We carry out another order of our readers in this collection of ideas for creating an original garden. What associations do you have when you say “wild garden? Quiet area with natural landscape, slightly overgrown, but still beautiful. It is so pleasant to walk along its paths alone, to think and dream. These are minutes of harmony with oneself and the world, an ideal rest in the hustle and bustle of a dynamic life ...
If you are passionate about such an idea, let's try to figure out how to create such a "wild garden" with your own hands. This, by the way, is a very economical solution.
What is a wild garden? This is an imitation of the landscape, as close to natural as possible. Its dimensions, in principle, do not play a special role: the illusion of a secluded corner can be realized by simply hiding it from prying eyes. But, of course, it is better if such a garden is located as far as possible from the entrance to the house and from the gate.
Start by taking a close look at the existing landscape. Notice the change in relief, this will add volume and variety to the garden, and individual areas can be beaten with stones or steps. If your area is completely flat, you may need to add bulk soil on a small part.
Pay attention to the lush trees, the crown of which shelters from the sun, shade-loving plants and forest flowers can be settled here.
Find a lawn that is well-lit by the sun, perfect for meadow grasses and wildflowers (or those that look like them).
Think over the plot: a forest clearing, a piece of steppe, a flower field, something national or universal. In your "wild garden" there may be a place for both an alpine slide and a Japanese rock garden, the wider the area and the more complex the relief, the easier it is to implement absolutely any ideas.
It is very important that your wild garden does not look from one point "in full view", so separate the corners from each other with climbing plants and shrubs, trees or vintage-style trellises.
But this is only general advice... And each wild garden has its own "zest", which you can add to it. How to do it - read our secrets of creating a wild garden and see sample pictures.
Enjoy your trip!
secret number 1: naturalness
The wild garden should give the impression of naturalness, as if it was born by nature itself. There is no place for pretentiousness, excessive orderliness and clear rhythm in it.
But this does not mean that you will not have to look after him. Although it will be much easier to do this, in contrast to the more "civilized" option. Weed weeding and harvesting of dry branches has not yet been canceled. And the paths should be comfortable for walking.
Interesting additions can be created with compositions of stones, bridges, different heights and plant shades (lower and lighter ones should be in the foreground).
secret number 2: a secret corner
In every wild garden there is a certain "secret" that only the initiates know about. A secluded gazebo, unusual sculpture made of metal, a tiny fountain or an amazing wooden barrel.
secret number 3: body of water
Many natural landscapes that fascinate us with their beauty have reservoirs. It is great if you already have a similar one on your site.
And if not, try to make it yourself, even if it is almost "doll" size. Settle there aquatic plants and add a little bit of natural fauna, the life of which can be observed while walking.
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secret # 4: herbs
It has become fashionable to grow herbs in the garden, and now you can buy anything you want. From time to time, some celebrity shows his "herb garden".
For a wild garden, choose those herbs that are close to the chosen natural landscape (plot). Add originality with contrasting colors and unusual shoot shapes.
secret number 5: vines
Climbing plants (vines) will help you hide the most nooks wild garden from prying eyes. It is better to choose not flowering ones, but those that are interesting in the shape of the leaves and grow quickly enough.
plants for the wild garden close up:
You can read about them in more detail in the gardening guides. And we will only draw your attention to the colors: the bulk of the colors should be light or muted tones. But some bright accents will not interfere, although there should be much less of them than in an ordinary garden.
Flowers with high stems (surrounding the lawn), as well as those creeping along the ground (under the trees) look very impressive. And one more piece of advice: try not to choose "exotic", especially with regard to flowers. An exception is appropriate only in one case: you set out to create a "tropical jungle", you have for this enough money and time - to take care of overseas whims.
What is a "natural garden"? Its main idea is the reproduction of a natural, natural landscape. In such a garden, one would like to disconnect from the bustle of the city, sit under a jasmine bush with a cup of tea and a favorite book ... It will always be interesting to be here for children and pets. To create this garden, in general, is easier than gardens in other styles, it does not require a large investment of effort and money, and sometimes even allows it to be "abandoned".
It is also easy to re-plan in a natural style and old garden although it will take time. Such a garden is constantly changing its appearance and will grow successfully as long as all its parts are in harmonious balance, and the main balance is between wild nature and plants added to the general landscape by man.
The plot with a "wild garden" is also attractive because it is always an easy-care garden, which involves a minimum of work and a maximum of rest. The natural garden very quickly becomes the place where you can relax and find peace of mind, as is usually the case when you are outdoors.
By creating a garden in a natural style, we are trying to reproduce on the site the views of nature we like. After all, almost every person has their own favorite corner somewhere in the forest, in a meadow or in a park. When planning your garden, simply “tweak” the process to suit your tastes and needs! The most harmonious variant will turn out if you try to "spy" its appearance from the area you like and then recreate it in your garden - for example, a corner in a forest clearing, at the edge or in a darker part of the forest. And of course the "community" of plants in such different places will be very different.
If you are remodeling an old garden, then do it with caution: the remaining long-lived plants have enormous potential. Most likely, natural selection has already taken place here, that is, the strongest garden plants remained.
If you got a plot with a natural relief and an untouched species community of plants, try to preserve this state, and several of the most interesting corners of the plot can be left absolutely pristine when planning. In this case, the arrangement of the garden must be done carefully, trying to preserve the natural soil cover and species of plants. For natural garden mainly local species are selected from plants. Houses and feeders are made for animals. And they will certainly equip a place for relaxation and contemplation.
First you need to decide what kind of landscape we want to repeat on the site in order to further take into account characteristics of this type. Let's say you want to recreate a forest landscape in your garden. When planning a garden in this style, you can take a camera and walk through the nearby forest. Find the corners there that you like the most. Thinking over the project of the future garden, carefully look at the photos, and then try to reproduce the fragments of nature that have especially sunk into your soul in your garden.
If you happen to be in possession of an old garden, then it is worth observing it during one full season, from spring to autumn. Any plant is perceived completely only when it shows itself with the best side... After that, you can make a list of exactly which plants are in the garden. This list will help you further your garden planning and the selection and purchase of additional plants.
Let's see what are distinctive features natural garden? The main thing is relief and plants. Indeed, in nature, we rarely see an absolutely flat surface - usually there alternate hills and depressions, swamps or ponds. Therefore, in the project of a "wild" garden, if space permits, it is possible to envisage the creation of small hills, and lowlands with a reservoir (or a stream with a bridge), and a grove, and then try to harmoniously combine the selected elements into a single ensemble.
It is the specific plants characteristic of the area that will give your garden landscape a natural look, and if you want to plant varietal plants, then try to choose optimal combinations with existing types.
Now let's discuss in more detail what plants are best suited for a "wild" garden. First of all, these are trees. Of course, not large garden enough 5-6 big trees... If your area already has small Christmas trees, this is not bad. But as it grows, ate makes the surrounding space gloomier, darker. However, you can still create a small spruce forest in a more remote corner of the garden, but do not get carried away by their number. If the trees are still small, then they will well tolerate a transplant with a lump of earth. In general, one should not forget about conifers- they decorate the site well. Sometimes planting one or two plants is enough to give your garden a refreshing scent.
Conifers in your garden
Pine and birch trees can be left on the site (in small quantities), and to give the landscape a natural look, you can plant underbrush nearby, including species trees and shrubs (elderberry, euonymus, hawthorn, viburnum, currant) or suitable varietal (chubushnik, turf, bladder, spirea). This will create the feeling of a forest that seems to start right on the site. But do not forget to coordinate the planting of tall trees with your neighbors!
As for shrubs, first of all they can be planted instead of a fence so that they form hedge... In a large garden, you can plant larger shrubs - hawthorn, lilac, euonymus, in small ones - several bushes of wild rose, barberry or dwarf meadowsweet. Such a "hedge" can also be fenced off from other parts of the garden or shade a bench on which you like to sit and relax. Birds love to nest among the thickets of wild plants, so it is better not to cut the bushes until September, until the chicks get stronger.
You can plant a blackberry in the garden - its wild species are found in deciduous forests or on clearings. Blackberry cultivars will also spread quickly in the garden. But regular pruning you will still need these thorny bushes, otherwise in a few years you will have an impenetrable thicket with thorns. Now on sale there are garden varieties without thorns, which can be grown without support by planting bushes near garden house or fence.
The Englishmen became the founders of the landscape tradition in gardening art: architect William Kent and gardener Charles Bridgeman... And the most prominent representative who created gardens in this style is Lancelot Brown... Since the 18th century, this tradition has gradually spread to many countries. Until the 19th century, such gardens were called Anglo-Germanic, and today they are called English.
In my opinion, great example the natural park serves as a park Mon Repos in Vyborg, created in the 18th century. Most of it is a natural northern forest landscape with numerous rocks.
Landscaped gardens and parks are the majority. And until now, this style is widely used in the creation of public city parks.
The oriental garden is the embodiment of idealized nature
The concept of a natural garden is also at the heart of oriental - and - gardens. Gardening art in the East is the creation of an ideal natural landscape that embodies the variability, naturalness and grandeur of nature.
According to the religious beliefs of Shintoism, the deities did not have a specific embodiment. They were identified with stones, water, plants and natural phenomena. Therefore, contemplation of a garden for a Chinese or Japanese is the bliss experienced from communication with God, and the garden itself is a temple of admiration for the greatness of nature.
Alpine gardens
Another popular natural garden option is alpine gardens and (rocky gardens). We know them better under the name. This type of garden imitates natural mountain landscapes. You can admire the samples by looking at the articles: Fashion for the device stone gardens with the use of representatives of the flora characteristic of the mountainous areas, began in 1767. John Blackburn created the first private garden from natural stone boulders in order to plant the plants found on the mountain slopes.In those days, the fashionable occupation among the wealthy middle class was "Herbarization"- collection of plants. Fans of exotic samples of mountain flora were faced with the fact that, torn from their habitual habitat, they did not want to take root on the plain.
Alpine garden. Photo from the site marievikstrom.se
The emerging interest in mountain plants stimulated the development of an entire horticultural industry - alpine gardens. Reginald Farrer, a researcher and classifier of the flora of the Himalayas, was the first to formulate the aesthetic criteria for creating an artificial rocky landscape.
By the way, mountain plants were more fortunate than others: they got into a fashionable trend. However, a natural garden can be made up not only of the inhabitants of the slopes.
Artificial arctic gardens can be created, decorative plots swamps - any natural landscape is amazing and beautiful.
The origins of landscape design
To a familiar notion today landscape design not so much time. As a separate type of activity associated with the formation of the human habitat, landscape architecture and its component- landscape design has no more than 100 years of history. Meanwhile, the art of creating gardens and parks is much more ancient.
The design made the beauty of the gardens more accessible to the general public, and not just to the upper class. Not only palace gardens and parks, but also plots at small cottages began to be decorated, and public squares and parks were established in cities. Interest in landscape design is associated with general trends in the development of society at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. Pre-Raphaelites, impressionists, "Movement of Arts and Crafts"- all this influenced the formation modern design in general and landscape in particular.
"Come up with the perfect garden as a compliment to the house ..."
One of the first, more precisely, one of the first who stood at the origins of the profession of landscape design, can be called Gertrude Jekyll - an English artist who studied painting with the Impressionists in France. A quote from her book is included in the title of this section. By the age of 40, she began to lose her eyesight and was forced to give up painting. She found a new hobby for herself, which later became the work of her whole life and brought fame - the creation of gardens.It was the ideas of impressionism that became the basis for more than 300 gardens, designed by her independently and in collaboration with the architect. Edwin Luthens... About their creative tandem said: "House from Lachens and the garden from Jekyll." The result of their joint activity was the birth of a kind of recognizable English style in the architecture of private houses and the design of gardens, which became a role model for many before today.
Haywood Gardens. One of the joint projects of Lachens and Jekyll. Photo from gardener.ru
For the first time, the garden became a logical addition and continuation of architecture, and not a separate phenomenon. Lutyens created the large-scale plan, and Jekyll worked out the details and selected plants that could accentuate the architectural design.
Gertrude Jekyll's gardens are as colorful as the canvases of her beloved Monet. She is believed to be the inventor of a new method. garden art- "painting" with plants. Jekyll valued them for their decorative, complementary effect in group plantings, not for the rarity of the variety or the beauty of a single specimen.
Gertrude Jekyll's colorful flower beds. Photo from the website crimean-ptaha.livejournal.com
She was the first to think about the issues of color combination in landscape compositions, about decorative plantings throughout the season, about creating a garden "... not for bragging, but in alliance with the environment, in the language of this area"
"Wild" garden: "... you can achieve an impressive effect by simple means!"
William robinson, Irish by birth, was an admirer and popularizer of the so-called "Wild gardens"... The title contains a quote from his The books English Flower Garden.He called for the use of not exotic capricious plants as planting material, but representatives of the local flora that are resistant to weather conditions, etc. In 1870 Robinson published the book "Wild Garden", in which he expounded his views. Gertrude Jekyll was also inspired by his ideas.
William Robinson's Wild Garden Site. Photo from blog.theenduringgardener.com
William Robinson developed the theory of creating small gardens within a solid garden according to specific soil conditions: rockeries, aquatic plants, ornamental swamps. In his book, the author examines the types of decorative wild plants in England.
However, he was not an unambiguous opponent of introduced plants (those that are not characteristic of this territory). Robinson advocated using only those exotic plants that are perfectly acclimatized and are able to survive the winter on their own.
The Gravetye Estate. Photo from the site gravetyemanor.co.uk
William Robinson designed several gardens, among which the most outstanding of his "wild" garden creations - his own estate Gravetye, which became the subject of controversy and admiration of contemporaries.
"New wave" in landscape design
In 2000, at one of the most prestigious floriculture and landscape design exhibitions in Chelsea, the Evolution Garden was presented under the motto "Inspiration from Nature". This project took first place in the show, and the thistle was the central "figure" of the composition. The project was authored by Dutch designer Pete Udolph in collaboration with Arnie Maynard.
Pete Udolph. Photo from the site noels-garden.blogspot.ru
This victory in the competition is considered the beginning. You can often come across the opinion that the "new wave" is a design style in the design of a garden, and its author is Pete Udolph. This is not true: New wave(new wave) is a concept. This term denotes a direction in art that is radically different from the previous one. Garden design new wave can be anything, the main thing is that it fit into the framework of the idea. And what are they, the framework?
The main difference between the garden New wave from its predecessors - the form and structure in it is primary, and the color is secondary.
Gardening art by Pete Udolph
Pete Udolph has developed his own classification of plants used to create their flower beds. It takes into account the habit (appearance, appearance) plants, shape of inflorescences, height. The designer gave his names different forms inflorescences:- "Chamomile"
Echinacea Photo from instagram.com/pietoudolf
This group includes plants with chamomile-shaped inflorescences -, kalimeris.
- "Balls and Buttons"
Eringium (erythematosus). Photo from instagram.com/pietoudolf
- "Candles"
These are plants with vertical inflorescences in the form of an ear or ear: aconite, veronicastrum, (shiryash), many others.
- "Brushes"
Astilba. Photo from instagram.com/pietoudolf
The group includes ornamental plants with panicle-shaped inflorescences:, dioecious aruncus (),.
- Curtains "
Veinik. Photo from instagram.com/pietoudolf
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"New Wave" flower beds are based on a natural principle. Have you paid attention to what the grass of the meadows looks like? The basis of the natural composition is perennial grasses, located in picturesque clumps, intersecting and flowing into each other. This whole picture is complemented by inclusions annual plants scattered over the entire surface. This principle is taken as a basis by the designer.
The composition of the Udolfian flower garden is based on the harmony and contrast of the form of "daisies", "brushes", "umbrellas", "candles" and "buttons", and the curtain plants create the necessary density and flair for the flower garden. Representatives with inflorescences in the form of daisies make up the bulk, they also mainly bear the coloristic load in the composition.
Tall "candles" set verticals, "umbrellas" - horizontals, "brushes" with sealing strokes connect the arrays of plants. "Balls" and "buttons" serve as structural accents, towering above the plant mass and swaying in the wind. Smoky curtain plants add completeness, draping the entire composition with a light drag.
Pete Udolph's farm in Hummelo. Photo from oudolf.com
Another feature of the flower beds created by Pete Udolph is their decorativeness throughout the year. In our gardens, a familiar sight - for the winter with improvised, not always attractive plant means.
In the gardens of the new wave, all representatives are selected in such a way as to preserve decorativeness. all year round... In the spring, early flowering pleases the eye:, species and. During the summer, various meadow flowers replace each other, and in autumn the garden is decorated with dry ears. In winter, dried plants are beautifully covered with frost.
Valery Dedukh's new wave garden in late autumn. Photo from the site naturgarden.ru
The Dutch designer was one of the first to revolutionize the idea of cutting off faded inflorescences, believing that "... why remove faded flowers or beautiful seedlings? Why remove faded rose flowers if later beautiful berries rose hips? "
Differences in Naturgarden style gardens
What are the differences between a natural style garden and a natural and eco garden? In my opinion, you can conditionally make the separation like this:- Eco garden assumes the absence in agricultural technology of artificial irrigation, formation, the use of synthetic fertilizers and chemicals in the fight against pests and diseases. Which plants are planted and in what order is at the discretion of the owner.
- Natural style garden implies a skillful imitation of a natural landscape by a designer in order to "... create a sense of nature, spontaneity" (Pete Udolph), to form his own vision and a sense of the beauty of nature, transformed through the prism good design... In a natural-style garden there is a place for both modern art objects and a clear geometry of plantings.
- Natural garden is a biotope created by nature, which has been slightly ennobled by man. For example, as in this photo: unmown natural meadows combined with cultivated ones.
Garden in a natural style. Photo from the site ludmila-belykh.livejournal.com
In any case, before breaking lances in the dispute over names, it is worth determining for yourself what kind of garden you want to create.
4 myths about natural gardens
Today you can often find statements that a garden in a natural style is low-budget and does not require maintenance, because it uses species that are found in nature, right behind our fence, and you can create an Udolphian flower garden without much cost and effort. They are called "Gardens for the lazy"... This is not true: any garden requires a considerable amount of time to create, financial investments and regular maintenance.Let's try to understand the most common myths about new wave gardens using the projects of Pete Udolph himself as an example. Although he is not the only or first designer to create gardens using cereals and wild perennial grasses, he is perhaps the most famous.
Pete Udolph's Garden. Photo from oudolf.com
- The first myth: such garden design does not require special skills or knowledge.
- The second myth: an Udolphian-style flower garden can be of any size.
- The third myth: The Udolfian Garden is fast and inexpensive.
The Dutch designer himself has spent several decades on the selection of plants that are optimal for his projects - not only spectacular in appearance, but also growing without problems in artificial conditions, retaining decorativeness for a long time and "getting along" well with neighbors in plantings. Seeds and seedlings of the so-called Udolfian plants are sold today next to the seeds of cultivated varieties, and given the amount of them required, this event cannot be called cheap.
Vlinderhof park. Photo from oudolf.com
For an impressive result, many specimens must be planted on each m²: the recommended density for some species is up to several tens per meter. So, for example, in order to obtain the decorativeness required by the project, it is required to land on an area of about 7 m². This will require approximately 50 roots. This will cost about 6,000 rubles. And this is just one type of plant.
Combined with large areas, creating an Udolphian flower garden will take a lot of hands or time to gradually build a garden. To get the result, as in the photo above, you need to go through the following stage:
Creation of the Vlinderhof park. Photo from oudolf.com
- Fourth myth: The Udolfian Garden is maintenance-free.
Westfalenpark in the year of planting. Photo from the site sergeyk.livejournal.com
And after 3 years everything was overgrown with weeds.
Westfalenpark 3 years after its creation. Photo from the site sergeyk.livejournal.com
Style naturgarden- just a fashionable trend in landscape design now, which will require as much effort and time as any other type of garden. A garden is a part of life and the embodiment of a worldview. Hanneke van Dijk, an ecologist, paraphrased a well-known expression: "Show me your garden and I will tell you who you are."
With the change in English gardening fashion in the 18th century, when the ultra-civilized style gardens that came to Great Britain from France and Italy (one of the brightest representatives of the era - André Le Nôtre, the creator of the gardens of Versailles during the times of Louis XIV) began to show a tendency to preserve "naturalness" in the gardens ...
The very concept - "wild", "natural"
Or the "neglected" garden is rather arbitrary, since it contains terms that practically do not combine. After all, a garden, by definition, implies orderliness and neatness, and wildness and neglect is the complete opposite of this definition. But, nevertheless, this type of garden is no longer new and is quite popular all over the world.
The main idea of the new style was environmental friendliness, naturalness, natural disorder and ease of care. To better understand the features, you should refer to the history of the emergence of the style. Wild garden is an extreme manifestation of informal (landscape) style. In England, this style is also called Continental style.
The style implied the preservation of the natural relief, the presence of an open perspective, the widespread use of "dilapidated" arches, grottoes and picturesque ruins, lawns of free outlines (often suitable close to the walls to the detriment of
Flower gardens), mixed flower beds of irregular outlines (including mixbor - dera - mix border), rejection of straight lines in favor of uneven and winding, irregular scattering of groups of trees and shrubs.
The English landscape gardening style was primarily associated with the names of William Kent and Lancelot Brown, as well as Humphrey Renton, Alexander Pope and Richard Knight. It was Richard Knight who took the idea of "naturalness" to the extreme, adding huge stones and dead trees to his compositions, for which he was repeatedly accused of bad taste by his contemporaries. This period also includes the emergence of interest in deliberately neglected gardens.
In Great Britain, the wild garden, or rather, the trends of this style came from Germany and Holland in the 19th century and successfully combined
Tied up with ideas of English landscape style, which by this time had become the "calling card" of English gardening. Initially, the idea implied a naturalistic approach to creating a garden space and reducing the labor costs of maintaining the garden. One of the contributing factors was the active search for new plant species, expeditions for which brought new specimens from all over the world to Europe. The breeding of new varieties in culture also developed.
As a result, the synthesis of directions was carried out by the Irish writer and garden designer William Robinson (1838 - 1935) in 1870, when his work "The Wild Garden" was first published. Compared to the ideas of the Victorian garden, the ideas presented by Robinson were truly revolutionary. Main focus in the Wild Garden, according to Robinson, should fall on the plants most natural for a temperate climate, and the layout
Plants and their placement in the garden should be determined by the plants themselves and their growing habits, and not vice versa. Originally, the concept of a wild garden referred exclusively to gardens with large area... However, over time, small gardens began to be arranged in this style. This trend continues to the present. Famous landscape architects who created gardens in the style of "wild garden" include Gertrude Jekyll.
Like a landscape-style garden, a wild garden imitates the nature around us, but does it in a more accentuated manner. This is how natural biogeocenoses are imitated - meadows and forest edges, swamps, rocky slopes, water bodies and their coastal strip, and other elements characteristic of the local landscape. Construction changes in the landscape should be minimal or carefully masked, elements necessary for the project (for example, paths or garden stairs) should be made as discreet as possible -
Me, from natural, preferably local materials.
Extremely essential in the formation of a wild garden belongs to the plants used. It is no less important that these plants grow in their usual conditions, are sown and self-propagate, re-pollinate, compete with each other, increase or decrease their population depending on conditions. In addition, plants form 1 FIVE Habitat for local species animals and I p. In addition, additional shelters for animals are artificially created - nests and houses for birds, logs and stones for lizards, ponds for amphibians.
To create a wild garden, cultivated forms of local species of trees, shrubs, perennials and herbs, bulbous plants are used. Poppies, woods, lungwort, yarrow, geraniums are widely used. William Robinson recommended planting triliums, lilies of the valley and daffodils in forest glades; irises, meadowsweet, aconyup, daylilies on the banks of reservoirs; stonecrop, arabisai and rejuvenated in rocky areas. The list of plants can be expanded many times, depending on the local climatic zone... Although some exotic plant species can be used to create a wild garden, the emphasis should be on cultural forms local plants characteristic of the region.
Modern supporters of the organic style try to combine the ideas of the wild garden with the ideas of maintaining the surrounding nature unchanged (or with minimal changes to it). This approach can often be observed in landscape architecture for example Finland.
Many friends of our site are interested in the topic of creating an original garden. What do you imagine when you say "wild garden"? Quiet, "abandoned" corner with a natural landscape, a little overgrown, but still beautiful. Is it pleasant to walk along its paths, retire, think, dream, find harmony with yourself and the world, take a break from the hustle and bustle of modern life?
If such an economical idea appeals to you, let's figure out how to create such a “wild garden” with our own hands. By the way, this solution will not require large financial investments.
What is the Wild Garden? This is the creation of a landscape that is as close to natural as possible. The size does not play a big role: the atmosphere of the abandoned cozy corner can be created by simply hiding it from prying eyes. And it goes without saying that such a corner is placed as far as possible from the gate or the entrance to the house.
We start by taking a close look at the existing landscape. Emphasize the features of the relief, this adds great dimension and originality even to a small garden. Individual areas can be decorated with stones or steps. If you got a perfectly flat area, then you can add bulk soil not some of it.
Give lush trees Special attention... Their crown gives a lot of shade. It is best to take root here forest plants, flowers or other shade-loving.
Find a spot for your lawn that gets plenty of sunshine. It will work very well with wildflowers and meadow grasses or similar.
Think over the concept: a piece of the "wild" steppe, a clearing in the forest, a field with flowers. You can use both national motives and universal solutions... Fits well into the wild garden landscape alpine slide, rock garden in japanese style... The larger the plot, the easier it is to implement all kinds of plans.
An important point! Your "wild" garden should not be viewed from any point, at a glance. It is recommended to separate different corners shrubs, weaving plants, trellises, trees.
Of course, these are general tips. Each "wild" garden contains its own flavor, its own character that you gave it.
Secrets of garden personality
Naturalness: A "wild" garden should look as if nature itself created it. It has excessive pretentiousness and excessive order, symmetry and clear rhythm. But this does not mean at all that you will not have to look after him at all. Although it is much simpler: the paths should be comfortable for walking in any weather, and the harvesting of dry branches, leaves, weeding cannot be canceled. Bridges, "old" wells can be interesting inserts. Piles of stones, playing with height and colors plants (lower and lighter ones place in the foreground).
Secret corner. Without it, the garden will lack mystery, mystery for the initiated. It can be a sculpture, even made of metal, a secluded gazebo, a small fountain, and even an ordinary wooden barrel.
Water. Many landscape solutions that are mesmerizing with beauty include bodies of water. It's great if you already have one. If the reservoir is in the plans - make it yourself, even a toy size. Introduce aquatic plants, some fauna, which will be interesting to observe later.
Grass. It has become fashionable to grow herbs in gardens and not only in Holland. Periodically, some famous person brags about his herb garden. For a "wild" garden, it is advisable to choose herbs close to the natural panorama. Be original by adding plants of unusual colors or shapes.
Lianas. Use climbing plants to hide the most "secret" corners of the garden. It is better to choose fast-growing, with unusual shapes of leaves and shoots and not flowering.
Pay attention to the colors: flowers should be pastel colors or light. Only individual accents can be bright, which are much less than in a garden of another style.
Flowers on high stems that encircle the edge or lawn look gorgeous. But try to do without exotic, especially flowers. This does not apply if you intend to create a "wild tropical jungle". But then you have to fork out and devote more time to caring for tropical sissies.
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