Design of a plot of a country house with an area of 10 acres

Do you like to work with your own hands? Do you want to develop a design project for a summer cottage? Do you think that only the best designers are able to arrange a proper look of your backyard territory? Then be sure to read our article. From it you will learn unique ideas for landscape design, you will learn how to arrange the design of a plot of 10 acres, while saving a lot of money..

With a competent approach, on an area of one thousand square meters, you can place all the necessary buildings, a vegetable garden and a small garden

The work on planning the site of a country house is characterized by a creative approach to the process. Here, human fantasy is limitless. Achievements in art and science provide a huge springboard for the development and implementation of design ideas into reality. When planning your land plot, you can borrow a lot of data from the directions and trends of the past, long gone into oblivion, and modern high-tech art. To do such a serious job, you need to spend some time and put a lot of effort. Fortunately, a landscape creation will fully reward its creator for his work.

Before starting work, think carefully about how you want to see your personal plot, as well as for what purposes you will use it

Layout of a land plot of 10 acres

The planning stage is the primary responsibility of the designer when preparing a project for a land plot. The quality of the plan, that is, taking into account the majority of significant factors, will directly depend on the final result of the arrangement of the backyard territory..

Improvement option for a plot of 10 acres

The main stages and objectives of the plan are:

Marking the boundaries of the site.
Drawing on paper the boundaries of the earth with the indication of the cardinal points. This is necessary to identify the behavior of shadows that will fall on the territory from buildings and structures..
Choosing a method for placing architectural objects.
Large-scale application of landscape design elements to the land plan.
Mark on the plan of the location of reservoirs, slides and hillocks.
Marking of fences, enclosures, paths, as well as, if available, pergolas, hedges and flower arches.
Irrigation piping and drainage.

The drainage system prevents the accumulation of excess moisture in the soil, leading to premature destruction of foundations and negatively affecting plants and fruit crops

It is necessary to take into account the area under the elements of architecture so that there is room for the device of convenient paths.

Every piece of territory should be used wisely

A step-by-step consideration of these issues is the key to the successful arrangement of a summer cottage with your own hands.

Design project

After drawing up a drawing with all the designations, it is necessary to start ground work. The latter depend on the natural landscape of the territory.

The design project allows you to see the future appearance of the site even before the start of work and make the necessary adjustments

A more successful landscape of the territory is a broken profile. On site, this is expressed in the natural unevenness of the site, thanks to which the possibility of an interesting arrangement of architectural elements is created..

On a slight slope, you can lay terraces and make winding paths for a comfortable walk in the garden

The unevenness of the site is ideal for creating a corner of pristine nature

A large amount of land work will have to be done to create a reservoir or pond. The amount of land formed in this case can be used to create alpine slides. Also, the ground may be required to level individual surfaces of the site, or reduce the angle of the general slope. Implementing the last option, you will have to work hard with the installation of retaining walls.

Retaining wall made of natural stone, made by dry masonry

After work with the land, they directly proceed to the creation of a general site style (landscape design). It is reasonable to divide it into several stages:

Purchase of building material for capital buildings and land filling.
Construction of gazebos, pergolas and elements of small architectural forms.
Planting lawns, trees and flowers.

The choice of material is based on the general style. For example, when choosing a modern landscape design, the emphasis is on the combination of light and dark tones. When setting up garden fences, the color of the tree should be taken in a dark shade, painted with oil paint or impregnated with natural oil, which allows you to preserve the texture of the tree.

A beautifully decorated wooden gazebo will become a favorite vacation spot for the whole family

Acacia wood blanks look very nice. Their natural pattern is unique in structure. You will not find a similar pattern anywhere.

Flowers for flower beds should be calm colors. It is preferable to take from light, such as milky, light brown and pale red, to dark (turquoise, burgundy and purple). Landscaping, like interior design, requires accents. There may be several of them. For example, during the day it is a pond with a bridge, a fountain or an alpine slide with boulders and a stream. At night, lighting can accentuate another object, although the alpine mountain is beautiful, whatever one may say, and it can also be illuminated at night. Special lamps installed under water will look especially beautiful..

Flower beds should be in any summer cottage

Due to the uneven terrain, beautiful mountainous terrain can be created. In this case, it is advisable to place the paths in lowlands, on both sides of which rocks are laid out in the form of plates, which, in turn, are planted on a concrete solution. The land on the dais is covered with a lawn, or creeping plants. The main principle of this solution will be the use of natural colors for mountainous areas, namely a green hue..

The mountain composition on your site will become just perfect if you add a small cascading waterfall to it

When placing a land plot on a slope, it must be borne in mind that the correct location of the reservoir will be in the lowland (the lowest place).

Vertical gardening

In order to make the landscape design of a suburban area of 10 acres with your own hands, you need to combine different methods and methods that can be found on the Internet. One of them is vertical gardening. It includes several different layouts at once:

hedges;
plantings for pergolas, bersot and trellises;
decorative trees entwined with ivy or something similar to it;
placement of climbing plants on the main facades of the house.

“Live” fence made of ornamental shrubs

With the help of girlish grapes, you can hide unsightly buildings or hide from prying eyes

For this, maiden grapes are used, which have dense and dense foliage, as well as various color schemes. Climbing plant varieties are selected depending on the place of growth and the required planting area. For example, choosing flowering plants for the facade of a house is not very prudent, and vice versa, planting non-flowering maiden grapes near a small tree. Here, the choice is made according to the following principle: for a small area, flowering loaches are used, and for large areas (to fill pergolas or trellises) – not flowering.

Blooming clematis looks just gorgeous

To create a natural darkening of a pergola or a semicircular arch, you need to choose perennials. They are able to braid the entire structure in one season, and further maintain the required density.

Suburban area zoning

The landscape design of the suburban area is divided into several zones. This is necessary for the convenience of living, as well as for the possibility of an individual approach to each of them..

The classic approach to zoning a site involves placing a residential building closer to the road

The location of the house in the center of the plot is a modern layout option for those who are not fond of growing vegetables and pets

The garden area implies the presence of fruit and berry trees. They require a bright, unshaded area. Solar lights are installed between the trees. Separately, you can provide a frame for each tree, which blooms especially strongly in the spring. They are laid out with stone, painted rubble or other available materials. It is also advisable to install several garden gnomes in the garden..

Fruit trees are not only beneficial, but also decorate the garden plot

It is very pleasant to be in the garden during the flowering period. Therefore, swings, hammocks or even gazebos are equipped here. The buzzing of bees and bumblebees, as well as pleasant smells will distract you from everyday worries, and take you to the world of tranquility and well-being.

The central area in front of the house is equipped with flower beds. A thematic composition is also possible with the use of decorative mills, small bridges and all kinds of paths, poured with the help of multi-colored stones..

Flower beds of various shapes and sizes are suitable for growing flowers.

An interesting option would be to use voluminous flower beds in various forms. It can be a watch dial decorated with a floral arrangement, or a silhouette of a young girl whose hair is made of planted dahlias. Creation of small bumps lined with stones with planting of creeping flowers. Also, on the central flower beds, semicircular arches are made, and a cascade of climbing roses or clematis blooming in blue is allowed through them..

Vegetable beds can also be beautifully decorated

The back yard is a great place for a summer cottage for a recreation area. Baths, swimming pools and gazebos are arranged here. An interesting solution would be to make a terrace in the niche of the walls of the house, and provide a through passage. Thanks to this solution, you will get a street room with flower pots and a seating area. The main thing is not to forget to make good insulation of the outer doors..

An example of a successful design of a recreation area in the depths of the site

The idea of a simple and practical patio

If you glaze the terrace and make large sliding windows, you get a combination of a seating area with a veranda. In this case, the pool can be located directly on the veranda, which will give originality to the idea. With this arrangement, you will have a winter pool (just remember to install water heating).

The accent in landscape design can be paths that are designed to connect different zones of the site. To do this, they are performed in a contrasting color. Perhaps it will be red, or even burgundy. Strongly bright colors are not worth choosing. On a sunny day, they will be lost against the background of the suburban area flooded with light. Thuja, blue spruce and other conifers are planted along the perimeter of the territory, near the fence. This arrangement of trees will visually increase the plot of the summer cottage in 10 acres. Spot lighting of tree crowns at night will be very appropriate in a small area.

Sandstone-faced concrete garden path

It is better to select the color of the fence in light colors. Thanks to this, the visual dimensions of the cottage, together with green spaces around the perimeter, will double..

White fence visually pushes the boundaries of the site

At the last stage of landscape design planning, it remains to sow lawn grass seeds on the remaining land, or purchase ready-made carpets. You can also cover these “bald patches” with rubble, but this option is not practical due to the strong heating of the fraction from the sun’s rays. Much better to walk barefoot on a green and soft lawn.