Personal plot with their own hands. How to equip a summer cottage? Ideas for giving

On the bank of the river, our friends purchased an abandoned plot of land, which is a wasteland covered with bumps and bumps, overgrown with bushes and weeds.

Landscaping

Four years of hard work allowed us to build country house with all urban amenities and turn the surrounding area into a piece of paradise.

The project of the house, its internal structure and landscape design was carried out by the owner of the summer cottage on her own. Since the summer cottage was created for recreation in the summer, most of the land was set aside for green lawn and flower beds.

Only a small part of the land in the far corner behind the house was used to install a greenhouse and beds for growing greenery. Currant bushes and apple trees with plums were also planted.

In order for the paths to be dry and clean in rainy weather, they were paved with paving slabs raised above ground level. As a result, it became possible to walk around the territory of the summer cottage even in indoor slippers.

A wide path was made for the entire length of the suburban area from the gate, which ends with a canopy without walls, intended for parking a car. The canopy allows not only to protect the car from precipitation and solar radiation, but also to do household chores under it in rainy weather.

A garage canopy of this design is a good design solution, as it does not obstruct the view and fits well into overall design suburban area.

The owners of the summer cottage are very hospitable people. Relatives and friends often visit them. Thanks to the wide walkway from the gate, up to six cars can be accommodated in the yard at once.

A strip of land was left between the fence and a wide path, on which flowers and spruce forests were planted.

Along the opposite side of the path and a green lawn, there is also a flower bed.

All paths are made of paving slabs of gray and red color. A narrow path leads from the wide road to the house.

In front of the front door to the country house, a spacious open veranda overlooking the river. It has a table and chairs. After visiting the steam room on the veranda on summer evenings, in any weather, it is very pleasant to have dinner with soft drinks and barbecue in the company of friends.

On the summer cottage, before the construction of the house, an outbuilding was built, consisting of three separate rooms with doors. Two entrances are equipped with a small common porch with a canopy. One of the rooms has a window overlooking the river. It has a bed with a bedside table for overnight guests. The second room is windowless and serves as a workshop, while the third is used to store inventory and tools.

Next to the utility house, opposite the veranda, there is a platform covered with paving slabs for frying shish kebabs on the grill. Nearby there is a place for a mobile garden rocking sofa.

Flower beds and flower beds

Considering the above published photos, you probably noticed that almost all, even the smallest plots of land between the paths have flower beds and flower beds. The hostess of the summer cottage fantastically loves flowers, and is ready to deal with them tirelessly from morning to evening, which, by the way, does all her free time.

She treats flowers as her own, and therefore the thought of asking her to pick at least one flower for a bouquet does not even occur to her. She buys flowers for a bouquet as a gift, despite the abundance of her own, she buys in a flower shop.

By the way, if you need a simple or exquisite bouquet of flowers for a special occasion, then you can order it online with home delivery to any city not only in Russia, but also in the World, in a specialized online store "Megaflowers".

The pride of the owner of the summer cottage is a spacious green lawn. Although it often has to be cut, there is a place for children to run barefoot, play ball games and badminton.

A low fence with a gate in the center separates the summer cottage from the public area. There is a flower bed in front of the fence, separated from the path by wooden chocks. In the flower bed, in addition to flowers, Christmas trees are planted, each of which is planted in honor of one of the granddaughters and named after them. Children will grow up and watch how spruces grow with them. It will be very interesting for children.

Marigold flowers are planted along the low fence from the side of the river. On the left side of it, next to the canopy, there is a box with a tight lid for the disposal of food waste and garbage of plant origin.

Almost the entire area not occupied by a green lawn, a greenhouse and a small vegetable garden is planted with spruce forests and flowers.

The corners between the paths are beautifully decorated with paving slabs. Not flashy, but tasteful.

Flower garden in the form Alpine slide decorates the edge of the grassy lawn. Original composition and harmonious combination different colors in combination with boulders and pebbles is admirable. The photo shows a view from the second floor of the country house.

The flowerbed of the alpine hill view is not symmetrical, and when you look at it from different sides, a completely different composition of flowers opens up.

And in this photo, on the site of last year's alpine slide, a new one has been created, which has a larger size and with a different design. For a detailed review, I decided to present close-up photographs of plants and flowers.

In the photo, a perennial, unpretentious to the soil, sun-loving cinquefoil is golden, with beautiful yellow flowers growing on an alpine hill. The plant is not afraid of frost, and Potentilla tea has medicinal properties. Golden cinquefoil begins to bloom, usually in the second half of summer.

And this is thyme (creeping thyme), popularly called "Bogorodskaya grass". Thyme is a very beautiful perennial plant with a noble aroma, which has about 400 species. There are different colors. Thyme is also a medicinal plant. Blooms from early June to late July. Thyme is great for creating alpine slides.

This flower is called stone rose, a relative of cacti, which has nothing to do with ordinary roses, except that rosettes are similar in shape, and the leaves around the edges are color pink. Latin name Sempervivum, which means "always alive." Unpretentious beautiful perennial plant with fleshy leaves, odorless. Ideal for alpine slides.

Heather is an evergreen low-growing perennial (grows up to 30 years), a shrub plant and blooms in our latitudes from July-August until late autumn. Heather photophilous plant, and with enough sun, the flowers are saturated with color and do not fall off for a long time. Excellent honey plant and bees never fly by. The flowers are small, lilac or lilac-pink. The bushes grow to a height of 60 cm. Heather is the national flower of Norway, as Heather fields cover more than half of the country's area.

Dwarf mountain pine jacobsen has a beautiful decorative shape and surprises with its fluffiness. The needles are not prickly and it is pleasant to touch them with your hands. This coniferous plant is unpretentious to the soil and grows in any conditions, loves the sun, is not afraid of frost. The height of an adult plant does not exceed 40 cm, which makes the mountain pine an ideal conifer for alpine slides.

Due to the unusual red color of the leaves, it is very popular among gardeners. perennial flower Geichera. Garden geyher is the fruit of the work of American breeders. Heuchera does not like direct sunlight and grows better in the shade of other plants.

Heuchera flowering time depends on temperature environment and illumination. Due to the bright red color of the leaves and beautiful flowers Geuchera is great in combination with other plants to create alpine slides. It is better to plant Geykhera in the shade from conifers or other flowers, so that the rays of the sun fall on it only at sunrise or sunset.

This is another type of coniferous plant. Unfortunately, I do not know the scientific name of this Christmas tree.

Sizaya Canadian spruce Konika (Conica) comes from Canada. The dwarf variety grows in ten years to a height of only one meter. This is very beautiful ephedra, excellent, like an ordinary spruce, grows in our latitudes.

It is probably not necessary to imagine a lily flower. Lily is the oldest known flower, the flower of purity and purity. There are thousands of legends about Lily. The lily is considered the flower of kings. Everyone knows and loves this beautiful flower. Pictured is Canadian Lily.

In this photo, too, a lily, only bright red.

Roses are perhaps the most popular flowers for expressing the feelings of the giver. Thanks to the variety of shades of rosebuds, they were "taught" to convey attitude without words. scarlet rose or a bouquet is given when expressing romantic love and passion, a donated red rose bud expresses confusion, a tender attitude will be emphasized by a pale pink bouquet of roses. It is customary to give a dark pink bouquet as a token of gratitude.

Astilbe is unpretentious frost-resistant perennial plant with bright red flowers. There are varieties that bloom in other colors. Flowers can reach a height of 60 cm and rise beautifully above undersized grass and other colors.

Pansies are popularly called violet tricolor. These pretty flowers seem to be looking at us. Pansies are one of the most unpretentious flowers to environmental conditions, they bloom from early spring to late autumn.

The combination of colors of Pansies petals tends to infinity. This is one of the gardeners' favorite flowers.

Cannes are exotic flowers for our latitudes. The flowers are very beautiful, and in one flower the petals can be of different colors. Cannes are excellent flowers for decorating a summer cottage.

And this flower Gatsania liked the bee, and she collects nectar. Gatsania, or gazania, is a South African flower that looks like a Russian chamomile. Flowers appear from July and delight the eye until the end of the season. The flower loves an abundance of sunlight and has an attractive appearance.

The Gatzania flower has color scheme sunlight, and therefore it is difficult to look away from it.

Buying a cottage comes with great expectations. In addition to the longed-for unity with nature, many people want to create something aesthetically amazing there. Beautiful summer cottages, made with one's own hand, are no longer a rare phenomenon. But everyone who has been associated with this type of work knows that this is not an easy task. To often fit everything you want in a modest area, you will need to try, and this can help a selection of budget, but original ideas.

Original ideas for arranging the site

Internet is a treasure trove examples arranging a summer cottage, but basically this is a stamped approach to zoning and planning. All beautiful areas grow as a result of these two calculations. Of course, you can always find detailed diagrams of the location of garden objects indicating the distances between them, adjusted almost to millimeters. However, this is so standard projects that they definitely will not warm the soul. The only way out- your decision.

Where to start

If the arrangement of the site with a mesh netting, a flower garden at the gate, straight lines landings trees and a square nesting garden - obviously not what we would like, then we should realize: a truly fabulous garden can be obtained only by creating it with your own hands.

To do this, you will need to arm yourself with a pen, a notebook and allocate only a few hours of unoccupied time to generate your own original ideas for a country house. It would be very good if household members were also involved in this process.

Often, the acquired dacha has already been ennobled with global buildings, then the whole mission will be limited to adjusting the territory for itself, in other words, re-arranging the space surrounding the house.

Work on the garden project will begin with a discussion, so to speak, of a general strategic question: what exactly would everyone like to see in the suburban area and in what parts of it. On the site diagram, it is necessary to mark each element, taking into account its dimensions. It is important to observe scaling.

If the site is not a stand-alone island, but is inscribed in the middle of a built-up complex, then, most likely, a draft project for optimizing the dacha will have to be forwarded and adjusted to regulatory requirements.

Planning

It is necessary to adhere to the prescribed rules not only because of the likely fines, but also in order to maintain good neighborly relations. While embodying the most original ideas for giving, you still need to remember about your own conveniences and the comfort of those around you. Therefore it follows:

• try not to build a house closer than 3 meters from the boundary;
• try to coordinate the location of the septic tank and compost pit with neighbors;
• take into account the location of the plantings of future trees - will they interfere with the neighboring territory, and so on.

Regarding the last aspect, it is worth saying that the rules prohibit the planting of free-growing trees in the vicinity of neighboring ones. If there is a desire or need to grow them, then it is obligatory for a three-meter exclusion area. Detailed advice on the nuances of arranging or building a site can be obtained from the board.

Rules for the location of buildings

What exactly will grow in the summer cottage - is decided each independently. It can be turned into a wild forest and mushroomed in it or stylized as a noble nest. However, here we will consider a compromise average solution for creating a do-it-yourself suburban area arrangement that suits most families and takes into account its basic needs.

What does this type of project include:

1. House.
2. Business premises.
3. Garage.
4. Parking for guests.
5. Compact but productive garden.
6. Arbor.

You can also add a playground, a swimming pool in summer, a trampoline, etc.

Do not be afraid of combinations! While the planted trees will stretch, it would be nice to break a small garden in the garden part. You can try to combine the garden and the garden. Some gardeners consider this step to be a mistake, but in reality this is a very original idea for arranging a summer cottage.

Under trees with a well-groomed crown, near-stem circles turn out to be a wonderful place for laying out spherical beds, on which they will feel great:

• beans;
• cucumbers;

Specification of improvement tasks

When the plan for arranging the suburban space is at the family council, the moment will come for concretizing its aspects. First of all, you should focus on the plants that will live on the territory of the house.

Just listing exactly what will be planted is not enough. Everything should be analyzed:

• how the grown plantings will look;
• how they will interact with each other;
• whether family members are allergic to them;
• what to expect from them in general, in specific seasons, etc.

To deal with this will allow a closer acquaintance with the selected types of flora. It is worth noting on the plan the plants that are supposed to be planted.

Geography of the suburban area

The beautification of a suburban area is personally associated with various subtleties. For example, having swampy or simply waterlogged places on the territory, it is rational to use them for moisture-loving plants, especially if they are included in the wish list for seedlings. Otherwise, you will need to deal with soil drainage processes.

When selecting plants, consider the degree of illumination of the site and the type of soil. The flaws of the area inherited can be regarded not as flaws, but as an opportunity to get a unique landscape. These include:

• stones;
• soil roughness;
• unrooted stumps, etc.

So that they become not enemies, but allies, you can either use your own developments for their transformation, or look for original ideas on how to equip a summer house from designers.

Garden space planning

The arrangement of the garden part begins with the calculation of its area suitable for this and the technology for forming beds. The latter do not necessarily have to be arranged in parallel rows.

Arc or circular plantings of herbs, berries and vegetables will look interesting. Such vegetable beds are not required in without fail concentrate in one corner. They can be scattered throughout the garden space.

Circular planting of vegetables

If the suburban area is small, then there is reason to think about a vertical bed breakdown. This will require the construction of appropriate devices.

Vertical beds will come in handy for small areas. If you install trellises on beds with climbing varieties of vegetables, you can organize very cute garden alleys. By combining the trellises with crossbars and running greenery over them, you can get luxurious pergolas. This decision will be especially appropriate and modern in arranging a summer house if a garden is laid out right in front of the garden. Vegetable arcades will turn out to be a fabulous road deep into it.

Tapestries with climbing varieties

When planning a garden, it would be good to use such extraordinary ideas for summer cottage design as pyramidal beds. Bringing them up is easy. It is necessary to install a support, and it can easily turn out to be, for example, a beach umbrella, and attach 20-25 pieces of rope to it, the second end of which will be fixed on pegs driven in around the perimeter.

Legumes, cucumbers and other plants with creeping shoots will rise along these strings.

Zoning works

When carrying out work on the improvement of the site, it is important to consider zone layout shading. Without this, it will not work out to get a fruitful garden and beautiful garden. fruit crops never planted in deaf shady areas. This affects not only herbaceous plants. The tree will also not begin to produce a crop until it leaves the shading zone. It will constantly grow upward, trying to expose its branches to the direct rays of the sun.

It should be remembered that only arbors, benches, paths, hammocks and other inanimate things will feel great in dense shade, and everything else requires at least a small amount of sun.

So, the question of how to equip the dacha and its plot should not scare anyone anymore. After all, the optimization of country estates is a process, albeit a protracted one, but insanely exciting and truly creative, so it will never seem too boring or uninteresting.

As it is already clear, there are no specific formulas for planning the territory of the site. Everything is entirely individual and depends on various factors. Do not be afraid of experiments: original ideas for a country house, without exaggeration to say, always give simply excellent results.

Before the owners, acquiring land for a summer residence, a lot of tasks arise, the main of which is the improvement of a summer cottage. Just building a house or a temporary hut on it is not enough, because the dacha is traditionally considered the best place for recreation (active or not) in nature, and it should be comfortable. In the process of arranging the backyard territory, there are no trifles, and in order for your dacha to become truly comfortable and beautiful, you need to pay attention to everything: from fences and paths to lawns and flower beds.

Cozy backyard with your own hands. Where to begin?

Every backyard needs improvement.

Landscaping a summer residence should begin with cleaning the territory. The yard should be cleared of last year's foliage, various debris, uproot stumps, remove large stones and other similar objects.

Then you can proceed directly to the improvement. To equip household plot do it yourself in as soon as possible and at the same time to achieve a harmonious combination of all elements of landscape design, it is necessary to act consistently. This will help you draw up a plan for future work.

Preparatory work and planning

Given the importance of planning, the first task is to draw up a project of work. To do this, you will need to complete a drawing with the existing buildings and trees marked on it, as well as the marked boundaries of the site.

Then you should decide if you want to clean something. If there are already fruit trees on the territory, then it is better to save them, since it will take a lot of time to grow new ones.

The remaining free places can be filled with garden paths, flower beds, gazebos and everything that you would like to see in your country house. Usually at their summer cottage they place:

1. Recreation area. There are awnings, etc.
2. . If you have children, it would be wise to take care of their leisure time in the country by installing a sandbox, swing or slide.
3. Territory under household needs. This part of the cottage is reserved for buildings such as, (if it is not provided for in the house), a fertilizer storage.
4. Garden. It is recommended to place it on the north side of the site to provide the plants with the maximum amount of sunlight.
5. Garden. Almost any place, not too shaded and not swampy, is suitable for it.

It is important to correctly identify functional areas

These zones can be called basic, although optional. Still, a lot depends on the size of the site and the personal preferences of the owners. A vegetable garden is more important to someone, and someone just wants to enjoy the rest surrounded by neat lawns.

Whatever you prefer, the fact that the cottage should be well-groomed is beyond doubt. Quite a few important role this is played by the arrangement of a decent fence for the site.

Site fencing: choose the right one

What fence is better to choose for a summer residence? The most reliable and presentable will be a fence made of stone or brick, as well as forged. However, these options are quite expensive and, if you do not plan to spend a lot, you can get by with a wooden palisade or.

True, in the case of wattle fence, the reliability of protecting your site from unwanted intrusions is very doubtful. Therefore, such a fence is recommended to be additionally strengthened with a chain-link mesh.

Reliable fence made of corrugated board and brickwork

The mesh itself, fixed between the supports, can also serve as a fence, and to make it look more attractive and hide the site from prying eyes, you can plant shrubs, climbing plants or flowers along it. Hawthorn, barberry, thuja, juniper, lilac will look appropriate at the fence, and girlish grapes from curly ones, sweet pea other.

Garden paths and paths

- a mandatory attribute of any site. To make your movement around the cottage more convenient, and its general appearance to be harmonious, you should take care of arranging paths that unite all functional areas. It is better if they are all done in the same style.

Sandy

The easiest way to make sand paths. To do this, you need to mark their contours with a rope, remove soil about 20 cm deep from the surface of the future path, fill it up, pour water over it and compact the gravel. Then comes another layer of gravel, finer, and, finally, a layer of sand, preferably with stone chips. Such a mixture today can be easily purchased at the store, its shades are very different, so the path will be not only practical, but also beautiful.

The laid sandy path is carefully compacted and framed with a brick or concrete curb. The recommended height of such a fence is 5 cm above the level of the track. Flowers or shrubs are usually planted on the sides. They visually highlight the path and at the same time strengthen the ground near it.

Path of sand

Concrete

Laying concrete walkway do it yourself

You can also make concrete paths. This material is more durable, besides, if you use ready-made concrete blocks, you can later change the direction of the paths by simply shifting the slabs.

However, the fill concrete mortar gives you more options to create unusual shapes and smooth curves. You will have to work hard for this, but the result is worth it. The base of the path is prepared similarly to the sandy one and the formwork is mounted on the sides (it is recommended to soak it in water in advance so that the solution does not stick).

Note! Laying a reinforcing mesh under concrete greatly reduces the risk of cracking garden paths and increases their service life.

Then you should prepare the solution in the proportion - 1 part of cement, 2 sand and 4 gravel, put it in the prepared form and level it. After the concrete has set a little, you can apply patterns imitating stone to its surface.

concrete walkway

In addition to sand and concrete, stones or stones can also be used for paths. brickwork. The basis for them is prepared similarly to the previous options, but installation is much more laborious. In order for the stones to lay down well, they will need to be trimmed and laid out on the cement mortar by hand, which, as you understand, is a very painstaking task.

Recreation and games area

It is unlikely that the improvement of a summer cottage can be called complete without the presence of comfortable conditions for recreation and a place specially designed for this.

Place to rest

It is best to equip this area in the garden or on the lawn. It can consist of several benches and a table (the easiest option), as well as a gazebo, a full-fledged dining place, a barbecue and other attributes necessary for cultural recreation.

If you plan to place a brazier on the plot or, pay attention to its distance from housing and wooden buildings. For fire safety purposes, it should not be too close to them, but placing it close to the neighboring area is also undesirable.

Cozy gazebo with barbecue

A significant role for a comfortable pastime in the country is played by all kinds of awnings and gazebos that will shelter from the bright sun in the summer, and also will not allow the sudden rain to spoil your vacation. In addition, a gazebo entwined with grapes or flowers will undoubtedly decorate the backyard area. It is usually located in the center of the garden, by the pool (if one is planned) or by the playground.

Playground

Take care of a place for children's games

Those who have small children or grandchildren should arrange a safe place for them in the country. play area. It is recommended to place it closer to the house or in another well-visible place in order to be able to look after the children. If there is a pool or on the site, then the playground should not be too close to it, and the reservoir itself, as a potentially dangerous place, must be protected with a dense fence.

The area under the playing area should be flat, without sharp slopes. Too shaded place should not be chosen, but too much sun will not bring benefits. To provide moderate shade, it is better to stretch an awning or install a canopy.

As for horizontal bars, slides, swings and other equipment for games, the main requirement here is safety. It is necessary to make sure that everything is securely fixed, as well as to remove stones, sharp pegs and other objects from the territory of the site that can cause injury.

Rules for landscaping a summer cottage: choose plants

After the site is delimited into the main zones, it's time to revive and decorate it with green spaces. In order for your lawns and flower beds to please the eye, you must follow all the rules for landscaping a summer cottage.

First of all, you should assess the climate, the location of the cottage, as well as the composition of the soil. It is possible that for the growth of some plants it will be necessary to additionally fertilize the land, and some may not take root at all if the climatic conditions are too harsh.

Determining with specific types plantings, consider also the degree of shading. After all, it is known that not all plants tolerate constant shade or sun well. The humidity of the earth is also of considerable importance - its level should be sufficient, but not excessive. It is very difficult to grow anything in a wetland, and in this case, it will be necessary to first drain the soil and select moisture-resistant plants.

Shrubs and lawn: which require less maintenance?

Of the green spaces for summer cottages, shrubs and lawns, famous for their unpretentiousness, are excellent. A well-groomed lawn always looks win-win both on its own and as a backdrop for other landscape design elements. You can buy already grown lawn in rolls, which greatly simplifies the process of gardening, or, if desired, sow and grow it yourself.

Lawns and shrubs at their summer cottage

If you decide to purchase ready-made lawns, be sure to pay attention to the type of grass. Since, depending on it, they can be shade-tolerant, drought-resistant, trampling-resistant, athletic, etc. To determine which species suits you best, it makes sense to consult with the owners of nearby sites who already have practical experience in this matter.

Choice ornamental shrubs, usually planted along fences, paths or in combination with, is also wide. The most popular are forsythia, Japanese rhododendron, dwarf spruce, jasmine, weigela and, of course, lilac. As a rule, such shrubs are unpretentious in care, and with the right place for planting and periodic trimming of extra branches, they will delight you for more than one year.

flower beds

The finishing touch that adds a bright note to general view suburban area, there will be flower beds. Almost any place can be allocated for them, since there are enough varieties of flowers, among which there are resistant to heat, moisture, and shading. To make the flowerbed look well-groomed, it is worth enclosing it with a small fence made of vines or overlaying it with a stone, and the correct selection and arrangement of plants with different flowering periods will allow you to enjoy their beauty all summer long.

Flower bed will add bright colors

Beautiful personal plots (photo)

As you can see, it is quite possible to decorate and ennoble the cottage with your own hands, although this will require considerable effort and a serious approach to business. But the result of such efforts will undoubtedly please you. And, in order to be inspired to implement your project for the improvement of the dacha, we bring to your attention beautiful personal plots, the photos of which are given below.

Land development always starts with a plan. Rational use and decoration personal plot are possible only as a result of its correct and thoughtful planning, taking into account natural, climatic, local, national and domestic features. In this article we will tell you how to decorate a personal plot with your own hands in a village from improvised materials, we will give video and photo instructions for decorating.

The smaller the area of ​​​​the site, the more carefully you need to plan it and think through the design details.

Relief

When placing elements of the estate and choosing plantings, it is necessary to take into account the location of the place relative to the sides of the horizon, the prevailing winds, the state of the soil and soil, as well as its relief. The natural relief does not always and does not fully meet the planning requirements, in such cases it is recommended to carry out a vertical planning.

With small elevation differences (up to 5%), earthworks are not carried out, leaving the natural relief, and the house is built with a basement or basement, or only the site for building the house is leveled.

In areas with a steep slope (8-12%), the situation can be corrected by terracing the site across the slope, and the steeper the slope, the more terraces are needed. Stairs are arranged between the terraces, and the surfaces of the terraces are connected by retaining walls. As a rule, for small slopes with clay and sandy loamy soils, the slope is 1:1.5, with sandy soils - 1:2, that is, a slope 1 m high occupies a strip of land 1.5 or 2 m.

Fence

In addition to the direct functional purpose, fences also play a decorative role, so the arrangement of a personal plot can begin with the installation of barriers. It is better to make an external fence in human height or a little higher, and internal fences can be installed from 30 cm to 1 m high. The fence consists of poles and battens, the materials for the fence can be different.

In addition, fences can be made in the form of a hedge, planting it in two rows, between which to pull a low metal mesh. After 2 years, the shrubs will grow into it and make it invisible.

Good for green fencing different kinds hawthorn, thuja, Japanese quince other. Shrubs are trimmed in the second year. Hedges are formed by lateral and apical haircut, which is carried out 2 times a year.

We invite you to watch a video about alternative hedge devices.

Carrying out the design of a personal plot Special attention should be given to the tracks. Their correct and beautiful layout plays an important role in the improvement and decorative design.The overall pattern of the paths can be geometrically strict or free. There is a direct relationship between the paths, the relief and the shape of the site.

First, marking is carried out - straight sections of the tracks are marked with a cord, the ends tied to the pegs, and curvilinear - using one peg as the center of the circle, and the other - the legs of the compass. It is easy to draw smooth curves on the ground by changing the length of the line and the location of the center.

If desired, lay tracks with artificial turf need to carry out preparatory work. Along the marking lines, the turf is cut to a depth of 15-20 cm and removed so that a slight elevation remains along the central axis so that rainwater flowed to the edges. This place prepared for covering is called "trough".

Tracks can be made:

Ground - along the stretched cord, the edges of the track are cut with a shovel to a depth of 10 cm. This layer of earth is removed, and the cut area is rolled with a hand roller.

For such paths, you only need to sow a lawn or white clover. It is in this way that many make out the entrance to the garage, paving two lanes with paving slabs for the wheels.

gravel - a layer of 7 cm of coarse gravel (4-6 cm) is laid at the bottom of the "trough", after it is rolled - another layer of 5 cm of finer gravel (2-3 cm), and then a layer of sand mixed with clay (1: 3 ) 1-2 cm thick, which is well rammed, while pouring water for better shrinkage. Lastly, another layer of 2 cm of fine gravel is laid, which is also watered and compacted.

Perhaps the most aesthetic type of paths, because such tiles can be of any shape and color and fit perfectly into the design. A dry mixture of sifted sand and cement (4: 1) is poured onto the "trough", and then one by one is laid concrete tile, which is leveled and compacted in level with a rubber mallet. Laying paving slabs is not difficult.

Paving from wooden ends - effectively and very economically, because the wooden "rounds" can be cut by yourself. To make such paths, tree trunks of various sizes are treated with an antiseptic (bitumen, drying oil), and then sawn into equal segments of 10-15 cm. Such logs are placed on a layer of sand of 10 cm. sand.

From monolithic concrete - for such paths, formwork is prepared, which is poured with plastic concrete with fine gravel, prepared at the rate of: 1 part of cement, 2 parts of sand and 3 parts of gravel.

And a few more photos of various paths for a summer cottage:

We offer you to watch this video dedicated to the arrangement of tracks.

Front garden and green lawn

When doing work such as landscaping a personal plot , you can simply make it beautiful, clean and elegant by sowing free space with lawn grass. On such lawns, places for recreation, picnics and sports games are arranged.

Also lawn grass can also be sown in the front garden, where small trees or shrubs planted in groups look good. In that case, the most tall trees or shrubs are planted in the center of the group, while lower ones are planted at the edges.

When landing in the front garden flowering shrubs their colors are taken into account - plants with white, yellow, orange flowers, and at a greater distance, near the paths - with red, purple, blue and dark or red-leaved bushes.

The physiological and psychological effects of flowers and their smells on the human body have long been known. Garden decoration - color compositions compiled according to the following rules design:

• compliance with the color ratio. Red - green, purple - yellow, blue - orange - such combinations create contrasting and emotionally effective ratios. Color combinations are soft, harmonious: red - yellow, red - blue, violet - orange, violet - green, blue - yellow. White color matches with all colors. When creating flower beds, you need to remember that flowers of warm, soft and harmonizing tones are placed in well-lit, sunny places, and contrasting ones in shaded places.
• as long as possible continuous flowering. To do this, you need to pick flowers from different times flowering. So, in April, snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils, tulips bloom; in May - forget-me-not, lily of the valley, violet, iris, lily, peony; throughout the summer - gladiolus, phlox, dicentra purple, poppy, bluebell, delphinium; in September - aster, goldenrod, dahlias; in October - chrysanthemums. Roses have a long flowering period - from May to September.

Flower beds are arranged in the front garden, on recreation areas, rocky hills, slopes, terraces, near a pond. The background for flowers is a green lawn, stones, house walls, tree trunks. When planting flowers in a flower bed, you need to take into account that flowers of the same type, but of different colors, look very beautiful together. Variegated mixtures of tones are undesirable. A flower bed does not become beautiful because there are many types of flowers on it. It is not the quantity that matters, but the harmony between the colors. Another rule for arranging a flower garden is that the farther the flowers are planted from the path, the larger the color spot can be and the higher the flowers themselves.

When choosing flowers, it is necessary to take into account their requirements for soil and light, the growing season, wind resistance, time and period of flowering, decorative effect, plant height, etc.

Roses occupy a special place in the landscaping of the site. Almost continuous flowering and a wide variety of colors put the rose in the first place in the decorative design of the site. Roses are planted in a sunny, bright place, protected from the wind. climbing roses planted on the south side of the house. A perfect background for these flowers is a green lawn, coniferous trees, stones of retaining walls and terraces.

Alpine slide

The design 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 weighing about 30 kg.

A pit is dug along the outlined contour with a depth of 30-40 cm. On heavy clay 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 surrounding soil by 40-60 cm, and then lay out and install the stones, trying to achieve the maximum naturalness of their placement. Places of various sizes are left between the stones for planting.

For an alpine slide, undersized and creeping plants with bright colors of flowers, leaves or fruits are selected. At the same time, coniferous species (creeping juniper, dwarf thuja, Canadian conical spruce) should also be included - they enrich the colorful color in spring and autumn. Correct selection plants provides decorative effect alpine hills 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. Of the flowers, the rock garden will be decorated with a cirrus carnation, creeping St. John's wort, goldenrod, iris, bluebell, crocus, primrose.

Flowers with intense color are planted in the center of the composition. Flowers are best planted in groups or singly, but not scattered all over the hill.

By equipping a personal plot on your own, you can also think about arranging a small pond for decorative purposes. Such a small pool can be made from a concrete ring, which is dug 5 cm below ground level. A layer of crushed stone of 20 cm is laid on the bottom of it, rammed, pouring water at the same time, then poured 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 concreted its bottom and walls, which are reinforced with reinforcement. In order for water to 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. Water from the pool is drained into the public sewer or drain well, which is arranged for drainage in the lowest place. The filling pipe should be slightly above the water level in the pool. If you install a spray head, you get a fountain that looks very attractive.

With the beginning of spring, the summer season opens. For some, a dacha is greenhouses, beds and seedlings, while someone cares more about family vacation on the fresh air, dreams of meeting friends and fragrant barbecue. Depending on the preferences of the owner, the cottage should be equipped.

Many today resort to the services of landscape design professionals, but it’s much more exciting to implement ideas for giving with your own hands. How can this be done, which one to prefer, how to combine the interior with this country house- about this in our article.

The layout of the suburban area

Getting started on the design of the cottage, first of all, it is necessary to draw a plan of the summer cottage with all the objects located on it. It is very important to put everything on paper, even small buildings such as a doghouse. This is the only way to accurately calculate the free space in the country, to see what and where it is better to install.

When the plan is sketched out, the diagram shows a country house, outbuildings, paths, a vegetable garden and a garden area, you can proceed to the creative stage. This step involves the addition of the existing plan with future designs. It can be:

• alcove;
• brazier, oven or barbecue;
• dinner Zone;
• playground;
• place for a hammock, garden swing, tent;
• all kinds of fences, fences, awnings;
• flower beds, flower beds, lawns;
• garden, a place for fruit and ornamental trees.

Advice! Summer cottage design large area must be equipped with an artificial reservoir. Water gives not only aesthetic pleasure, there will always be coolness and freshness near the reservoir in the country, which is especially important in the summer heat.

It is necessary to put the exact dimensions of future buildings on the scheme of the suburban area. The territory of the dacha free from buildings needs to be ennobled - to break flower beds, take care of lawns, recreation areas.

At the stage of implementing ideas for giving, one should not forget about communications. These seemingly insignificant little things can spoil the whole end result. Therefore, the system of water supply, sewerage, power supply must be drawn on an already ready plan suburban area.

Arrangement of a summer cottage with their own hands

Developing the interior design of the country yard on your own, you can save a lot. Moreover, this applies not only to expensive services. professional designer. You can equip your cottage with improvised means, using the materials that remained after construction, old furniture, unnecessary trash and even garbage.

glean interesting ideas for giving with your own hands, you can from the Internet, but it’s not difficult to turn on your imagination and come up with something of your own. And they will guide you on the right path beautiful photos successful dacha designs from this article.

Gazebo, barbecue or barbecue in the country

What can be a country holiday without an evening meal in the fresh air! If the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe summer cottage allows, you should definitely take care of building a gazebo or, at least, a canopy. The room can be quite small, just a few square meters is enough.

Inside country gazebo set a table, benches, chairs or armchairs - for a minimum set, this is quite enough. For more spacious gazebos, a combination with a barbecue or a Russian stove is suitable.

Important! If the design of the summer cottage involves the construction of a hearth, you need to take care of the smoke exhaust system.

It would not be superfluous to know in advance the wind rose in the area in order to provide for the removal of smoke in the direction opposite to the recreation area and residential building.

The interior of the dacha gazebo must comply general style dachas. As a rule, everything is arranged in a rustic or colonial style. Outside, the gazebo is decorated with curly flowers, hanging planters or flowerpots located at the entrance.

Dining area in the country

It happens that there is no place for a gazebo in the country. Or the hosts visit their suburban area rarely, they come only in the summer, for the weekend. In this case, a portable dining area would be appropriate for a summer residence.

For its arrangement you need a table and chairs. Much here depends on the preferences of the owners of the dacha: someone uses an expensive rattan furniture, some plastic accessories are enough.

In the photo you can see the design of a summer cottage equipped with a massive wooden furniture. Such items need processing, and on winter period country furniture must be brought into the room.

Shading should be considered in advance dining area. It can be placed behind a country house, in a natural shade. Another option is to use a fabric or polyethylene awning. Much more aesthetic and beautiful, of course, look like hedges and canopies of vines and climbing plants. They need to provide metal arch or support in the form of a wooden pergola.

Attention! In addition to the scorching sun, drafts and wind are considered the "enemy" of the dining area.

It is good if the table is installed in a closed space of a summer cottage. It is also possible to provide a semi-decorative fence in the form of a low fence entwined with flowers.

Recreation area and playground in the country

After a hearty lunch in the fresh air, it would be nice to relax. For recreation in the country, it is necessary to equip appropriate place. As a rule, adults like to just lie down or lie down comfortably in a chair. Therefore, hammocks suspended between trees are suitable for them, Garden swing, sun loungers by the pool and comfortable chairs in the garden.

The main requirement for a recreation area is that it should be cool and quiet. It is good if the gaze of a vacationing summer resident is fixed on the beauty of the garden or flower beds, and not on the wall of the neighbor's dacha.

For families with small children, a playground is a must in the country. So adults will be able to fully relax, and children will not be bored in the country. A playground for kids is also located in the shade, partial shade is also suitable.

Equipment for a country playground largely depends on the capabilities of the owner and the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe free site. It can be a swing, slides, a sandbox, a mini-pool. And you may have to stop at a tree house, for example.

When building a playground in the country, do not forget about safety measures:

• restrict access to water;
• provide sand bedding near slides and swings;
• eliminate sharp corners and edges;
• do not plant poisonous or dangerous plants and flowers.

If possible, it is worth considering leisure for adults: it can be a home-made bowling alley for a summer residence (photo of the structure below), an outdoor cinema, a large swimming pool.

Flower beds, flower beds, ponds at their summer cottage

Smooth lawn grass, of course, looks aesthetically pleasing and neat. But, nevertheless, in the country it is better to dilute the lawn bright colors, fruit trees, bushes.

If the owners rarely visit their country cottage, in landscaping they should give preference to perennial flowers, trees and shrubs. Such crops do not require constant care, it is enough to put the greenery in order with the onset of spring, giving the branches a shape with the help of garden shears.

Paths and paths act as a connecting link between the elements of the suburban area. They can be paved with stone, tiles, clinker bricks, covered with rubble or pebbles.

Below are photos of ideas for giving, embodied with their own hands. Here, wood is used as a coating for country garden paths, which looks original and in the spirit of a country style.

Country house design

Equally important in the arrangement of the cottage is the interior and exterior of a residential building.

The building from the inside and outside should be conducive to relaxation and rest, remind of unity with nature. Therefore, when choosing a style for a country house, it is better to prefer something “rustic”, such as country, Provence, ethnic.

A good example of a country house inside the photo:

Do not forget that the design of a country house should also be functional. As a rule, the area of ​​​​domestic dachas is small, so the space here must be used wisely.

If the country house will be used only in the summer, and there is a gazebo with a barbecue or hearth in the yard, it is quite possible to do without a kitchen. Free space in the country is best used to equip an additional guest bedroom or a spacious billiard room.

Examples of the interior of a country house are presented in the photo below.

Conclusion

Having decided to transform the interior of the cottage on your own, you should not be limited to existing ideas. Of course, a lot useful information You can learn from already implemented projects, but it is quite possible to come up with a lot on your own.