Do-it-yourself landscaping of a summer cottage: features, rules, laying of communications + 89 photos

Beginning of the reincarnation process

About twenty years ago, the cottage was used as a vegetable garden for growing vegetables and berry bushes. They regularly went to the cottage to cultivate it, water it, and at the end of the season reap a crop, which many people preserved there and left for storage.

There were very few ornamental plants and, as a rule, they were planted near the house or along the paths. Almost nobody was fond of the decorative landscape.

But still there were some amateur gardeners who did not seek to harvest a large crop, but paid more attention to the cultivation of flowers and ornamental plants. They created small flower beds and flower beds, which caused delight in others.

Probably, it was such summer residents who first began to create small design ideas for arranging the landscape of the summer cottage and put them into practice.

Modern owners of summer cottages are trying to maximize equip a recreation area on a summer cottage, regardless of its size, using all kinds of plants, construction elements and even water bodies to decorate the landscape.

Considering a photo of landscape design of a summer cottage, an opinion is created that it is impossible to create it with your own hands. But, as they say, even the impossible is possible, so everything is in your hands.

How to make the design of a summer cottage?

The main thing: to have an accurate idea of ​​the final result in the chosen place, to sow lawn grass on this site, to acquire and plant the necessary plants.

The area of ​​the plot is also important, as on a large plot you can place a place for a barbecue, and a decent gazebo, and a pond with fountains and certainly an alpine corner in the form of a slide.

On a small site, you will have to be content with only a few elements.

Tip: the creation of a lawn is a prerequisite for the arrangement of the site, without it, landscape design cannot exist!

Coniferous landscaping

Coniferous trees are a must for landscape decoration. It can be thuja, yew tree, juniper, cypress suitable for warm regions. They are stunted, do not form much shadow and can take on any shape with scissors and your hands.

Perfect as a hedge and decoration of an alpine hill. Thuja and juniper can be planted along the central path.

Coniferous trees are usually planted in autumn or early spring in the soil favorable for them from peat, turf and sand. Between the seedlings, the distance should be 150 cm and not less. They should be well watered, and then fertilized with minerals. For wintering, all trees under 5 years old should be covered.

Landscapes from improvised materials

Literally everything will fit in for arranging the landscape with all kinds of old materials: old furniture, ceramics, hand-made figures, etc. Engage your imagination, the Internet, or the recommendations of professionals for this.

Flower garden decoration

Modern designers have tried here, having come up with some options for decorating flower beds:

Rabatka. This is a strip of flowers on the lawn in the form of a border.This design of lawns can be seen on the lawns in the parks. For rabatki usually use several colors of flowers, different in height, visually resembling a staircase.

Border. In this embodiment, flowers are planted along the path above the curb using different types of flowers, but creeping varieties that grow very densely to each other look perfect.

Mixborder This is the name of the flowerbed, combining on its surface a group of different colors. The idea of ​​the combination is to combine not only different colors, but also different periods of flowering.

Mixborder must be constantly blooming! To achieve this, you will have to work hard:

• plant flowers according to the order of their flowering, given seasonality,
• divide the surface of the flowerbed into 3 parts: plants of 1 part should bloom in spring, 2 parts in summer, 3 parts in almost autumn.

Lawn in the home

The lawn is the main character in the landscape design ideas of a summer cottage. Currently, there are several varieties of lawns, but for beginners, a universal look is suitable.

The non-clogged land in your area, defined as a lawn, needs to be dug up, leveled, slightly tamped and sowed, and covered with dry soil on top to protect the seeds from birds.

But for many, the desire to equip a recreation area arises in areas with many years of construction, so to speak in the well-known places, where usually companies of friends or relatives gather.

The land in such places is usually heavily trodden with shreds of grass. This is a rather difficult case for beginners to begin arranging the landscape for beginners.

First you need to get rid of weeds with the help of special chemicals, observing all the recommendations for their use. But you can independently uproot stumps with roots and get rid of weeds, however, you will have to repeat this procedure more than once.

When the earth is finally cleaned, you need to fertilize it with mineral additives so that the young grass grows in full force.

For sowing, we choose a universal lawn mix, since this mixture does not require special care, shade and drought tolerance, is resistant to low temperatures.

But be patient, from the first season the ideal lawn will not work, you will need to wait and work hard, cleaning it from weeds and regularly sowing seeds so that there are no bald spots.

But then, having gone through all the lawsuits, you really enjoy the result, walking barefoot on the lawn created by yourself.

Features of the content:

• mow grass in dry weather conditions;
• do not allow strong growth of grass;
• in a dry period, water abundantly, but without fanaticism.

The design of the entire suburban area

Arrangement of landscaping on the site with your own hands can be anything you want. You can equip a small pond with decorative elements, a light gazebo and a place for barbecue.

The surface of the earth should be sown with lawn grass. Borders of paths can be decorated with flowers, a mixborder and coniferous trees can be arranged nearby, but not near barbecues.

If you wish, you can decorate the fence with climbing plants.

Landscape design mini leisure corner

Even a small area can be transformed by arranging its landscape. But in no case do not put a high fence, do not plant pine trees, and do not overdo the decor elements.

The fence will create a cell feel, to avoid this, decorate it with climbing plants. They will add a special touch to the summer cottage area of ​​a small lawn area with undersized shrubs.

Landscaping of a large summer cottage

In this case, you can show the whole flight of imagination: the device baths, parking, pool, fountain and other structures. In addition to organizing a fruit and berry orchard and vegetable garden, you can make greenhouses.

The main thing in the design is to correctly prioritize and correctly use all the zones.

There are no restrictions in decorating the site: alpine slide, lawns, mixborders, conifers, etc. You can place everything. But everything is good in moderation! Go ahead and be happy!

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