Small rose garden layout

How to Design a Small Rose Garden

Adding a garden of any kind to your yard can be daunting- where do you start? How do you know what to add? I recently added a new small rose garden to our yard and it turned out great! I thought I would share how to design a small rose garden.

We’ve been updating our backyard for the past couple of years, last year we built the She Shed and early this Spring, I built an outdoor swing frame. We also covered the yard with new sod. This spring we are focusing on the landscaping, especially flowers that are going to add color to the yard all year. I thought I’d include a small rose garden into the design along with the cut-flower garden that we are planning.

Our backyard isn’t that large, we have about 3,000 square feet to work with and once we added the She Shed and the outdoor swing we really are only looking at having around 800 square feet of flower beds. I knew I wanted to make a big impact using the smallest space I could.

The key to designing a small garden is to give the illusion of space by providing some separation between areas. For our yard, I wanted to separate the swing, which for design purposes I look at as a relaxation area, and the Shed deck, which I consider as an entertaining area.

I decided that roses would work perfectly in this design and wanted to use Easy Elegance® Roses. They are easy to care for, disease resistance, heat tolerant and have extreme cold hardiness, which is perfect in our area of the country. To find the roses easily, look for roses in the red pot in your garden center!.

We had started our landscaping last fall, but to divide the areas better, I expanded the flower bed out into the lawn a little more.

Before planting your roses add any soil amendments such as fertilizer or compost and work them into the soil either by hand or with a tiller.

Place the roses how you want them positioned in the small rose garden. Stand back and take a look from all sides to make sure you have them where they look the best. We used three varieties of Easy Elegance® Roses in our small rose garden, two each of Head over Heels that will have fluffy light pink flowers, Music Box which will be a beautiful yellow rose with pink edges, and All the Rage have coral buds that will open to an apricot color with yellow centers. I staggered them so that each plant would be viewed from all directions.

Once the placement is decided planting is simple. Dig your hole 4 to 6 inches wider than the root ball, and only deep enough that the top of the root ball is flush with the soil surface.

Gently squeeze the container to loosen the root ball. Then lift the plant out of the container and place it in the hole.

Then backfill with soil or more compost and water well.

Finish by mulching the small rose garden with your choice of mulch. I recommend that you not use gravel or stone, as the heat reflected off of it stresses the plants. If you do use stone at least mulch with wood or bark mulch around the base of the plant.

Water the roses consistently until they get established.

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We’ll be enjoying these blooms all year and for many years to come.

I’ll keep you up to date and share additional rose care advice throughout the summer. What type of garden are you planting this year?

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Rose Garden Ideas - How to Design with Roses

Create a beautiful rose garden for your front or back yard, small or large garden, and learn what to plant with roses By Janet Loughrey, Garden Writer & Photographer

At Last® rose. Photo by: Proven Winners

PLANNING A ROSE GARDEN

Choose your site:

Make sure the site gets at least 6-8 hours of sun a day and has good air circulation to help prevent disease.

Make a plan:

Gather ideas from books and online sources for inspiration.
Draw up a rough sketch as you’re brainstorming to help visualize what the finished garden will look like.
Include pathways for easy access.
Beds should be small enough to allow for pruning and other maintenance chores.
Consider structures such as pergolas, arbors or trellises, as well as seating and decorative accents.

Choose a style:

Decide what kind of rose garden you want. Do you want a clean formal look with structured hardscape, or a more natural appearance with other plants mixed in? Pick a style that will harmonize with your home’s exterior.

Pick a color scheme:

Select colors that you enjoy and that will also help unify the home with the landscape.

Prepare the soil:

Roses like rich, well-draining soil with a slightly acidic pH between 6.0-7.0. Amend the soil with compost or other organic matter. For containers, use a high quality all-purpose potting soil and make sure pots have adequate drainage holes.

Plant selection:

Choose roses that are easy-care and hardy in your region. Select varieties for traits including size, shape, flower color, and form, fragrance and repeat or continual bloom. Many newer varieties such as Oso Easy Roses are bred for disease-resistance, vigor, and long bloom time. Some older types, particularly hybrid teas, can be higher maintenance and more disease-prone.

CREATE A ROSE GARDEN IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPACES

Plant fragrant rose varieties near a deck or patio to enjoy their fragrance up close. Gardener: Diana Gough. Designer: Phil Thornburg. Photo by: Janet Loughrey.

Large rose garden:

Create a design with formal rooms or mixed borders that are grand in scale so it doesn’t get lost in the surrounding landscape.
Keep scale in mind when adding hardscape, seating and structures such as arbors and pergolas, which are typically included in rose gardens.
Choose larger rose varieties that will show up better in the landscape.
Plant in drifts of 3 to 5 specimens of the same variety for greater visual impact.
Plant larger groupings with the same flower color for a more unified look.

Small rose garden:

Choose smaller rose varieties that will stay in scale with a more intimate space.
Maximize the use of space by including vertical elements such as climbing roses and trellises.
Select a few key rose specimens rather than trying to crowd in a lot of different varieties.
Limit the color scheme to one or two hues so the design doesn’t look too busy.
Choose roses with lighter colored flowers in hues of white or yellow to make the space look larger and brighter.

Front yard rose garden:

Leave plenty of room around rose plants so they don’t crowd sidewalks or other trafficked areas.
Don’t allow plants to obstruct entrances or doors so visitors don’t get scratched by thorns.
For foundation plantings, allow enough distance between shrubs and the home’s facade to provide adequate air circulation.

Backyard rose garden:

Include seating areas in different parts of the yard, which will encourage you to spend more time enjoying your rose garden.
Site the rose garden where you can enjoy it from inside the home.
Plant fragrant rose varieties near a deck or patio where you can enjoy the sweet perfume.
Place a bench, water feature, or statuary at the far end of the rose garden to draw the eye through the landscape and encourage visitors to wander and linger.

ROSE GARDEN LANDSCAPING TIPS

Create a grand entrance to your home with a rose-covered arbor. Gardener: Mary DeNoyer. Photo by: Janet Loughrey.

Grow vertically:

Include climbing roses to maximize your space. Train other vining plants such as clematis to grow up through shrub or climbing roses to create exciting flower combinations.

Grow horizontally:

Train climbers along a fence to define garden rooms or to soften an unsightly chain link fence.

Plant in containers:

Many roses can be successfully grown in containers, a good solution for small spaces, apartment balconies, patios, and decks. Containers should be at least 15 to 20 inches in diameter and 18 to 24 inches deep. Half whiskey barrels work well. Miniature roses can be grown in smaller pots or hanging baskets. (See more on growing roses in pots.)

Cover a slope:

Mass groundcover varieties such as Flower Carpet® or Drift® roses along a slope for low-maintenance erosion control.

Plant in drifts:

For greater impact, plant in groups of 3-5 specimens of the same variety.

Plant a hedge:

Plant a row of taller shrub roses to create privacy from the street. A row of shorter groundcover roses can be planted along a foundation, in a curbside strip, or used to define garden areas.

Make an entrance:

Create a grand entrance to your home with an inviting entryway complete with a rose arbor and adjacent plantings to soften the landscape.

Create a transition:

Use a rose-covered arbor in a side yard to define the transition between front and back yards.

Use as a background planting:

Place climbers along a tall wooden fence to soften the backdrop and break up the expanse of wood.

Foundation planting:

Combine landscape roses with other shrubs that bloom at different times along the front of your home for a season-long display of color.

Mixed border:

Use low-growing ground cover roses near the front of a mixed border or taller semi-climbers in back to establish height and layers.

WHAT TO PLANT WITH ROSES

A curbside planting of roses underplanted with perennial geraniums offers screening and privacy. Garden and photo by: Janet Loughrey.

A rose garden can be greatly enhanced by incorporating other plants as part of the overall design. Roses go well with a wide variety of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals. Choose plants that have the same cultural requirements of full sun, ample water and rich soil.

Also, consider how much maintenance your roses will need:

Hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, climbers, and miniatures all require regular maintenance and pruning, as well as winter protection in cold climates. Companion plants should be confined to in front of or behind roses, not in between them, to allow easy access.
Species, shrub, old garden, and landscape roses require only minimal maintenance: cleaning up in winter and deadheading as needed when in bloom. These types of roses can be surrounded with perennials, annuals, bulbs, and shrubs.

Flowering companions:

Intersperse plants that flower at different times to extend the bloom season. These can include perennials or annuals such as petunia, verbena, or calibrachoa.

Complement and contrast:

Pair roses with other plants in complementary hues to create drama and contrast. A gold-colored rose such as Oso Easy Lemon Zest® would pair well with Rapido Blue Carpathian bellflower or ‘Violet Profusion’ salvia.

Trees:

Add different heights to a mixed border or formal rose garden with trees. These can include snowbell (Styrax japonicus), fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus), dogwood (Cornus) and crabapple (Malus).

Shrubs:

Enhance the landscape by providing contrasting color, texture, and structure with shrubs. These can include boxwood, spirea, bluebeard, and daphne.

Groundcovers:

Use groundcovers as a living mulch and weed-suppressing carpet. Good rose companions include perennial geraniums, dead nettle, bugleweed, and lady’s mantle.

Perennials:

Provide contrast with perennials of different size, structure, and color. Good rose companions include alliums, lavender, catmint, salvia, phlox, and speedwell.

Vines:

Climbers can be trained up or alongside rose plants for an extra layer of color. These may include clematis, climbing bleeding heart (Dicentra scandens), morning glory and jasmine.

ROSE GARDEN IDEAS

Plant fragrant rose varieties near a deck or patio to enjoy their fragrance up close. Gardener: Diana Gough. Designer: Phil Thornburg. Photo by: Janet Loughrey.

Combine roses with other plants of different heights for a layered tapestry. Gardener: Jeff Clark. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

A formal rose garden is characterized by distinct lines, clipped hedging and structures such as pergolas and arbors. Gardener and designer: Nancy Cutler. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

A rose-covered gate marks the transition between the front and back yards. Gardener: Mary DeNoyer. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

Train roses vertically to add varying layers to the landscape. Gardeners: Darin Simmons and Matthew Greydanus, Laurel Hedge. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

Train climbing roses along a fence to create an attractive screen for privacy. Gardeners: Danny Hills and Wayne Hughes, Lonesomeville Gardens. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

Roses combine well with many perennials, shrubs, trees, and annuals. Photo: Matthewshutter / Shutterstock.

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Content:

History of the Dutch Garden
Characteristic features of the Dutch style
Planning Rules
Dutch Garden Decoration
- Hedges
- Lawn
- Parterre beds
- Straight paths
- Comfortable terraces
- Furniture made from natural materials
- Pond
- Trellis plantings
- Sculptures
- Handmade decor
Recommended color range
What can be planted in a Dutch garden

A cozy and picturesque garden in the Dutch style immediately attracts attention. Landscape design is distinguished by a harmonious combination of plants, straight lines and perfect order. Consider how you can independently decorate your garden in the Dutch style.

The history of the creation of the Dutch garden

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Until Holland gained independence in 1851, the direction of garden art moved under the influence of the Italian Renaissance. A strong leap towards individuality occurred already in the 17th and 18th centuries, when the Baroque era reigned. The main reference point for lovers of the beauty of gardens was the unique and sophisticated park area of Versailles.

At the same time, there was an incredible demand for tulips. Their cost was very high. For one bulb of a plant, one could bargain for a carriage.

Dutch Tulip Garden

Characteristic features of the Dutch style

The Dutch design of the garden plot is carried out in a small area. In this case, the plants are planted in an orderly manner according to a certain pattern. All works are carefully planned, every piece of land is effectively used.

The symmetrical layout of the Dutch garden

It was the Dutch commitment to simplicity, comfort and order that contributed to the formation of such distinctive features:

symmetry and simplicity - the garden has clearly defined boundaries with a certain composition;
rationality - the correct organization of lighting and the beneficial use of the entire area;
geometric shapes and straightness - all plantings are limited by clear contours;
cleanliness and tidiness - constant cutting of plants and garbage collection, including fallen leaves;
environmental friendliness - preference is given to materials of natural origin;
colorful colors - plant species that live year-round are selected for the garden. At the same time, a colorful and colorful palette is chosen;
compactness - the garden is created on plots of land with a small area.

Tulip beds in a Dutch garden

Dutch style gardens are a great compromise between the austere gardens in France and the chaotic gardens in England. At the same time, sophistication is noted. The design creates a rural atmosphere with the introduction of handmade decor. The original decoration is a low hedge.

Small Dutch garden decoration

Planning Rules

The Dutch garden is created from two zones - utility and front. The first is designed to organize a garden, it is located inside. The front part decorates the contours of the site.

The central element of the garden is a recreation area with a gazebo

A house or other building is used to separate the zones. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the significantly limited space of the site. It is important not to overcrowd the garden design with a lot of decor or plants. Often the facades of buildings are framed by climbing plants.

The use of stones in the design of the garden

The perimeter of the site is marked with hedges, mixborders or small fences that are entwined with vines. When creating a Dutch garden on a large area, you should delimit the space into several separate sections. Each of them creates an individual design and landscape. In this case, it is necessary to achieve a smooth transition between all parts of the Dutch-style garden.

Several separate flower beds can be made in the garden

Most of the paths should lead to the central area of the garden. It is decorated with an original decorative element, such as a fountain or a statue.

A small fountain in a Dutch garden

Straight lines should be used when arranging the paths and the contour of the plot. Natural beauty is conveyed through the curved lines of mixborders. In the corner zones are small trees and shrubs. With their help, relief and volume are created on the site.

The garden centerpiece can be an original statue

Dutch Garden Design

Let's take a look at the most popular decorative elements for creating a Dutch style garden.

A small pond with stones can be surrounded by plants

Hedges

They are used to mark the perimeter of the site and also to create the structure of the garden. The height of the hedges should be low so as not to restrict the access of the sun to the garden. Curly or wavy cutting plants for hedges are often used.

Dutch garden hedges

Lawn

It is necessary to perfectly level the grass on the lawn. You can add sophistication to your lawn using two methods:

Creating a hill above the general level of the site.
Creating a small depression in a part of the lawn.

The grass on the lawn needs to be perfectly leveled

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Parterre beds

They are a colorful decoration of the front part of the garden. Usually in the center of the flower bed there is a certain element of art or a fountain. Flowers are planted in the form of an original pattern. It is important to create a bright composition with the help of flowers.

A private house near the garden can also be decorated with plants

Straight Paths

Garden paths are created as straight lines. They provide a clear delineation of the site. As the base of the tracks, pebbles, clinker bricks, paving stones are used. Tracks must be in the same color.

There must be straight paths between the flower beds

Comfortable terraces

Terraces are functionally capable of replacing a gazebo. Most often, they are mounted on a podium to provide an overview of the entire garden. Clinker bricks, different types of wood and natural stones are used to organize the podium.

In the garden, you can make a small gazebo for relaxation

Live plants are used as a fence. To protect the terrace from direct sunlight, a small umbrella or frame with climbing plants is used.

Dutch garden seating area

Pieces of furniture made from natural materials

Low-key furniture items look impressive without any extra decor. Preference is given to furniture made of wicker, wood and metal.

A comfortable wooden lounge chair can be placed in the garden

Pond

Despite the very limited dimensions of the Dutch-style garden, it is absolutely necessary to create a pond in it. It can be a fountain, a well or a small pond. In this case, you will need to take care of the clear boundaries of the reservoir.

A small pond with stones, perfect for a Dutch garden

Trellis plantings

They facilitate easy harvesting and save space. The method is a stretching in the horizontal direction of the branches of trees and shrubs with further fixation to the trellis.

You can create several small flower beds around the gazebo for relaxation

Sculptures

The Dutch style is characterized by plaster, wood, ceramic and stone products. The sculpture itself is selected in the form of an animal or a rural plot.

Sculpture for garden decoration

Handmade decor

This decor is one of the features of the Holland garden. It brings comfort to the place. Elements such as a wagon, a mill and a well are popular.

You can make your own decorative bench for relaxing in the garden

Recommended colors

Green is the base color for a Dutch garden. With its help, the darkness of the facades of buildings is muted and the colors of the flower beds are diluted. At the same time, the green background is an excellent option for creating different colorful landscapes.

Green is the basic color in Dutch garden design

Colors such as red, blue, yellow and many others look great with green. For the right combination of shades, it is recommended to use a specialized color wheel. So that the design is not boring, you should select plants in various shades of green. It is also necessary to plant plants with different shapes and textures of foliage.

Pink flowers will become bright accents in the design of the garden. For this, a proportion of one to three is maintained. For one bright plant, three types of plants in soothing colors are selected.

Bright flower bed decorated with stones

What can be planted in a Dutch garden

Trees and shrubs are an important part of a Dutch garden. But their number must be limited, otherwise small plant species will be left without sunlight. It is better to give preference to small trees. Willow, spruce or birch is suitable for the garden.

Hedge and bright red flowers in a Dutch garden

Shrubs are selected according to local climatic conditions. Plants with bright and original foliage look great - barberry, cotoneaster or juniper.

On the garden path you can create a small original flower bed

Bulb varieties are used as flowers. In the garden, you can use a small amount of grass, perennials and noble garden flowers.

Dutch style landscaping

Purple and white flowers blend harmoniously together in a Dutch garden

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Wooden benches can be placed around the central flower bed in the garden

Rustic garden layout option

For many gardeners, one of the attractive features of a rustic garden, or in landscape design terms, a garden in landscape design natural artistic disorder in which plants, especially perennial, biennial and annual herbaceous plants, gradually expand and grow where and how it suits them. Usually such a garden has to wait for many years. The first floor plan suggested in this chapter shows how to achieve a landscape-style garden effect fairly quickly.

Land designed in landscape style may not be to everyone's liking; it is especially inconvenient for children in such a garden. Therefore, the second scheme, while maintaining the overall impression of a landscape-style garden, is more practical and allows you to take into account the requirements of a modern lifestyle.

The last diagram, using the example of a small garden in a landscape style near a private city house, contrary to popular belief, shows that a "village" garden can be not only outside the city.

Small traditional garden

Layout . The traditional peasant economy was self-sufficient; provided the family's needs for vegetables, fruits, meat and even flowers. A set of necessary products was formed in such an economy over the centuries. The project of a small backyard garden proposed here will allow you to recreate a traditional productive garden in the shortest possible time.

The outlines of the paved area around the house are deliberately made irregular; The playground is small, but still there is enough space to sit and relax. The back door of the house opens onto the platform, and through the gate you can get into that part of the garden, which is located in front of the house.

A path without a clear outline, on both sides of which tall ornamental flowering shrubs grow, passes through the center of the garden through a simple arch entwined with roses. The arch forms a focal point in the central part of the garden, offering a view of the area behind it, and dividing the garden into a decorative area near the house and a productive area in the back of the site, where a vegetable garden and berry gardens can be placed. There is also a corner set aside for growing annual cut flowers. In the far corner of the garden, behind the vegetable garden, is a paved area hidden from the house by tall shrubs with a small shed for gardening tools, a compost heap, and possibly a frame greenhouse for growing seedlings.

Plantations . The flower beds near the house and the "pockets" on the patio, which will turn out if you remove some of the paving slabs, are suitable for growing sun-loving herbs, perennials and shrubs such as rosemary, lavender and catnip. Creeping plants, such as thyme, can be grown between slabs filled with a planting mix of soddy soil and coarse sand; easily self-seeding annuals such as calendula and alyssum can also be planted there.

Immediately behind the main paving area on both sides of the path are planted low- and medium-sized ornamental shrubs and perennials that bloom continuously from early spring to late autumn, and on both sides of the arch are tall shrubs, such as viburnum bodnantenskaya, which not only determine the height garden and serve as a screen, but also decorate the garden in early spring.

Walls and fencing along the site boundary support traditional vines, including clematis and honeysuckle, and variegated ivy; the arch serves as an ideal support for two climbing roses.

It is very important to choose trees with a compact growth habit for planting in the garden. You can plant a mountain ash, an ornamental apple tree or an ornamental cherry blossoming in autumn. These three species of trees are suitable for growing in any small garden in terms of size and properties, and, moreover, they are beautiful both during flowering and in autumn, when the fruits ripen and the leaves take on a beautiful color.

Garden layout elements. The recreation area is paved with old, chipped sandstone slabs of various sizes, laid in such a way that the edges of the site have uneven outlines. In some places, small "pockets" were left in the paving, and the plants planted in them enliven the picture. Please note that the areas of vegetation on the site are located in such a way that it is possible to place a table and chairs without interference.

The narrow central path leading into the depths of the garden is lined with the same tiles as the recreation area. Carefully selected slabs of different sizes made it possible to make the path unequal in width, which further emphasizes the atmosphere of ease reigning in the garden. The space from the side gate to the back door of the house is paved with old red brick laid in a herringbone pattern. The seams between the bricks were filled with dry sand, and in the gap between the bricks and the wall of the house, foxglove and marshmallow sprouted in some places from accidentally brought seeds.

The central arch, in keeping with the general style of the garden, is made of round, sanded larch studs, pressure-treated with an antiseptic. The junctions of the sawn and nailed studs may seem rough at first, but as the roses grow and the wood weathers, they quickly blend into the background. For creepers, such as clematis and honeysuckle, wire is stretched along the fence in horizontal and vertical directions at intervals of 30-40 cm. It is fixed with screws screwed directly into a wooden fence post, or into dowels inserted into pre-drilled holes in a brick wall .

1 - Paving, 2 - Berry bushes and vegetables, 3 - Compost pile

Other layout

The main seating area has been moved to the end of the garden, where there is more sun. The economic zone has been moved closer to the house, although it is still hidden from it by greenery. This allows you to allocate additional space in the far corner of the garden for a vegetable garden and berry crops.

Triangle

The main layout remains largely unchanged, but the central path has been twisted to shorten and widen the site. The far, narrow corner of the garden is ideal for a utility area.

Contemporary garden

Layout . An overgrown rustic garden can be a pleasure to dig or relax, but such a garden does not always meet the needs of a modern family. This section proposes a plan for a larger site than the previous one, which provides for a landscape-style garden, but at the same time takes into account purely practical requirements.

The comfortable courtyard adjoins the central lawn, which has enough space for children to play and receive guests. A brick path leading from the yard to a small vegetable garden, where there is also room for a small shed and compost heap, follows the curved line of the lawn. The garden is hidden from view by ornamental shrubs, as well as arches over the path, entwined with climbing plants.

Behind the garage there is a light shed for storing bicycles, lawn mowers and firewood. From the side of the garden, a canopy masks a wooden lattice. The same lattice serves as a backdrop for a raised flower bed that separates the courtyard from the utility area. The flower bed is located in a well-lit area near the back door of the house and is ideal for growing herbs.

Plantations . The planting plan is carefully thought out to give the overall impression of a landscape style garden, but the plants are chosen to be low maintenance and low maintenance. The basis of the garden is low trees, as well as ornamental flowering and ornamental shrubs, which, in combination with herbaceous perennials, will make the garden attractive for most of the year. The fence and walls of the house are decorated with a variety of climbing plants, such as clematis, jasmine and climbing rose. These plants not only help to create the appearance of an overgrown garden, but also mask the fences.

The finishing touch to the garden is given by plants traditional for home gardens, such as lavender, variegated sisyrhynchium and honeysuckle, planted along the edge of the courtyard and against the wall of the house.

Planning elements. The yard is paved with concrete slabs, imitating sandstone slightly beaten by bad weather. Rectangular slabs of varying sizes are laid at random, so that between some of them small "pockets" for plants are formed, which, growing, will cover the hard edges of the paving.

On one side the courtyard is bordered with brown clinker paving bricks; the same brick was used to cover the path leading to the garden. In order to cut the brick as little as possible, it is laid along the path; seams can be filled with cement mortar or just sand. The area in front of the shed and compost heap is also paved with brick, but since it is still not visible, the brick can be replaced with cheaper concrete slabs with a rough surface.

The arches thrown over the path are made of skinned larch logs; the crossbeams and supports are made of the same material. It is better to buy wood that has already been pressure treated with a preservative. The tree can be left unpainted, and then it will turn gray over time, or you can paint the color of the door or window frames in the house, or even the fence. A similar design is used for the lattice screen: square frames are assembled from racks of the same diameter as the arch supports, and are taken inside by round slats of a smaller diameter, nailed vertically, horizontally or crosswise.

The raised herb bed is in harmony with both the house and the patio paving: it is built from the same brick as the house and topped with faux stone tiles in the same color scheme as the back patio paving. Facing can also be made of paving bricks.

1 - Vegetables, 2 - Compost heap, 3 - Raised bed, 4 - Paving,

5 - Storage space for building materials

Other layout

In this version of the project, the patio is moved deeper into the garden, while at the same time a rather spacious paved area is left in front of the house. The raised herb bed at the end of the patio becomes the focal point in this case, and the plants planted behind it camouflage the shed and compost heap.

Plot with a house on one corner

For a plot of this shape, the main layout scheme is suitable, because the economic zone can be placed along one side. From the patio at an angle to the house, the lawn extends to the far end of the garden; on the side of the courtyard there is a raised flower bed

Small garden near a private house in the city

Layout. The possibility of creating a landscape garden near a private city house at first glance may seem unrealistic. However, many urban gardens are completely hidden behind fences separating them from neighboring areas. The houses they refer to are often as charming as well-maintained houses in the countryside. So in some cases it is entirely justified to plan a garden near a city house in an old-fashioned, romantic style.

There is no way to make a lawn in a small garden. Instead of a lawn, part of the surface is paved, and the slabs are laid very carefully, at an angle to the house, which creates a deliberate contrast with the abundant, “random” vegetation. The main seating area, or terrace, is located at the far end of the garden to make the most of the sunlight. From the house to the terrace you can walk along a gravel path surrounded by rose-covered arches, or along a broken path winding among the plants. The arched pergola, entwined with climbing plants, forms an attractive corner at the end of the terrace, when viewed from the side of the arches. There is a tiny fountain in front of the swinging doors of the living room that open onto the garden.

Plantations . The basis of the garden is formed by several tall evergreen and deciduous shrubs and low trees. The gaps between the shrubs and the space under the trees are filled with lower shrubs and perennials that either bloom beautifully or have beautifully colored leaves. For such a cramped space, color shades are especially carefully selected, avoiding bright reds and oranges where possible, which can destroy the feeling of depth and space. It is dominated not by contrasting, but by complementary white, blue, pale pink and light yellow tones that create soft, calm combinations.

Near the sunlit wall at the end of the garden, you can plant delicate climbing plants and wall shrubs such as carpenteria and ropeweed.

Closer to home, there is a cool shade in front of the living room windows most of the day. It is an ideal place for ferns, hostas and astilbes. Roses, twining arches, not only decorate the garden, but also emit a delicate aroma.

A landscape style garden is characterized by the presence of plants that have grown as a result of self-seeding. In this case, random growth is imitated by low-growing varieties of thyme, dwarf varieties of lavender and yarrow planted in several places among the gravel.

Planning elements. The paving of the terrace is made of old, worn stone slabs in warm gray and yellowish shades, laid randomly, with gaps at the junctions so that plants can be planted here. The same materials are used for a broken path between bushes and a broken path in gravel leading to a terrace under rose-covered arches.

The paving around the house is made of old yellow brick laid in a herringbone pattern. The edge of the path passing under the arches twined with roses is decorated with the same brick. Rounded arches are assembled from prefabricated, black-painted U-shaped metal sections, which are connected to each other by a thin horizontal bar. A semicircular gazebo located on the opposite side of the terrace was made in the same style and from the same materials.

In the corner of the brick-paved area near the house, just in front of the living room doors, there is a tiny fountain made of small cobblestones. Water is supplied to it by means of a submersible pump from a reservoir located underground and seeps between the cobblestones and through the metal mesh supporting them back into the reservoir.
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