Remember the legendary phrase of the house manager from the Soviet bestseller «The Diamond Arm»?
«Our courtyards are not planned for festivities, but for aesthetics».
I always remember this film when I start decorating summer cottages in the spring. As selflessly as the colorful house manager performed by Nona Mordyukova, each housewife protects her flowerbed from outside intrusions. On our private plots, we break up flower beds for aesthetic pleasure, to rejoice at each new bud, enjoy the aroma, observe how colorful «platforms» bees are working.
Did you know that competent flower bed design is an important component of the art of landscape design? A flower garden can become not just a picturesque corner of your summer cottage, but also a connecting link between buildings and planted areas. With the help of a flower bed, you can visually combine the garden and the house into a single harmonious picture, which will create an atmosphere of comfort. Perhaps it will be superfluous to say that flower arrangements are the best decoration of a summer cottage in the summer..
We use words «flower bed» and «flower garden» as equivalent, but for very picky readers I will say that these are slightly different concepts. The essence does not change, but summer cottages usually have the correct geometric shape – rectangular or oval. Other options are also possible, but strict geometry is always observed.
But the design of a flower garden can be absolutely any configuration, even fancy shapes. In the form of a silhouette of an animal, represent some kind of ornament. It can be decorated in a free style, it is a kind of spontaneous flower bed, for which no design laws are important. Only fantasy, only a bright palette of colors.
Flower bed design and their varieties
Before breaking up flower beds in the country, you need to carefully consider how they will fit into the overall design of the site, whether they will correspond to the style solution. There are many varieties of flower beds, and each type is interesting in its own way. For example, a flower border is a narrow flower garden or a row of plants planted along a path. Low flowers that form compact bushes look best here..
The rectangular flower garden is called discount. Plants of the same height can be planted on it, or you can create a multi-tiered effect. And the small pond inside the rabatka also looks very nice. A very original solution for spacious areas.
A very fashionable trend in such a matter as landscape design of a flower bed in front of a house is mixborder. This complex name hides a flower garden of a free configuration that has already become familiar to domestic latitudes. Designers actively use this option for decorating country houses..
Here you can combine colors and styles. But there are also some rules. First, the mixborder must be in a constant flowering state. Let it be alternately blooming flowers, but such a flower bed should not be empty. Experts recommend using at least two dozen plant varieties and group them by height and active flowering time.
Novice gardeners who are just trying to create original flower beds will like this look like single flower bed. From the name it is clear that plants of the same species grow here. Despite the simplicity of design, such a flowerbed looks just gorgeous. Such an impressively bright picture, from which you simply cannot take your eyes off.
By the way, as an option for a mono flower, I can recommend a mini rose garden. Just please do not get carried away by the abundance of varieties. One, maximum two rose flowers will be sufficient. Or you can plant medium-sized perennials that form lush colorful bushes. See how bright, stylish, unusual.
Very popular today vertical flower beds. This is, so to speak, aerobatics of home design. Want to work out? Try making a pyramid with several flower pots of different diameters. Plant different flowers in each of them. But they should be about the same height and with visually similar petals – for example, begonia and petunia.
And this option is already for more experienced gardeners. Some skills are required here. With the help of a netting netting and decorative stone, you can create beautiful flower beds that resemble a mountain serpentine. Alpine forget-me-not, viola, primrose will look especially romantic on such a flower garden. If you want to add an exotic touch, plant a squat chamerops or dracaena on top of this structure..
Ideas and Tips
They say that a real woman out of nothing can create a scandal, a hat and a salad. And the amateur gardener knows how to create beauty out of nothing. In this case, we are talking about a flower bed. Absolutely all materials at hand are suitable for arranging a flower garden. To bring to life the beautiful ideas of flower beds for a summer residence, significant investments are not required. As borders for flower beds, our «crazy» summer residents use:
- old tires from a car;
- cuts of trees;
- stumps;
- brick;
- a natural stone;
- unnecessary kitchen and household utensils;
- broken furniture.
I really like the idea of car tires. Round flowerbeds of tires in the country look great. But you just need to show imagination. If you just plant flowers in a tire, it will be somewhat dull. For example, like here.
Take some time to make the tire look like a flowerpot on a stand. A completely different look! Elegant and original. It remains only to paint the tire in some bright color – and you’re done, we got an excellent flower bed for a summer residence.
If you own the skills of brick or stone laying, it will not be difficult for you to build beautiful flower beds with your own hands on your favorite site. Of course, these are quite expensive materials, but you can use what is left from the construction site. Just a few rows – and your flower garden looks really impressive.
Dear readers, I hope you have grasped the main idea that I wanted to convey to you. You can create a real landscape fairy tale in the country with your own hands. To find out how to properly arrange a flower bed, it is not at all necessary to seek help from a professional designer. Unleash your imagination and get creative. Dream, try, experience.
Photo selection of flower beds
Need ideas for inspiration? See a wide variety of ideas for decorating flower beds in this photo collection.
