Highlights of work

The design of landscaping a private house, experts most often divide it into several stages:

It is preliminary recommended to carefully study the features of the free working area. For these purposes, it is better to hire experienced professionals who, using the latest modern technologies, will help to make a non-standard area a perfectly flat surface. It is worth considering that their work will significantly “hit” the family budget.

But, there is a more rational way — to turn all the imperfections of the soil cover (hill, pit, lowland) into interesting landscape projects. As an example: almost any hill that rises on the site perfectly transforms into a modern colorful alpine hill, and a shallow low-lying place will be a successful attractive reservoir.

There are situations when the drops and irregularities are too noticeable, but this fact can also be easily corrected with the help of vertical redevelopment. Specialists in this field will make the surface you have chosen and correct the shortcomings.

Without a doubt, the design of the site must be in harmony with the overall style of the furnishings and the building itself. Approaching the house, the first thing that opens to the eye is the courtyard and the buildings adjacent to it, so you need to open the view of the facade smoothly and organically.

Given the taste preferences, lifestyle and composition of the whole family, the territory of the site must be properly planned harmoniously. That is, to carry out zoning: an entrance, a garden with trees, an area for active games and recreation, a sports area, a playground and similar options for dividing free space. This process must be carried out first of all before work is carried out, using a system of a network of paths and paths.

It is recommended to take into account the moment of visibility of the entire area of ​​the site, that is, the yard should look perfect from any side, which allows you to admire the beauty of nature.

Naturally, the lighting of the area adjacent to the house plays an important role in the design, helping the yard to play with different colors, as shown in the photo of the landscaping of the yard. It is worth thinking carefully about the play of artificial light.

As a rule, garden paths are usually illuminated with small, inconspicuous lamps. Less commonly, there are lighting fixtures built into the path, which is paved with decorative tiles.

The final stage is the direct planting of ornamental crops, flowers, greenery and landscape design. The end result is very important, as it will affect the perception, aesthetics and even the mood of households and guests.

Examples of competent yard design

Designers and other experts offer a huge amount of ideas on how to green the courtyard of a private house, which is not at all difficult to do on your own:

Traditional lawns will give even the simplest site a unique luxury. As a rule, it is used in addition to other design options, but even alone, the lawn looks no less attractive decoration.

But, keep in mind that lawns are more suitable for a vast, more spacious area. If lawn grass will be used only as a decor, you can take any herbal mixture for planting. Often, for playgrounds, it is necessary to choose varieties of seeds that can withstand a large load.

For a more thorough and durable design of the site, ornamental shrubs and trees should be planted, which will advantageously hide unsightly outbuildings and divide the land into different zones, providing them with a cool shade.

When creating a landscaping project, it must be taken into account that in the future the trees will grow significantly and increase the crown, which is why they should not be planted too close to buildings. Most often, preference is given to small conifers (thuja, pine, spruce) or ornamental trees (viburnum bush, fragrant bird cherry, honeysuckle).

Additional yard design details

There are situations in which a ready-made, long-lived site wants to be revived and updated a little. For these non-standard situations, a portable flowerpot or a flower bed is used.

Fresh flowers in small flowerpots will perfectly decorate the paved path, while it becomes possible to regularly replace the containers with new decorations.

Usually plants are taken that bloom as the surrounding period changes. For containers, both annual and perennial crops are used.

It happens that the walls of an old building do not take on an aesthetically ugly appearance, or there is not so much free space on the site, which can be corrected with a vertical flower bed. It is possible to plant greenery on the facade of a residential building both for additional decoration and for creating a cool area for relaxing during a hot period.

A large number of climbing plants love an abundance of natural light, so they should be planted along the walls facing south. Very little space is required: a small piece of soil or a few narrow containers against the walls where hops, an ornamental vineyard, ivy or campsis are planted.

A more complex landscaping option is hedges and plant figures (topiary). Creating a hedge is not at all difficult, but to complete a topiary you will need certain skills: using a garden knife and scissors correctly, maximum patience and imagination.

Beginning gardeners are encouraged to practice creating simple geometric shapes, that is, rectangles, triangles, balls, cubes.

Special seedlings are required that have special qualities:

• form new shoots;
• grow slowly;
• well tolerated decorative processing (haircut).

The improvement of a private house largely depends on how competently the adjacent plot itself is planned, and how much joy and pleasure a lush flowering garden created by one’s own hands will bring! It is only necessary to apply maximum imagination, skill and patience.

Photo of landscaping the yard