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If you live in a private house, then you have the opportunity to fully realize your creative potential. Mainly, it can be reflected in the care and arrangement of the local area. So, many decide to make a front garden with their own hands. At first glance, it may seem that everything is simple here. However, if you want him to please you all year round, then it is important to think over everything to the smallest detail. Today, many options for its design are known, with some even turning to designers, but after carefully researching this material, as well as looking at the photos and videos in this article, you will be able to do everything yourself. Your front garden will be a real decoration to your home.
Advantages and disadvantages
It is important to understand that the front part of the house is the most prominent and it is on it that they pay attention first. For this reason, the design of the front garden is carried out with great care. If we talk about the pros in favor of the front garden, then this is an excellent landscape design. The adjacent territory, that is, the front garden, will have an excellent decorative function. In some cases, the front garden can even hide some of the flaws of the house, and if there are advantageous sides, then, on the contrary, emphasize. In general, the beautifully groomed area near the house will be pleasing not only to your eyes, but also to everyone around you.
However, the front garden also has disadvantages. First of all, it takes a lot of time to look after him. After all, growing plants or flowers may need to be trimmed, watered, fertilized or other care must be done in time. It also takes time to clean the area from fallen leaves. It is necessary to loosen the soil in time so that the flowers / plants are not stunted. As you can see, the do-it-yourself front garden has the main disadvantage - a lot of time for care.
Varieties of front gardens and design design
All front gardens are subdivided into two types of fencing:
- Open front gardens.
- Closed front gardens.
In the first case, the beauty of the front garden in front of the house can be observed both from the street and from the side of the house. If it is closed, then this element of landscape design will definitely have a fence. Among other things, the design of the front garden in front of the house is also different. Now we will briefly list the most common ones.
European
In this case, the front garden in front of the house will have clear geometric lines in which rigor and proportions will be observed. A free approach to design is not welcome here. Mainly in this style, the presence of a massive hedge is excluded.
Russian
This type of front garden in front of the house must have a fencing structure. There are no requirements for compliance with the rigor of all lines. The main requirement of the front garden is a beautiful design that will delight the eye.
Oriental
With this design, decors, stones, conifers will be used. Moreover, the plants are predominantly dwarf.
Mediterranean
Here it is necessary to use a large number of flowering flowers and trees growing in small containers. You can install all kinds of sculptures, lanterns and other decor. There must be a bench, a table and a small canopy to shelter from the sun and rain.
Rustic
This style overlaps with the French.Like the French style, the rustic style emphasizes the natural features of the landscape. All sorts of decors are used in the rustic style, for example, a cart, a broken clay jug, and more.
Romantic
If you are a romantic at heart, then you can arrange a front garden in this style. There are all kinds of arches here, and flowers / plants should braid all the fences. Moreover, the flowers should be long-blooming and beautiful.
French
The French style is also known as Provence. This style of front garden design combines lightness, beauty, freedom and love. The French style will allow you to enjoy beautiful plants / flowers and decoration of the local area every day.
This is a short description of some of the front garden styles. On the Internet, you can find many other ideas on how best to arrange the adjoining territory near your private house.
Design development
So, now let's get down to the direct design and planning, remember, our main goal is to create a beautiful front garden in front of the house. Therefore, you need to think about what flowers will be planted. Do you want them to bloom continuously, up to and including frost. What type of flower bed is best to organize. There are several varieties of it:
- Mixborder. A complex composition of various and flowering plants. Including decorative flowers are planted. Although this composition is complex, it is very popular.
- Border. This means a path leading through a small section of a blooming flower bed to a house and a well-equipped border.
- Alpine slide. In this case, a kind of imitation of a mountain landscape is created. Here you will need stones and all kinds of ornamental plants and flowers.
- Rabatka. If the front garden in front of the house is rectangular, then all flowers / plants can be planted in even rows.
Choice of colors
Having decided on how to arrange the front garden in front of the house, it is necessary to solve another question - which flowers to choose in the front garden in front of the house. Usually, perennial plants and flowers are preferred. Ornamental trees and shrubs are often used. Such shrubs may include:
- Common juniper.
- Boxwood is evergreen.
- Common barberry.
- Thunberg, etc.
As for the choice of trees, most often these are standard trees, allowing you to organize near-stem decoration with flower compositions. Western standard thuja or holly maple can be attributed to this category.
As far as colors go, this is perhaps an endless topic. There are many varieties of colors, so we will only give you a general direction. If you want the front garden in front of the house to delight you all year round, then preference is given to perennial flowers that bloom until the first frost. Among the perennials, one can recall viols, forget-me-nots and primroses. In mid-spring, in May, blooming daffodils would look good. In the first two months of summer (June / July), tiger lilies, peonies, irises, Turkish carnations, marigolds, petunia, nasturtium, chrysanthemums, phlox bloom. At the end of summer, chrysanthemums and asters can also delight the eyes.
This is a small direction on how you can arrange a front garden with your own hands. Additionally, it is worth highlighting several important features when choosing ornamental plants and flowers:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Pick-up location | For some colors, the sunny side or, conversely, the shade is important. Therefore, this should be taken into account when choosing a suitable place on the front garden in front of the house. For example, if your local area is predominantly located on the sunny side, then an excellent solution would be to plant gladioli, phlox, lupinia, aster, petunias, peonies, daisies.If the area is shaded, then give preference to ferns, hosts, forget-me-nots. |
| Flowering period | In this matter, it is also worth calculating everything correctly. Otherwise, all the flowers will bloom in one month and that's it. All flowers are divided into several categories, for example, early flowering: primroses, daisies, lilies of the valley, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses. Mid-flowering: cosme, nasturtiums, marigolds, bells, phlox, daylilies, irises, peonies. Late flowering: chrysanthemums, asters, dahlias. |
| Plant / flower height | In this category, flowers are also subdivided into species. Tall: canna, lupine, gladiolus, foxglove, delphinium. Medium-sized: rudbeckia, bell, salvia, poppy, chamomile. Stunted: nasturtium, pansies, purslane, scabiosis. With this in mind, it is possible to combine the growth and color of all plants and flowers. In this case, you will get a wonderful composition. |
| Period of life | There are three categories of flowers according to their lifespan: annuals, biennials, and perennials. Annuals: Snapdragon, asters, cosmos, marigolds, petunias. Biennials: pansies, daisies, foxglove, Turkish carnations. Perennials: rudbeckia, iris, daylily, lupine, chamomile, calla lilies, gladioli, dahlias. |
If you do not yet have experience in caring for a front garden, then give preference to unpretentious plants and flowers. In this case, you will gain experience at the same time, and also you will not spend a lot of time.
You may wish to plant ornamental shrubs. There is a wide variety of them and they can really give the local area bright colors. For example, wild rose, budley, hawthorn. You may wish to build an arch, then climbing plants / flowers are perfect. They can protect windows and the house from dust. For example, it can be climbing roses, wisteria, honeysuckle, kampsis and more.
Conifers will look no less original. And given that they are evergreen, throughout the year they will smooth out the gloomy autumn days. So, winter plants include juniper, yew, boxwood, thuja, dwarf spruce.
Around this design with flowers, a slide with a waterfall or other decorative elements will look beautiful. Even if you can't think through everything to the smallest detail, you can always change something along the way.
Conclusion
So, we have considered all the features of how to make a front garden in front of the house. As you can see, there are no strict and specific rules. Everything is taken into account solely from tastes and preferences. We hope that this material has provided food for thought for you, and in addition we offer you to watch an interesting video material:
