Would you say it’s paradoxical? No, rather-vitally. Because in any, even the most “overpopulated” garden, you can always find a corner for new plantings. How? And this is a secret that we will be happy to reveal to you.
The problem is familiar to many summer residents: the plot is there, but there is no free space on it. And how to be here, if you want to plant a couple of more bushes, break at least a small flower garden and… you can Continue this list almost indefinitely. The advice to “find internal reserves” in this context looks almost mocking, but it is the only correct way out. You just need to use it wisely and smartly. Believe me, there are free corners in every garden, but you are so used to them that you stopped noticing. What should I do? Conduct a thorough audit of the site. And we will tell you what you should pay special attention to.
Start, perhaps, with poorly designed places, which can certainly be found on any site. Carefully examine all the corners and buildings in the garden. If you formed your garden territory spontaneously, there are probably objects that take up the wrong places. And if at the initial stage this discrepancy was not too obvious, now it is much easier to notice it. Do not be afraid of changes — almost any plant can be “relocated” to more suitable conditions, and failed buildings can be broken or reconstructed.
Most likely, the “working surface” in your cottage Kingdom is not ideal, and it is clearly visible pits and even grooves, mounds and other irregularities. Well, good! Beat this terrain, turning the disadvantages into advantages. For example, an ugly ditch can be transformed into a nice pond, and the old Foundation of a small shed, “covered” with a floorboard, into an open terrace or podium with sun loungers.
“Undeveloped” corners, overgrown with bushes and powerful perennial weeds, are hidden somewhere in the depth of the site? It’s time to roll up your sleeves and “clean up the territory”, then place vegetable beds or a small garden of herbs. Areas that are too shaded, windy, or cold can also be transformed to your advantage. For example, you can cover it with beautiful tiles or wood chips, fence it with screens and arrange a “tea corner” or just create a flower garden of shade-loving plants.
Well, if this part of the site is unsuitable even for such alterations-build a nice household unit here and store various materials and tools in it.
Places where nothing grows are an equally common problem. Either the energy industry is to blame, or the soil is not the same, or neighboring plants are too aggressive in claiming their rights to the surrounding territory, or the sun does not spoil its warmth. However — it doesn’t matter because the “breaking” of the situation, we will not just go around the problem side. Nothing growing? And don’t! But here you can arrange a recreation area, gazebo or container garden.
“Spots” that offer an ugly view of the surrounding expanses are also often undeveloped. It is easy to deal with this situation: either “close” everything unsightly with a live screen or other garden screen that fits into the context of the site, or try to solve the problem with the help of decor.
But in any case, before you grab a tool or build a garden of flashy accessories, think about what exactly you do not like and how best to change it. It is these corners that can “provoke” a flight of imagination, as a result of which previously boring and unsightly places become the most favorite in the garden. And what — this is a great place for designer fences that obscure a neglected neighbor’s plot, original installations of garden equipment and spectacular pots, and even places to relax, but on the condition that the chairs and garden sofas placed here will be placed facing the garden and “back” to what you want to disguise.
And there are also invisible places! And there is no magic here — we are so used to the landscape of our site that some of its corners, hiding from the eyes, fall out of the scope of our attention. And all because they do not have sharply defined features and features, so they merge with the background. And there is no need to fix or modify anything — such territories are already ready to accept the objects of your dreams. But first let’s find them! This can be done using the circular plot survey method. Take an ordinary camera, select the Central point from which the best view of all the country spaces opens, and start frame-by-frame recording of the site. And shoot these fragments in such a way that each new frame has a part of the previous view. In short, slowly turn around on your axis (or-go along the perimeter of the site, fixing each step). Then print out all the frames and merge them into one long tape.
Spread it out on the floor or directly on the lawn (the main thing is that nothing distracts attention) and all the “invisible” reserves will immediately catch your eye.
Object lesson
When converting a plot, you can do it with small funds and minimal costs — the result will still be excellent. For example, the method of circular shooting helped to detect an empty patch on the lawn. We decorated it with a stylish flower stand made of” smoked ” wood, and this small structure connected the entire composition. Especially if you consider that there is a bathhouse next door, and it was important to support the style of its design with similarly designed details.
Another example: a small place near a garden partition. It turned out to be a great place to relax, it was only necessary to replace the old flower box with a small bench and rearrange the pots with flowers in a different way.
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