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The garden path is the most important element of landscape design. It can be a winding path that runs away into the green shade of the garden, or a straight gray stripe that gives the site a clear geometry. But, unfortunately, summer residents often save on materials for tracks and […]
In the delicate business of transforming the site, the filling of gravel and crushed stone is increasingly winning the sympathy of concrete and paving stones — whether it is the design of paths, recreation areas or free zones around the house. Modern, classic, romantic or rustic — it does not […]
Last year, we managed mass plantings in the new garden. The plot is located on the high Bank of a beautiful full-flowing river. A rather pompous stone-and-concrete staircase leads from the garden to the river, and the river Bank and the entrance of bathers to the water is “improved” by […]
Flat stones Large stone markets amaze with the abundance and variety of stacks of various flat natural and sawn stones, it is not immediately clear what has already been processed, and what is still lying in nature. What should I pay more attention to-the color or nature of the stone? […]
The late forties, a slow commuter train, and outside the window — bright spots of flowers at the houses that stand along the railway. Red and Burgundy dahlias, salmon gladiolus, mixed colors zinnias. There were other flowers, but I didn’t know their names. This is how I remember the suburb […]
Everyone knows what a front garden is, of course. This is the very first garden picture that a person sees when approaching a plot or opening a gate. As follows from the explanatory dictionaries,” front garden ” is called a flower garden fenced with a palisade or a small garden […]
Swamp… for most of us, this word causes quite unpleasant associations-constant dampness, squelching water underfoot, sharp as a razor blade, sedge, clouds of mosquitoes and midges. It is terrible to imagine that a piece of land that you want to turn into a garden is located in a peat bog […]
Clay soil Clay soils are difficult for gardening. They swamp in the autumn and dry up in the summer, the plants suffer from excess, then from lack of water. Real clay soil, heavy and sticky, is often simply impossible to dig. This is the result of its structure: clay consists […]
In the last article (How to Visually Enlarge the Area: Methods of Landscape Design) we introduced you to the methods that allow you to push the boundaries of the site, without moving the fence, but only competently using landscape techniques and visual effects. There were three ways: color, perspective and […]
Often, flipping through the projects of landscape firms and pages of glossy magazines, we say to ourselves: “Of course, there are gardens of any size, we don’t live like this on our 4 (6, 8, etc.) acres!”. And do not even try to apply something of what you have seen […]