Making graves and caring for them - the lastopportunity to honor the departed person. The burial place should have an atmosphere of quiet, light sadness and be comfortable for everyone who comes to remember the deceased. At each grave, according to the established Russian tradition, a table and a bench are set up where one could sit down.
It is important to remember that the grave decoration hastheir laws, a sense of proportion is essential here. If the design of other sites need a game of colors, uplifting, then the cemetery requires respectful restraint and rigor.
The grave sites are limited in area, whichdictates the need to comply with specific rules in the design. It is important to arrange the grave so that its appearance is in harmony with the general view of the cemetery. What should be the correct design of graves in the cemetery? Photos presented below reflect successful options.
The range of plants that would be suitable forclearance is great. Using several types, you can achieve a holistic composition that meets the basic requirements listed. Plants that are suitable for decorating places of burial are usually divided into:
- framing;
- forming a lawn;
- seasonal.
The grave site is better divided into three parts, where 10% is allocated for seasonal planting, up to 25% for framing, and the rest is allocated for ground cover and lawn plants.
In the first year it is better to limit the planting of a tree andannuals. With perennials and shrubs, unfortunately, have to wait at least a couple of years. For the first three years, the ground will subside (the time of sinking depends on the soil), and only then you can think about the design of the permanent composition.
Children's graves are made mainlyannuals or perennials that bloom as long as possible. Usually low flowers are chosen that give a delicate color. Sometimes, in order to facilitate care, low ground cover plants are preferred, which, growing, cover the grave like a carpet, giving a feeling of peace.
Sometimes conditions do not allow the grave to be decoratedas my relatives would have liked, and I have to confine myself to stone slabs and gravel. But from the bare stone comes bitterness, sadness and oblivion. It is better to plant non-perennial perennials that grow without special care: a fern (in a shady place), aquilegia, peonies, decorative cereals.
It is worth thinking about what time of year you arecome to the graves of the departed loved ones. It would be better to dwell on those plants, the peak of growth and flowering of which falls at the time of visits. If you often can not come, plant shrubs instead of flowers (horizontal cotoneaster, spindle tree, shrubby sponge). It is better that the shrub does not exceed two meters in height. By the way, most shrubs can be cut and shaped.
Looks very impressive and solemn.grave decoration with evergreen conifers, such as cypress, thuja, microbiota, fir. They practically do not require leaving, they do not need forming. If you stop on trees with powerful root systems, do not plant them in close proximity to the monument - as they grow, they can mow and even cause cracks.
