Landscape in the country. Landscaping by their own hands (photo)

The townspeople, tired of working days in a stuffy metropolis, are eagerly waiting for the first sunny days to enjoy the peace and quiet in their own country house. All of them dream of turning their site into a true Eden - a place where you can comfortably rest, a place that will delight the eye and allow you to relax. Having even an initial knowledge of the basics of landscape design, you can turn the smallest and most unremarkable section into a real oasis. And you can do it yourself. The design of the villa's landscape, the photo of which we have placed in this article, will help create fresh ideas for improvement.

How to equip a dacha

Creating a beautiful and modern landscape is a difficult task, we will not argue, but it is quite feasible for everyone. It is not necessary to change the terrain of the site, to create complex structures. It is possible that in your case it will be enough only to build a beautiful and cozy gazebo, to break an interesting lawn or plant exotic plants to give the dacha a unique charm.

Where to begin

First of all, you should choose a style - it should not differ from the general concept of the house. For those who are new to landscape art, poorly versed in styles, it is necessary to study special literature.

Consider existing ideas and select the desired options for landscape design. Now carefully inspect your site, conditionally divide it into a recreation area, a garden area and economic activities, etc. Do not seek to use every centimeter of the plot, do not overload it with unnecessary elements - leave room for rest.

Decoration with flowers

You can decorate your site with the help of a lawn in an unoccupied area and decorating an original flowerbed. Before starting construction work, consider the shape and size of the structure, select suitable plants. All of them have certain features, so it is necessary to clearly imagine which flowers are most suitable for you.

Original beautiful hanging baskets with ample flowers planted in them look original. Alpine hill can be decorated with creeping thyme, perennial carnation, alpine edelweiss, alpine astra, anaphalis, seaside armory and saxifrage. At the top of the hill, plants should be planted, which develop well in bright sunlight. These can be Iberis, cattail, evergreen shrubs or geyher.

Landscape in the country with their own hands: rock garden

Now we will try to build an alpine hill. It is necessary to start this work early in the autumn.

The first thing to do is to accurately mark the territory. The landscape of the dacha provides for the presence of an alpine slide of large, medium or small size. Planning a hill area of 10 m², you need to mark out future crossings and garden paths.

If you are planning to create a landscape in a villa with a rock garden, then you should understand that this structure is not at all a meaningless heap of stones, and this is a reduced model of the natural mountain landscape. To make it similar to the original, the territory should have a "valley", a "cliff", a "plateau" and a "summit". An additional effect is achieved due to different ways of lighting these zones.

Sliding scheme

If you decide to decorate your site with an alpine slide, develop its plan on paper. This will allow you to plan your work properly, as this is a rather complex decor. After this, the plan must be transferred to the selected territory. It is desirable that the site be high and well lit. Make the markup.

Site Preparation

If you create a cottage landscape with your own hands (photos you can see in editions for gardeners) with an alpine slide, you will need to prepare the site. To do this, remove the top layer of the earth (the depth is at least 300 mm). Then the bottom layer (100 mm) is formed, for which the broken brick, gravel, slag is usually used. Then a second layer consisting of coarse sand (50-100 mm) is created. All created layers are abundantly watered.

Further we make an earth mix from the ground cleared of weeds, the crushed humus (peat) and coarse-grained sand. Components should be taken in equal quantities. This mixture is poured onto the drainage layer, and a hill about one meter high is formed. If desired, it can be higher.

Stacking stones

The created layers must shrink, after which you can start laying stones. At first, the largest of them are placed along the edges, then of medium size and at the end - small ones. Small stones look great on the top of the earth hill. It is important that the alpine hill becomes a dense construction. Therefore, large stones should be buried in the ground three-quarters of their size. Using this technique, you will get a better simulation of the rock outcrop.

Selection of plants

Creating an alpine slide, it is important to choose the plants correctly. This largely depends not only on the overall appearance and beauty of the structure, but also on its compliance with the overall landscape design.

Paths made of natural stone

To create an unusual landscape at the dacha is quite an acceptable solution - the creation of stone or mosaic paths. Magnificent decorative qualities of natural stones make them extremely popular, and a fairly simple technique of mosaic construction from stone allows you to independently make the lining of retaining walls, original and stylish design a rest area. You need a little for this - creative imagination and non-standard thinking.

Ordinary river pebbles can be an ideal material for creating unusual paths with bright ornaments, it can decorate the interior of the garden pool, which will make your site completely different from the neighboring one.

Today you can choose and ready tiles made of natural stone. This will save you from having to pick up interesting stones yourself. In this case, the creation of a mosaic will not be very difficult, provided that all the necessary tools and materials will be prepared in advance.

Under the mosaic, too, you need to create a foundation. To do this, we remove the soil to a depth of 10 cm, we compact the soil and lay the drainage layer. It is best to use rubble.

Then install a metal or wooden crate for pouring the cement base. To do this, use the trowel and the building level, which is necessary when leveling the surface. From above lay a reinforced mesh, which is poured 2 cm of mortar.

The surface so leveled should be left for 30 minutes to set the solution. This will allow to lay the material perfectly evenly and more qualitatively, and the mosaic will look more homogeneous and natural.

Stones should be evenly laid out on the surface and, using a soft rubber hammer, deepen them into cement. Having created a decorative pattern, the seams are carefully rubbed with a solution and the mosaic is left until it dries completely. The advantages of a mosaic made of stone include its durability. With the help of such a reception your dacha (garden) will change for a long time.

Landscape: small mechanization

Owning a holiday village not only brings pleasure, does not just give you the opportunity to be proud of yourself, but also imposes certain obligations on the owner. The larger the territory is in your possession, the more effort you will need to apply, so that it is always in order, and without a well-groomed, trimmed lawn in front of your house, the site will not be beautiful. In this regard, all owners are faced with the need to purchase lawn mowers.

Someone will argue that the landscape at the dacha (a photo of which amateur gardeners like to show) can be created with the help of an old and good braid, but it is already morally obsolete and, moreover, it will not allow uniform mowing.

In order to understand which lawnmower is most suitable for you, you need to know what distinguishes its different species, and therefore, to know by what criteria it should be chosen.

The most significant difference is the type of engine used. In other words, the principle of its operation. By this principle, it is possible to distinguish gasoline lawnmowers - devices that work with a gasoline engine. They have advantages, including a large capacity, the possibility of using additional functions and various adaptations. But there are disadvantages. This is, first of all, the presence of exhaust fumes and noise operation.

Electric lawn mowers are devices that work with an electric motor. This type has less power, but it also has less noise, and also differs from the absence of emission of harmful exhausts. Naturally, such equipment requires power. It is carried out through a fixed network and from storage batteries.

Mechanical mowers are not the most common option, as their action is carried out with the help of the muscular strength of a person who pushes the device in front of him. The advantages of such a device include the lack of power and low noise.

Bridges in the country

Dacha (garden), the landscape of which each person can create independently, gives a huge satisfaction to the owner. This is an extremely pleasant experience, because here people create a place for moral and physical rest.

Original arranged flower gardens, various decorative elements - all this raises the mood and encourages to the further creative process.

The original bridges are an excellent opportunity to create an original design in the country.

Types of bridges

The design of these structures has changed dramatically today. Nowadays not all of them simply connect two banks. Their main purpose is decorative. In addition, they are used as a separation of functional zones on your site. Therefore, choosing the type and style of the bridge, carefully analyze what it will symbolize - on this basically depends how it is better to arrange.

• The style of the bridge depends on where it starts and where it ends. For example, the garden of stones assumes simplicity and refinement, in accordance with Japanese culture.
• Lush gardens require exquisitely decorated designs.
• The bridges, which are located above creeks or water bodies, should be in the immediate vicinity of the gazebo on one of the banks - this is the end of this part of the garden.

If you are creating a landscape in the country, plan to build a bridge with your own hands, then the most suitable material, no doubt, will be a tree. Constructions from this material harmoniously fit into any style on a section of any size. In addition, it is easy to repair damaged areas of such a bridge.

As you can see, it's not too difficult to create a landscape on the dacha with your own hands. The main thing - do not be afraid to experiment, show more imagination.