Country style in landscape design
A country-style garden will decorate any suburban area, bringing the cosiness and romance of an old-fashioned western village. This style first appeared in the provincial American towns of the 19th century, absorbing the spirit of the Wild West and adventure. Distinctive features of this style are the love of small spaces, clay and wickerwork, natural rough wood, adobe brick, lush flower beds and small fruit trees..
The unpretentious country-style garden does not tolerate strict cubic shapes. It is important to observe the unevenness of the lines, imitating natural randomness in the organization of the garden plot.
Country style began to be applied in the design of estates and vegetable gardens thanks to the English landscape designer Gertrude Jekyll. From the everyday life of the towns of the Wild West, such details as low wooden fences made of poles, old cart wheels, decorative baskets and hitching posts were borrowed. You can read the material about the monochrome garden in landscape design.
Each country implements landscape design in its own way. The British prefer strict consistency and orderliness of decor elements, the French love airiness in combination with lavender and rare Provencal herbs, pragmatic Germans add nuances of the Biedermeier style to the design of the canonical country style.
The main attribute that makes such gardens unique are pots with lush, spreading flower arrangements. Wild herbs and flowers that are unpretentious to care for (chamomile, buttercups, bells) are in harmony with the country style and facilitate the task of caring for the estate..
In order to properly arrange the site, it is necessary to consider the following stages of its formation:
Draw a rough plan of a backyard arrangement.
Arrange a flower garden.
Lay out tracks.
Pay attention to small architectural forms.
Add water bodies if desired.
First, you need to come up with and outline the areas of the design solution of the future garden: functional and aesthetic areas.
The recreation area can be equipped with floral decorations, a bench, a fountain. The area where vegetables and other crops are grown can be fenced off from the main recreation area with a characteristic wicker fence, and fancy decorative ornaments are suitable for decorating the greenhouse. Cozy flower pots and fenced areas for growing flowers are an integral part of country-style garden decor. The best choice would be the seeds of poppy, sunflowers, mallow, buttercups. The colorful composition is pleasing to the eye and uplifting.
Designing tracks on your site
The paths are designed not only to connect the various parts of the garden, but also to wriggle decoratively between vast colorful bushes, tubers and plantings. The paths can be laid with tiles, made to look like natural stone, gravel, sand, wooden planks. The main thing is that they remain winding, and not deliberately straight..
If concrete was used to design the track, then inlays of glass, metal, screws, gears, nuts and other trifles will be a beautiful addition.
To make the garden look rich and original, small architectural elements are used, made mainly of rough wood. For example, pergolas made of poles, wicker baskets made of wicker, carriage wheels, carts, carts. It is recommended to treat wood structures with a water-repellent compound, which increases their service life..
Wooden troughs filled with water, fountains or artificial lakes will bring a saving coolness on a hot sultry day, and decorative ducks will make the process of contemplating a reed pond especially pleasant!
