How to make a gorgeous garden out of an ordinary plot

You always want to make your personal plot beautiful and stylish, and you can do it on your own (without involving designers).

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Plant selection

For the selection and correct planting of plants, it is worth adhering to some rules:

- orientation to the cardinal points. All plants (including trees and shrubs) are planted from north to south. Trees are best left on the north side of the site, and drought-resistant crops on the south;

- color combination. White, lilac and light yellow colors are ideally combined. If you are decorating an English garden - all shades of green, if French - blue, beige, white;

- a meadow instead of a lawn. If it is not possible to constantly mow the lawn, plant field plants. They look beautiful and natural;

- deciduous ornamental plants. They are unpretentious in care and look very beautiful;

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- flowerpots with flowers. Instead of a flower bed, you can plant flowers in flowerpots or pots. This is convenient - they can be brought into the house for the winter;

- vertical gardening. If the site has walls or a high fence that spoil the view, you can decorate them with vertical landscaping.

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Space decoration

We recommend to arrange it like this:

- panoramic view - cover all fences, sheds and outbuildings with plants;

- proportionality - undersized crops are suitable for small areas, large and tall crops are suitable for large ones;

- correct composition - choose a plant that will be the center of the composition, the rest should complement it, and not drown out;

- white color visually blurs the boundaries and increases the space, suitable for small areas;

- the tortuosity of lines and paths. The use of curved paths (they should taper smoothly) makes the site interesting and stylish. Decorate the paths as connecting elements;

- contrasting shapes - combine different geometric shapes. For example, a spherical bush near a square bush, etc .;

- you don't have to change the landscape - make a pond in the lowland, and a gazebo on the hill, for example.

Flower bed decoration

Flower beds look attractive if they are composed using a variety of compositions:

- slide (rockery). Large plants are placed in the background, small ones - in the foreground. Such a flower bed is very easy to care for;

- a flower bed with gravel. It is very convenient that there is no need for weeding or regular watering, but you need to choose plants that are suitable for planting in gravel;

- composition with cones - beautiful, practical and useful. Cones are an organic fertilizer, protect the roots from pests and look very advantageous in any flower beds;

- color combination. You do not need to make the flower bed very colorful - use no more than 3 flowers for decoration. Too bright and abundantly blooming crops should complement the composition, but not be its center;

- stone decoration. The stone is used as a curb - you can fence clubs, trees and just zone the site;

- arches - they look beautiful and aesthetically pleasing, give lightness to the entire composition;

- garden lighting - choose garden light sources with the same color temperature. Correctly selected lighting gives the site a coziness, looks very harmonious.