills.
- Spiny Holly. It is ideal as a hedge for zoning a plot.
- Privet. A green privet fence must be looked after exclusively in the warm season.
- Cotoneaster. Beautiful shapes are obtained from it, but a haircut of rapidly growing branches is required quite often.
Care features
To create the bush figure itself, you will need a number of sharply sharpened garden tools:
- Saw. With its help, the thickest branches and twigs are removed;
- Lopper. It will be needed to remove branches at a distant distance;
- Brush cutter. The crown is formed by it;
- Pruner. Used for pruning shoots and thin twigs;
- Garden knife. Useful when replacing any of the above tools.
In the absence of experience in curly haircuts, it is better not to tackle complex shapes that are found in photos in magazines and on landscape design sites. Better to start with shapes in the shape of a ball, cube or pyramid. The distance between the bushes should be at least 80-100cm, this will make the process of cutting and grooming more comfortable. Thick pruning will give a fuller figure or hedge. In order for the shrub to start young shoots, it must be cut 150mm in height from the soil surface. The variety of plant varieties in the composition will give it a beauty and a more interesting look, reminiscent of a forest landscape.
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