10 great ideas for the design of a small area Bashny.Net

Owners of small sites are scratching their heads over how to draw a tiny plot of land near the house. We seek the advice of a specialist, and offer 10 ready-made solutions!

Maria Shumskaya - landscaper. Graduated RGAU, specialty comprehended in practice from all sides worked and landscapers, and phytodesigners, taught at the home university course "Modern technologies in gardening and landscape construction»

. Creates projects on individual orders - as well as training programs for landscape designers. He believes that the best approach to landscape architecture - Kinesthetic: warmth, coolness, aromas wealth - these are the features of an ideal garden

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Near the town house is difficult to place a full-fledged garden: usually on a plot size of 10 to 10 meters of the owners want to immediately and barbecue area and playground - and someone manages to even arrange parking. It is clear that from the list of gardening pleasure in such a case would have to rule out the beds, apple, raspberry, a pond and a romantic gazebo. Instead, I propose to consider a mini-garden, a terrace near the house and elegant shrubs.
1. Basis of the landscape - the lawn
Whatever may have been a tiny plot of land, leave room for the lawn. His smooth velvety greens create the perfect backdrop for any landscape composition. For small areas is better to choose fast-growing lawn grass varieties that are resistant to trampling with (because on a small area will not be able to plan the development of road and path network, and quite often have to walk at the grass to get to the remote corners of the garden).



2. Garden herbs
Rosemary, mint, lavender, thyme, basil - growing herbs requires no special training or a separate area for them only a couple of square meters. Aromatic plants love the sun - look for them a comfortable place, a high pour the flower bed for planting in the ground, or just group them in a single point of pots and containers with herbs. Dark green sage and curly parsley, purple basil leaves may appear next to a very smartly.

Spicy plants contain essential oils - is, of course, gives them a unique flavor and makes them very valuable in the kitchen. But at the root of such herbs are fragrant too much - so do not place, contrary to fashion, boxes of herbs in the eaves under the windows, on the veranda or in the blind area around the house

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If you like mint or lemon balm - plant them separately from other herbs: they smell stronger than the other plants and "crawl" on the garden beds, making it difficult to plant neighbors

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3. Relationship
tree Even in a small garden, it is quite possible to find a place for planting a large size. Will this charismatic maple or willow languid, you decide: here the picture dictates is history - now you are in the company of his children and half dip fragile seedling in the ground, and after many years - grandchildren read fairy tales in the shadow of your family tree. It is possible that it is precisely define the shape of a mini-garden - and the rest of the landscape design is built around him

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4. Evergreen
splendor By putting a small area coniferous culture, you can create a spectacular textured composition, and thus win the usable area: from conifers lush dense crown, so only a couple of small trees or shrubs to create a beautiful landscape and zoned space. And during the whole calendar year!



Conifers amazing variety of shapes, sizes, colors: bright yellow stelyaschiesya junipers, noble dark green pine needles with wavy, pale blue dwarf fir trees and fashion stam forms.



Many of them suffer great haircut. What is not a reason to try his hand at the art of topiary?

5. Decorative garden
In the area adjacent to the townhouse, is unlikely to succeed to break these large and long bed. But the issue pretty ornamental kitchen garden is quite possible.



And for it not necessary to use special types of vegetables (decorative pumpkin, squash, sweet peppers, etc.). Very smartly leaves look normal carrots and cabbage, colorful tomatoes - and even Chinese onion and dill.



You can also plant a climbing peas: introduce children to the care of this vine unpretentious, and they with pleasure and curiosity be glad peas in pods ripening

. 6. Pot garden terrace
Many owners of the townhouses is attached to his possessions covered terraces with kruglodichnym flooring. Garnish with a terrace you can use the pergolas or lattice with climbing plants - will make vertical gardening garden mysterious. You can arrange the perimeter floral border.



But the easiest way will be to organize a pot garden: Set the pots with plants, wintering in the house, at different heights (use stands and whatnot).



Now on the market there are special pots with automatic watering system - your indoor plants will feel very comfortable all summer long!



7. Flowering Shrubs
As a soloist of the blue velvet lawn can perform spectacular shrub - such as hydrangea. Depending on the acidity of the soil, its flowers can take different colors from pink to deep blue.



Good and white forms: long inflorescences do not fade, and if they are carefully cut and dry - you will get a beautiful and air base for the composition of dried flowers. You can also opt for fragrant shrubs: jasmine, lilac, buddlei - bright and compact, they will create the necessary focus and not overload the space.



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Garden Collection If you are a collector at heart, then your version of the design of a small area - a thematic collection of a variety of plants presented in one or two copies. It is possible to collect the roses, or, for instance, cereals. If you have a lot of raw or insufficiently sunlight - gather at the site or moisture-loving shade tolerance from different corners of the globe

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In grand fashion, again, coniferous trees - but not ordinary, that we talked about above, and subminiature varieties: the so-called nanohvoynye that in adulthood are barely the size of a tennis ball.



Caring for them - quite a responsible job. The most important point - the regular cleaning of the viscera of the crown from the remains of dead needles: kids just do not themselves able to cope with this task! But you will have something to impress your friends and neighbors.

9. Trees and shrubs with colorful bark
Since townhouses - it is home year-round, decorative surrounding landscape should not be limited to the growing season. As soon as the last leaves are shed, the garden can be bare and uncomfortable. But if you choose shrubs or trees with unusually colored bark - you will have something to admire until spring.



10. Seasonal flowers in pots

But as soon as the snow melts - primroses on the scene! In no case do not neglect these news awakening of nature.



Flowers will not take much space: they may live in a ceramic flowerpot, in a wooden box, in the stone pots or galvanized basin. After they ottsvetut, it will be easy to change the scenery. Place the pots and boxes at the entrance to the house, the garden gate or along the track.



When choosing plant material, can be dispensed with exotic: romantic and daffodils, tulips, and impressive, and touching muscari definitely give you a fresh and light mood. My favorites - hyacinths, they smell fresh carrot.