We create a cozy and beautiful personal plot with our own hands

A house without a garden and flower beds looks not only boring, monotonous, but also tasteless. In order for the courtyard to shine with bright colors and natural scenic beauty, it is necessary to competently think over the landscape design of the personal plot, and then translate it into reality. To do this, it is enough to apply personal imagination or use the ideas of professionals.

You don’t have to be a professional landscape designer to create a beautiful and cozy garden.

Before you start gardening, you need to study the features of the site – the quality of the soil, the relief and draw its plan. It is best to follow the example of the professionals – first create a combination on paper, and then, according to this plan, start planting ornamental plants. To make the composition look spectacular, it is necessary to combine several details of landscape design: shrubs, lawn, artificial structures.

Planning will allow you to clearly calculate and determine the planting sites, taking into account their subsequent growth

Shrubs and lawn

Shrubs will make a spectacular and useful hedge. If you want to hide a courtyard or a hedge from prying eyes, it will serve as additional protection from dust and noise of the adjacent road, you should use the small-leaved linden, hornbeam, field maple or mulberry. For low hedges, such shrubs are suitable: evergreen boxwood, holly mahonia, Japanese meadowsweet or quince.

Common privet is suitable for sunny places, in spring these columns are covered with small white flowers

Mahonia is decorative throughout the season.

Barberry can be used to form both low curbs and high hedges

Honeysuckle overcame airy and gracefully, is not demanding on the soil and tolerates partial shade well

The lawn can be regular or flowering (Moorish). Sowing it is simple: just loosen the top layer of soil (2-3 cm), water thoroughly, wait until the water is absorbed into the soil and sow the seeds. A regular lawn needs to be mowed every week and sowed if necessary. Moorish lawn does not require special maintenance.

An ideal lawn should be flat, smooth and soft

The lawn is able to visually change the boundaries of the site

The Moorish lawn is mown once or twice per season

Artificial ponds in private yards

Without the help of professionals, special equipment and expensive materials, it will be possible to create only a small artificial pond. To do this, you need to dig a hole, cover it with a film, pour water and install a filter. You can also decorate the pond with plants – water lilies, lotuses, water nuts. To create a waterfall, a fountain, you will need the help of specialists.

The sight of the water soothes the nerves and makes you think

To create a small decorative pond, you need geotextiles, film and a few days of free time

Interesting design of the paths on the personal plot

Several types of paths for a personal plot are very popular nowadays: wooden, glowing in the dark, plastic. Wooden ones can be created from a combination of ordinary boards or thin log cabins. Paths glowing in the dark are made of synthetic stone with photoluminescent pigment, which accumulates solar energy during the day and glows at night. DIY plastic runner using hundreds of plastic drink caps.

A step-by-step path is the easiest option for self-production

Garden path made of flat stone covered with small pebbles

The saw-cut path is attractive but requires proper preparation.

Organization of a place for recreation in the courtyard of a private household

It is not enough just to admire the landscape beauties and flowering compositions, the owners and guests should feel comfortable on the backyard. To do this, you can place an arbor, a gazebo or a swing in the form of a bed (sofa, bench) in the yard. To diversify life, you can organize a place for cooking in an open area: a stationary barbecue system, a brazier, an oven with a roof.

Garden bench in a secluded corner of the garden, where it is pleasant to retire and relax

Gazebo on the shore of an artificial reservoir

We take into account the important! Landscaping rules

When forming a flower bed, it is necessary not only to use the flowers that you like the most, but also to adhere to the rules of a comfortable neighborhood. The table shows the best and undesirable neighbors for some plants for a flower garden.

Plant compatibility chart in the backyard

Plant name	The best neighbors on the site	What cannot be combined with
Marigold	Rose, tulip, gladiolus	Hydrangea
Tulip	Calendula	Pion
Phlox	Nasturtium	Marigolds, rose
Geranium	Ornamental bow, garden lupine	Lilies
Iris	Lily, badan	Marigolds, calendula, echinacea, morning glory
Lily of the valley	Crocus, tulip, daffodil	Peony, violet
Petunia	Aster, phlox, hibiscus	Jasmine, dahlia

Tall perennials are suitable for the center of the flower bed, and low annual flowers are planted closer to the border

Flowers are planted tightly so that the earth is not visible and weeds do not grow

Hosts are great for a flower bed in the shade.

Non-standard landscaping. Create a vertical landscape

The more original the design of the flower bed looks, the more pleasant it is to look at it. By personal efforts, it is really possible to create a vertical landscape design composition next to the house, or in other words – a phytowall.

Climbing rose on a wire support

For this you will need:

climbing plants (vines) – ivy, maiden grapes or lemongrass;
metal frame with insulating plastic coating;
automatic irrigation system;
nutrient solution of soil and various mineral additives (sand, peat).

Trellis for loaches from thick reinforcement with tensioned wire

Forged trellis

Trellis made of wooden slats

To create a unique composition, you need to fix a metal frame on the wall of a building or on the side surface of a fence or gazebo. Then it is necessary to lay pipes and filters for the automatic irrigation system between the metal parts, cover the structure with polymer felt (agrofibre). In the canvas, you must first form pockets or form them during the attachment of the material to the structure. It is worth filling these pockets with soil and planting plants, having previously thought out a flower arrangement or improvising.