Each grower tries to grow several varieties of flowers on his site. These varieties can be scattered around the site, but most often they are arranged in front gardens. Florists without experience select plants that will coexist with each other by trial and error. It can take more than one year to decorate the flower bed with which the gardener will be satisfied. In connection with the appearance on the consumer market of many bags of seeds of the most unusual plants, landscape design courses have become widespread. Although some growers rely more on the flight of their own creative thought. But even self-taught women with many years of experience still have a separate set of rules according to which they plant certain plants and form front gardens.

The basics of landscape design

The definition of "landscape design" has a rich history. People who are versed in this science did their work in Ancient Egypt, China, Japan, Babylon. Especially for high-ranking persons, gardens were grown, in which overseas flowers smelled, strange birds sang, crystal-clear streams murmured. The culmination of the creation of the ancient masters was the gardens of Semiramis, which are considered today one of the wonders of the world. Over time, designers began to work according to several basic principles that have survived to this day and are successfully used by modern gardeners.

Unusual flower bed

The basics of landscape design include the following points:

  1. Land design and planning;
  2. Selection of flowers that will decorate the territory;
  3. Creation of structures that fit seamlessly into the design of the land.

For the design of a garden plot of land, it is recommended to create a drawing on which the plan of the garden or cottage is applied. On the drawing plan, it is important to indicate all outbuildings and residential buildings, fruit trees, curbs and strawberry beds are also desirable. Only with a drawing plan can you carefully consider the placement of the front gardens and the design of the territory.

When choosing flowers, you should carefully read their characteristics, since the selection of plants is a serious matter. Flowers should match not only in color, but also according to needs. The location of the flower garden should be taken into account: it is in the shade or in direct sunlight.

Flowers should match not only in color, but also according to needs.

The most important basis for landscape design that a guest can appreciate is the design of the front garden. There are many types of landscape designs. They should be chosen based on the general design of the site. Even if the florist did not like any of the options offered on the Internet or books, then you can try to create your own, unique design.

Flower garden decoration

When decorating a front garden, the gardener, in most cases, relies on his own taste. When decorating a flower garden, various materials are used:

  • Grass;
  • Pebbles or large boulder-shaped stones;
  • Exquisite and unusual flowers, etc.

In addition to grass and flowers, the front garden can be decorated with decorative stones for flower beds of the most bizarre shapes, as well as small pebbles, which will shade the planted plants and give a neat appearance to the land. Large pebbles will help differentiate the flower garden from the lawn. With the help of pebbles, you can make unique compositions that do not have repetition.Pebbles are used in the design of flower beds located next to water bodies. It prolongs the life of the flower garden, preventing soil erosion by water, protects the root system of plants from decay processes.

The front garden can be decorated with decorative stones for flower beds of the most bizarre shape

The last factor is buying decorative flower seeds.

Note! When decorating a front garden, it is best to use decorative plant varieties, since wild flowers may develop in a completely different way than the grower would like. Year-round blooming clubs are very popular, which means careful selection of seeds

Ornamental grass for a flower bed is purchased at specialized points of sale. She will help create interesting flower beds. Ornamental grass looks especially advantageous near the netting of the chain-link, gazebo or well.

Varieties of unusual front gardens

Every gardener wants to show the class in creating their own front garden. But it is becoming more and more difficult to impress anyone with originality in our time. Individuality is the “strong point” of flower bed design. Unusual flower beds are good because you can experiment with the colors of the seed plants, the height and the number of levels on the flower beds. There are many different front gardens that can be used as an idea for creation, and you can arrange it as the creative vein suggests.

You can take as an idea a flower bed, which is called regular. Some call it geometric. Its difference lies in the fact that it has strictly delineated boundaries that can be combined into geometric shapes. The most important thing in their design is the simultaneity of flowering.

Geometric flower bed

The irregular flower bed is very popular. This variety has several advantages, for example, unpretentious care. Even when landing, effort is kept to a minimum. It blooms in waves. The first wave fades, the second immediately begins to bloom, then the third. It turns out that during the season she will change colors several times, which cannot but attract a grower.

A raised flower bed implies a low structure that can be divided into floors. The number of storeys gives such a front garden a certain charm and sophistication. The design can consist of straight lines, you can decorate the flower bed with smooth borders. In any case, she will decorate the garden with her uniqueness.

Original carpet beds suggest the presence of ground cover and creeping plants. Most often they are used within the urban area, but recently they have become increasingly popular in the design of country landscape design.

On a note! Vertical flower beds are ideal for growers who count every centimeter. The name speaks for itself. Most often, vertical flower beds are located on brick fences or walls of houses. They are able to hide some defects in commercial and residential buildings.

Description of some types of flower beds
Brick is considered one of the most durable and reliable materials for creating and decorating a front garden. With its help, you can bring to life a lot of ideas, due to the fact that it has various sizes, textures, colors, etc. A good imagination will help the gardener to arrange a flower bed of decorative bricks with his own hands.

Do-it-yourself brick flower beds include several varieties: fencing, multi-storey, zone allocation. By the way, concrete flower beds have the same varieties. Concrete beds are resistant to damage. But, if something is not pleasant in a concrete flowerbed created by your own hands, you can always add a little fresh concrete solution to it. They can be used to create fancy and unique shapes, change surfaces, etc. This also includes flower beds made of blocks or foam blocks. They are all built on the same principle.

Brick flower bed

A front garden that breaks along the wall of a house or a fence is widespread, especially a flower bed along a fence of perennials, so as not to disturb the flower garden for a long time. Take, for example, the fact that every country house has a fence and a wall. Based on the fact that this flower bed along the fence will not be the only one on the site, it is most profitable to do it in a landscape style. The flower garden along the fence has one basic rule: observance of tiers. As in a decorative flower bed, and in a corner one, the vertical flowers should be in the background of the garden bed, undersized or ground cover plants or petunias are placed in front.

A vertical flower bed with your own hands from improvised means is good in that it takes up very little space on the land. Here you need to refer to the drawing that was made before decorating. A vertical flower bed can be a wall of a house or a fence, it can be a free-standing structure. In any case, it is recommended to draw up a plant planting scheme and work out all the options for protecting a house or fence from an excess of moisture.

Flowerbeds made of glass or plastic bottles are very common, if only because they are made from affordable and waste material. When drawing up a flower bed diagram, you can connect imagination, since there are many such flower beds. You can make your own unique project without spending an incredible amount of money on it. From fairly affordable and cheap means, you can make a flower bed a train. For this, wood boxes are used. In the flower garden project, you can change the level of the cars.

Flower bed of glass bottles

A hand-made trolley flower bed looks very advantageous on the site. The cart can be constructed from old wooden planks. It is not at all necessary that she knows how to drive. It is enough to make a high-quality dummy and plant flowers in it. A flowerbed from an old wheelbarrow also does not imply that the wheelbarrow is in working order. It is enough to decorate the wheelbarrow beautifully with flowers, and a high-quality and unusual garden decor is ready. Looks very impressive on a section of a flower bed from an old car. To do this, you need a car body, which can be purchased at any disassembly.

If there are stumps on the site, they can be arranged under mini-front gardens. To do this, a large hole is made in the old stump, drainage is placed on the bottom of the hemp, and the top is covered with earth into which the seeds are sown. Most often, decorative stump beds contain one variety of plants, although it all depends on the size of the hemp.

A conical flower bed, like a flower bed from a barrel, is made according to the same principle. A construction is placed on a site in the shape of a cone, or the old barrel is covered with earth, in which the seedlings are planted. Most often, seedlings of ampelous plants are used, which will subsequently make a thick fragrant ball of flowers.

A flower bed from barrels

A flowerbed with an umbrella, a flowerbed with a turtle and a flowerbed with a ship are decorative structures that you will have to sweat over. It is difficult enough to plant flowers in a forged umbrella, so that not one specimen of a plant is presented, but several. Due to the lack of space, the turtle flower garden is also considered difficult. There is more than enough space at the front garden of the ship. Although one should proceed from the size of the site.

Note! Old things in the country are not uncommon. Despite the fact that they are taken to the country in the hope of giving a second life, most of them are often forgotten. But, if memory suggested that a lot of unnecessary trash is hidden somewhere in the basement, it is worth using it at least as an idea for a flower bed. It can be an old bathroom, a broken chair, or even a kettle. In some cases, even old pipes are used, thanks to which you can create a multi-storey flower bed with your own hands, while spending a minimum of funds.

Bottle borders

From plastic bottles, you can arrange not only a flower bed, but also garden paths made of tiles or borders of different territories. Due to the availability of the material, these ideas are very often implemented in many land areas.Also, this material is considered to be quite durable, which allows for a long time not to return to the issue of buying special decorative elements for the fence.

Bottle border

So, we can conclude that creating a flower bed with your own hands is not an easy task, but very exciting and interesting. Particular delight is experienced at the moment when the flower bed begins to bloom. In order to arrange a site, it is not necessary to invite a specialist in landscape design. In matters of flower garden design, you can experiment and give free rein to creative thought.