Beautiful landscape design of a country house: we create it ourselves

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You can live without an attractive landscape design of a country house. However, why deny yourself the pleasure if you can create a beautiful courtyard with your own hands, with minimal material costs. To create a project, you need to make a little effort, to decide on the main idea. Such a task is within the power of any person. This publication discusses all the most useful tips, recommendations for creating an extraordinary landscape design for a country house site.

Starting the improvement of a suburban area, get ready for the fact that you will always do this. Plants cannot freeze in their original state, they grow and change the surrounding design

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On the Internet there are many vivid examples of the interior of a garden, backyard territory. Many people think that you can choose any of the options presented. However, it is not. Even the highest quality finished work will look different in specific areas. It’s all about the topographic, climatic features, the wishes of the owner. You can create an individual interior only to order. This service is expensive. But do not take ready-made ideas from the Internet in order to save money..

Never copy a finished landscape composition. Consider, study, criticize and choose the best options, mark the details you like and use them when creating your unique design

It’s better to create a project yourself, highlighting a few basic ideas from the examples. To do this, it is enough to study a few simple rules, to treat the work responsibly.

Where to begin?

It is necessary to develop the landscape design of a country house in stages. Only this approach will lead to a harmonious result. The first step is creating a plan. It is not necessary to use newfangled programs and applications. It is enough to prepare a simple piece of paper, a pencil, measure the territory. The next step is to divide the land into zones. It should be noted the functional, problem areas. Pits, hills, abrupt lowlands are considered problematic. They do not need to be leveled by excavation. Such problems can easily be turned into benefits. You can build a small pond in the pits, and plant beautiful plants on the hills. There are a lot of similar ideas for landscape design of a country house..

Sketch on a piece of paper a diagram of your site and mark the location of all significant objects

The simplest of them are discussed in this article. The functional areas are different in each case. It all depends on the personal preferences of the residents. On the territory, you can build a gazebo, a summer kitchen, a place to relax on sun loungers, etc. The next stage is the choice of the style direction. This is discussed in more detail in the next section..

Styles of design

There are a lot of style directions for the design of a country house site. The most successful options are shown in the table..

Style name	Characteristics
French	Favorite style of romantic, dreamy people. The French style is gentle, easy to decorate. For the lawn, you should choose grass with flowers, furniture should be vintage. You can pick up such items at a flea market, in a specialized store. The structure of the pool can be artificially aged, the garden can be decorated with wrought-iron fences. However, any custom-made forged items are quite expensive. Flowers with a delicate scent will give a delicate aroma to the yard. Lavender works great.
Oriental	The oriental landscape design of a country house will be a real find for practical people with a special attitude to order. Bonsai, beautiful stones, grapes, and other climbing plants are bought for the interior. The whole project must be in line with the real wilderness. There should be little furniture. A few benches, a small table are enough.
Modern	An excellent solution for decorating the territory around a modern cottage, summer residence. The modern style provides for order, neatness in everything. Flowerbeds, curbs, pond should have clear, even borders. The size of the plantings must look harmoniously with each other. In the design, you need to beware of excessive brightness. The colorful garden will resemble a flower shop.

The main color of the French garden has always been and remains green

The oriental garden is different, but there should always be water in it, in the form of a pond. a pond or a simple fountain

For lovers of everything the most modern, a garden in the Art Nouveau style will suit

Site project depending on the area

Depending on the area, the design of the site of a country house has its own characteristics. Let’s consider them in detail.

Small area – up to 6 acres. The geometric style is perfect here. Previously, it was used in Soviet vegetable gardens. The geometric style looks neat, allowing you to apply every piece of land to its fullest. It is easy to add variety with vertical gardening, exotic plants. On the northern side, it is customary to plant trees, install various technical structures. They will close the house from the cold wind. Installing a high fence is not worth it. Visually, it will make the interior cramped..

Project of a land plot with an area of 6 acres
Average – up to 10 acres. This size will allow for more daring ideas on the south side. The design principle of the northern one is identical to the previous one. On 10 acres, you can plant forest trees, make a Japanese garden, build a corner of wildlife with natural stones, unusual shrubs.

Project of a plot with an area of 10 acres
Large – from 12 acres. Twelve acres will allow you to build a huge pond with a waterfall, a spacious gazebo, a beautiful summer kitchen in the open air. In this case, the ideas are not limited. Everything will depend only on the chosen style, personal wishes of the owners..

Project of a site with an area of more than 20 acres

Spectacular green lawns

It is impossible to make a plot attractive with your own hands without planting a high-quality lawn. The green lawn will add freshness to the interior and will be the real pride of the owners. It is necessary to decide on the type of lawn in advance, even before the start of earthworks.

Green lawn – quite simple and very effective

The type should be selected based on several points:

the purpose of the lawn;
budget;
style.

The lawn for children’s games, parties, meditations in nature will be significantly different. For these purposes, it is necessary to choose different varieties of cereals. In areas where animals are walking, you can lay a sports lawn. The recreation area will ideally fit into the garden and park. All these nuances can be found at the place of purchase of cereals. The seller will help you choose the right type.

A specially selected composition of herbs that requires special care is used in children’s playgrounds

Also, a lot depends on the ability to care for the lawn. If it is not there, they choose meadow bluegrass, field grass, fescue. This mixture does not need regular maintenance. When there is no time to grow grass, roll strips should be preferred. They are sold in nurseries. Good quality rolled strips look amazing, immediately ennoble the area.

A rolled lawn is not cheap, but it allows you to get a full-fledged grass cover in a week

Lawn breakout rules

Green landscape design of a country house can be done only if certain rules are followed:

The best period for staking out is April-May. At this time, the ground completely thaws, becomes soft.
The grass sown in spring needs abundant watering. However, this is not a big deal. It often rains in April and May. This will greatly facilitate the task of the owners..
The stores sell ready-made seed mixtures. They are garden, sports, elite, etc. Each mixture has its own purpose, characteristics, cost. When choosing, be sure to take into account the property of the soil, the purpose of the site. Detailed advice on this issue can be obtained directly from the nursery.
It is not worth using fast-growing plants. They are only suitable for spot “repair” of the lawn. Such plants do not last long, they look poor quality.
When laying out your lawn, pay special attention to soil preparation. The optimal thickness is considered to be a layer of 25 centimeters. If there is not enough land, be sure to bring it. In the presence of excessive moisture, drainage ditches will have to be built. Their depth should be up to one meter. Ditches should be placed at a distance of 5 meters from each other. Remove debris from the surface before planting the plants. Stones, weeds, debris – all this must be removed when digging the topsoil.

Preparing the soil for planting a lawn

Sowing lawn grass seeds

The strength and beauty of the lawn will depend on timely watering

Plot decor elements

Decor elements will give the landscape design of a country house a special chic. Today the choice of such elements is huge. You can emphasize original ideas on the Internet, on the sites of your relatives and friends. This publication will consider the simplest, inexpensive ways to decorate the interior of the local area..

Recently, it has become popular to plant flowers in flowerpots. Such a composition looks impressive, and it is easier to care for plants.

Flower beds

What could be simpler than constructing flower beds with your own hands? This simple decor element is able to qualitatively transform the garden, make the territory orderly. The flower beds can be different. The simplest type is parterres. They are regular flower beds. Usually the parterres are made of concrete and have a fairly strict shape. This option will suit the classic style. Mixborders are a more modern solution. When arranging them, stone compositions are used. It is not difficult to create such a flower bed yourself. The most important thing is not to plant too many different flowers in the flower bed. Better to get by with one or two types.

Empty lawns get bored pretty quickly, flowers give the summer cottage a more festive look and a positive attitude.

When choosing flowers for a flower bed, you should take into account the frequency of flowering of each plant.

Garden figurines

Various garden figurines sold in specialized stores are an original element of the decor. When choosing them, the buyer needs to consider several important criteria..

Interior style. You need to buy thematic figurines that fit the chosen direction. Then the site will look harmonious..
Quality of execution. Figures must be believable, free from defects.
Resistance to natural phenomena. Constantly taking out, bringing decorative elements into the room is not an option. Better to give preference to figures that are resistant to water, temperature changes.

All figures must be in proportion. For a small area, it is worth choosing low models

Before purchasing a sculpture, consider the entire composition you want to create

Alpine slide

Today it is difficult to imagine the landscape design of a country house site without an alpine slide. You can find a lot of variations, compositions of such a decorative element. It’s easy to make an alpine slide yourself. The most important thing is to think it over clearly from start to finish. It is advisable to fix the plan of the slide on paper. Then the creation process will take less time, and the result will delight the residents..

For an alpine slide, it is better to choose wild herbs and unpretentious specimens of low-growing flowers

When decorating a mountain valley in the garden, various materials are used: marble slabs, pebbles, clay vases, sand. Plants can also be used in different ways. The most popular are stunted perennials. Rejuvenated, edelweiss look amazing in this composition.

Garden paths

Tracks are necessary for obvious reasons. It will be possible to use them to get to a specific local area without damaging the lawn. However, another important function of the tracks is decorative. Winding, bright, unusual paths will decorate the site.

The appearance of the path depends on the preferences of the owner of the site, the style of buildings, the relief of the garden or yard, as well as the composition of the soil

In the manufacture of tracks, you can use such materials.

Concrete. This material looks great, but it can crack at the slightest violation of the production technology..
Wood. Wooden paths in the garden must be treated with special mixtures. They will prevent decay, cracking of the material.
Gravel. The most affordable, easy way to make a garden path. The gravel can be colored. With its help, lay out various ornaments, drawings on the surface.