The design of the front garden in front of the house is not a task.lungs. Under it is a strip of land, located between a private residential house and the road. The site for the front garden is small. Despite this, the solutions are very different. It all depends on the creative ideas of the owners of the house.
What are the front gardens
Starting to design your own front garden, decide on the choice of design solutions. This will help familiarity with the types of design:
- Open front gardens.Usually these are very small areas. If the territory is allotted for such a decent front garden, it is divided into zones. They create a beautiful view that looks immaculately from the road. In such front gardens planted ornamental shrubs. Sometimes they break lawns, often organize hedges.
- Закрытые палисадники.By their smart side they are turned to the house. From the road closed fence or scrub. Such a solution is chosen when a motorway passes by the house. The front garden will protect housing from noise, road dust.
- Covered front gardens. They look like a smooth lawn, with the ends limited to prickly bushes. High hawthorn, low barberries are planted. Here are relevant dogrose and gooseberry.
- Formal front gardens. In front of the house establish flowerpots and containers with plants. An excellent solution when there is absolutely no place to plant flowers.
Arrangement of small front gardens
The techniques for visual expansion of a tiny front garden are the same as for small suburban areas:
- The path leading to the house will seem longer if it is slightly curved.
- When there are a lot of interesting details that attractattention, the front garden looks bigger. For example, a tiny babbling fountain, plaster figurines on the grass, unusual stones, a rose in a beautiful container - this does not require much space, but such decor draws attention well.
- Trees bordering a small front garden will come in handy. On the branches you can arrange the figures of birds, squirrels or hang a birdhouse.
While setting up the area near the house, strivemake it functional. You can organize a bicycle parking, a place for a car. Or plant not only flowers - berry bushes can be located here.
Mobile plants and tiers
Decorate a small front garden with your ownIt’s very easy to use your hands - just put the ornamental plants in pots or tubs. An excellent solution is to cover the site with pebbles or any decorative coating.
Stand beautifully made of red bricks, saw cuts, stumps. They will lift the containers with plants and give an unusual look and add volume to the whole composition.
Another trick - organize in the new front gardentiers on the principle of retaining walls. One tier should rise above the other quite a bit. But this difference of 20-30 centimeters will add attractiveness.
For example, in the front garden in the photo below, height differences are emphasized with the help of decorative rubble and red brick.
Make sure that the compositional intention is read. A small front garden must have style. Then he will become the pride of your home ownership.
Flowers, front garden and house
Beautiful front gardens in front of the house is easy to create, considering the look of the house.
It is necessary to ensure the harmony of plants with a residential house. A few rules of landscape design will help to do this.
In the front garden, located near the house, choose the color range of plants, taking into account the color of the walls:
- brightly colored plants prefer pastel colors;
- gray or dark walls - boldly plant bright flowers;
- laconic facade will be a wonderful background for lush and bright plants;
- with an ornate facade, make the front garden near the house more modest.
Making a small front garden, excludeplants that have large leaves or bright flowers - they visually narrow the area, intrusively distracting attention. But such plants are good for large front gardens. Remember, that:
- A small front garden looks more spacious with colors of a cold range. Blue, bluish, lilac, white, purple are perfect.
- Plant ornamental plants with bright leaves. They spread apart a small space.
- A small front garden near the wall of the house can be visually expanded by planting vines.
- To choose the right plants, considerlocation of the front garden relative to the cardinal points. When he is on the north side of the house, acquire shade-tolerant plants. It can be spectacular bluish and green hosts, delicate ferns and moisture-loving mosses.
Country House Front Fence
The front garden must have the same styledirection as the entire backyard. Optimally, when they are designed at the same time. Front garden in front of the house - in the village the most common type of registration of the entrance.
Country style, or country, is closest tonature. A beautiful front garden is obtained from unpretentious perennial plants. Flower beds and flower beds from them do not require much care. Plants do without an annual update.
The fence of the village garden in this case, as a rule, is low, usually not more than a meter. Perform it from a wooden fence. You can protect homemade wattle from the branches of willow.
For such a fence high bright flowers are good. Pet dahlias delight with fireworks color from June to September. Even earlier, mallow, mullein, spikelet Veronica blooms.
This style allows you to plant berry bushes in the front garden. For example, Canadian irga will bloom with a white cloud at the end of May and will delight you with sweet berries in August.
A touch of romance will make roses. Only need to land species and park varieties. They are unpretentious and quite high. At the same time, they calmly winter in the middle lane without shelter.
Curly species clematis will also be appropriate in the village garden. Magnificently bloom in small flowers in May. Do not require pruning and frost.
Of the blossoming unpretentious inhabitants of the village front gardens, the most popular is lilac. Chubushniki, viburnum, mountain ash, honeysuckle are good.
Other styles for the front garden
The choice of style for the decoration of the front garden depends on the preferences of the owners of the house. No need to blindly follow traditions. Apply fantasy.
Asian front garden содержит миксбордеры с многолетниками.The inconspicuous color gamut of plants is selected. Perfectly fit dwarf conifers. Style involves the use of natural stones. Fencing ere too of them.
Mediterranean style interesting because it is mobile. Plants are planted in containers, ceramic vases. If there is space, you can arrange chairs and a rattan table on the territory.
Romantic style Rose lovers will appreciate. Forged arches are placed in the front garden, near which climbing roses and clematis are planted.
Japanese style perennials with long sharp leaves near beautiful large stones are emphasized. These are unpretentious daylilies and moisture-loving irises. Cereal grasses and conifers are appropriate.
Garden paths
The path to the house make out the path.Its width should be comfortable for two people to freely pass. Near the entrance it is desirable to equip a small platform. Use paving slabs, also suitable brick or natural stone.
The path in the front garden of the house solves several problems at once:
- provides a comfortable and safe movement;
- in wet weather, the dirt will remain on the track, not falling into the living room;
- gives a well-groomed appearance to the front garden;
- divides the area into functional areas.
Flower borders are broken along the walkway ororganize a meadow with flowering shrubs. If you have a spacious open front garden, break an additional lawn. There will be several tracks in this case.
The fence should be beautiful too
The common frame of the front gardenhome - the fence. His strive to do in the overall style of the house. Usually used available natural materials. Forged and brick fences look rich and respectable.
In combination with low plantings popular borders made of plastic or stone.
The fence of the low-rise front garden looks friendly and neat. When choosing a material for a hedge, consider the style and composition of the idea.
Wrought iron lattice emphasize the romance of roses and clematis.
Wooden fence or wattle are good in country style. Solid stone fences support modern.
Common fencing materials:
- professional flooring;
- brick;
- natural stone;
- Rabitz;
- forging;
- live shrub;
- vine and twigs;
- boards and picket fence.
Hedge
Creative design of the front garden hedgeimmediately distinguish it from the total number. Previously, for the formation of such attractions it took more than one year, because they grew a live fence from small saplings. Today, it is possible to plant in such a hedge podroschennye, and even adult plants.
The front garden is surrounded by both high and low living wall of shrubs.
A high fence will muffle the noise from the street, close the house from the wind, dust. And also from outside unwanted views.
Low hedge can be created from ornamental shrubs with variegated leaves or beautiful flowers.
Conifers help to grow an evergreen fence. Junipers, thujas, cypresses and spruces will perfectly purify the air near the house. This protection looks very good in the winter.
When choosing plants for hedges, considerclimatic conditions, features of local soils, location of groundwater. These conditions determine how quickly and efficiently bushes or trees will take root, how well they will begin to grow and develop.
For a stunning result, properly care for and trim the plants. To properly form a thick and durable fence, learn in advance the features of this process.
Stages of creating a front garden do-it-yourself
How to make a front garden, the ownerdecides on the basis of preferences, possibilities, conditions of location of the site. It will be a real business card at home. Your front garden will turn out beautiful and spectacular, if you first carefully plan it. It is better to equip the planned stages:
At the first stage the fence is being built. She will separate the front garden from the road and its neighbors.
The second stage pave the track. Do not forget to make a small slope for the flow of water.
The third stage - marking the lawn and flower beds.
Fourth - planting plants. The first planted bushes and trees. Then go to perennial flowers. Finish planting annuals of seedlings and sowing grass seed and flowers.
Используйте свой творческий потенциал и realize dreams and ideas. The front garden can be a great place to relax. Will cheer up when you return home. To succeed, you need only desire.
