A summer cottage is not only a garden with beds, but also a beautifully designed house territory. It is quite difficult to imagine a country house without a beautiful flower garden. With proper supply, landscaping the site will help to hide the flaws of the house and territory and emphasize the advantages.
Site planning
Before starting landscaping, the site should be planned. It is best if you can make a layout on paper.
The plan needs to apply all green spaces, both growing and upcoming planting. Here you can separate the relaxation area from prying eyes by vertically growing plants. Mark flower beds, sculptural compositions. If the site allows space, it’s nice to break a pond, a waterfall or a fountain, a rock garden.
Greening the area in front of the house, you must consider the size. But even if the area is small, due to properly organized landscaping it can be visually increased by choosing the right plants.
Styles
Do not forget about design styles. The most common are Russian, European, and Eastern styles.
- The Russian style prefers wooden buildings, carved decor, trimmed bushes, lush flower beds. It may be useful to use conifers. Plants such as sunflowers combined with simple wildflowers: chamomiles, cornflowers, and forget-me-nots are appropriate here.
- European style is based on a clear geometry. Mandatory lawn in front of the house, clear lines of bushes, flower beds. Tracks of the correct form.
- Oriental style includes the presence of stones (rock garden, decoration of paths), the presence of low conifers. Oriental style is calm and peaceful.
Territory decoration
Creating a green zone on the site, you should consider some points.
- Relief.
- Climatic conditions.
- The size and shape of the plot.
- The degree of illumination.
A diverse relief can emphasize every corner of the site. Small hills, slopes, hillocks can be used to create terraces, bridges, rocky gardens, wide steps.
The main condition for decorating is the choice of plants. They need to be selected so that flowering occurs throughout the season. Some plants can delight the eye in the fall with their special foliage colors.
In landscape design, there are some tricks. For example, to visually increase the size of the site, it is wise to use cold tones: lilac, blue, blue.Warm colors such as yellow, orange, walnut, give the effect of light in a shaded place. If the plot is small, you can use low-growing plants with small flowers.
For decorating fences, arches, climbing plants are well suited, for example, climbing roses look beautiful. A hedge looks very profitable on the site. For this, perennial herbaceous plants, bushes, dwarf conifers are suitable. In the design of the site, you can mix styles, make your own individual notes.