The design of the front garden in front of the house is not an easy task. Under it, a strip of land is allocated, located between a private residential building and the road. The front garden area is small. Despite this, the solutions are very different. It all depends on the creative ideas of the owners of the house.
What are front gardens
Starting to design your own front garden, decide on the choice of design solution. This will help familiarity with the types of design:
- Open front gardens. These are usually very small areas. If the territory is allocated for such a front garden is decent, it is divided into zones. They create a beautiful look that looks immaculate from the road. Ornamental bushes are planted in such front gardens. Sometimes they break lawns, often organize hedges.
- Closed front gardens. With their elegant side, they are deployed towards the house. From the road closed by a fence or bushes. This solution is chosen when a highway passes by the house. The front garden will protect housing from noise, road dust.
- Covered front gardens. They look like a flat lawn, bounded at the ends by thorny bushes. plantedhigh hawthorn, low barberries. Rosehips and gooseberries would be appropriate here.
- Formal front gardens. Flowerpots and containers with plants are installed in front of the house. A great solution when there is absolutely nowhere to plant flowers.
Arrangement of small front gardens
Techniques for visual expansion of a tiny front garden are the same as for small summer cottages:
- The path leading to the house will seem longer if it is slightly curved.
- When there are many interesting details that attract attention, the front garden looks bigger. For example, a tiny bubbling fountain, plaster figurines on the grass, unusual stones, a rose in a beautiful container - this does not require much space, but such decor attracts attention.
- Trees bordering a small front garden will come in handy. On the branches you can place figurines of birds, squirrels or hang a birdhouse.
When equipping the territory near the house, strive to make it functional. It is possible to organize a bicycle parking, a place for a car. Or plant not only flowers - berry bushes can be located here.
Mobile plants and tiers
Decorate a small front garden in front of the house with your own hands is very simple - just put decorative plants in pots or tubs. An excellent solution is to fill the placement area with pebbles or any decorative coating.
Stands made of red bricks, tree cuts, stumps look beautiful. They will lift the containers withplants and give an unusual look and add volume to the whole composition.
One more trick - organize tiers in the new front garden according to the principle of retaining walls. One tier should rise above the other quite a bit. But this difference of 20-30 centimeters will add to the attractiveness.
For example, in the front garden in front of the house in the photo below, height differences are emphasized with decorative rubble and red brick.
Make sure that the compositional idea is read. A small front garden must have style. Then it will become the pride of your household.
Flowers, front garden and house
Beautiful front gardens are easy to create, given the look of the house.
It is necessary to ensure the harmony of plants with a residential building. A few rules of landscape design will help to do this.
In the front garden, located close to the house, choose the color scheme of plants, taking into account the color of the walls:
- brightly colored - prefer pastel colored plants;
- gray or dark walls - feel free to plant bright flowers;
- a laconic facade will be a wonderful backdrop for lush and bright plants;
- with a richly decorated facade, make the front garden near the house more modest.
When designing a small front garden, exclude plants that have large leaves or bright flowers - they visually narrow the area, obsessively diverting attention to themselves. But such plants are good for large front gardens. Remember that:
- Small front gardenlooks more spacious with cold colors. Blue, bluish, lilac, white, purple are great.
- Plant ornamental plants with light leaves. They will move apart a small space.
- A small front garden near the wall of the house can be visually expanded by planting climbing plants.
- To choose the right plants, consider the location of the front garden relative to the cardinal points. When it is on the north side of the house, get shade-tolerant plants. These can be spectacular bluish and green hostas, openwork ferns and moisture-loving mosses.
Country house front garden
The front garden should have the same style direction as the entire backyard. It is optimal when they are designed at the same time. The front garden in front of the house is the most common type of entrance decoration in the village.
Rustic style, or country style, is closest to nature. A beautiful front garden is obtained from unpretentious perennials. Flower beds and flower beds from them do not require much care. Plants do without annual renewal.
The fence of a village front garden in this case is usually low, usually no more than a meter. It is made from a wooden picket fence. Can be fenced with a homemade wattle fence from willow branches.
Behind such a fence, tall bright flowers are good. Favorite dahlias delight with fireworks of color from June to September. Even earlier, mallow, mullein, and veronica spikelets bloom.
Thisstyle allows you to plant berry bushes in the front garden. For example, Canadian irga will bloom with a white cloud at the end of May and will delight with sweet berries in August.
Roses will bring a touch of romance. You just need to plant species and park varieties. They are unpretentious and quite tall. At the same time, they calmly winter in the middle lane without shelter.
Curly species clematis will also be appropriate in a rustic front garden. Magnificently bloom with small flowers in May. Do not require pruning and frost-resistant.
Of the blooming unpretentious inhabitants of village front gardens, the most popular lilac. Mock oranges, viburnum, mountain ash, honeysuckle are good.
Other front garden styles
The choice of style for decorating the front garden depends on the preferences of the owners of the house. You don't have to blindly follow tradition. Use fantasy.
Asian front garden contains mixborders with perennials. A discreet color scheme of plants is selected. Dwarf conifers are perfect. The style involves the use of natural stones. The fence is also being built from them.
Mediterranean style is interesting because it is mobile. Plants are planted in containers, ceramic flowerpots. If there is space, you can arrange chairs and a rattan table on the territory.
Romantic style will be appreciated by lovers of roses. Forged arches are placed in the front garden, near which climbing roses and clematis are planted.
Japanese style is emphasized by perennials with long sharp leaves near beautiful large stones. These are unpretentious daylilies andmoisture-loving irises. Grasses and conifers are appropriate.
Garden paths
The path to the house is made out with a path. Its width should be comfortable so that two people can pass freely. Near the entrance it is desirable to equip a small area. Use paving slabs, brick or natural stone will also work.
The path in the front garden in front of the house solves several problems at once:
- ensures comfortable and safe movement;
- during wet weather, the dirt will remain on the path without getting into the living quarters;
- gives a well-groomed appearance to the front garden;
- divides the area into functional areas.
Along the path they break flower borders or organize a clearing with flowering shrubs. If you have a spacious open front garden, break up an additional lawn. There will be several tracks in this case.
The fence should also be beautiful
A common framing of the front garden in front of the house is a fence. They strive to make it in the general style of the house. Usually available natural materials are used. Forged and brick fences look rich and respectable.
In combination with low landings, plastic or stone borders are popular.
The front garden fence of a small height looks friendly and neat. When choosing a fence material, consider the style and composition of the idea.
Forged lattice will emphasize the romance of roses and clematis.
Wooden picket fence or wattle fence is good for country style. Solid stone fences will supportmodern.
Common fencing materials:
- profiling;
- brick;
- natural stone;
- mesh netting;
- forging;
- living shrub;
- vine and branches;
- boards and picket fence.
Hedge
The creative design of the front garden with a hedge will immediately distinguish it from the general row. Previously, it took more than one year to form such an attraction, because a living fence was grown from small seedlings. Today, grown plants, and even adult plants, can be planted in such a hedge.
The front garden is surrounded by both a high and low living wall of shrubs.
A high fence will muffle the noise from the street, close the house from wind, dust. And also from prying unwanted glances.
A low hedge can be created from ornamental shrubs with variegated leaves or beautiful flowers.
Coniferous trees will help grow an evergreen fence. Junipers, arborvitae, cypresses and spruces will perfectly purify the air near the house. Such protection also looks very good in winter.
When choosing plants for hedges, consider climatic conditions, local soil characteristics, groundwater location. These conditions determine how quickly and efficiently bushes or trees will take root, how well they will grow and develop.
To get amazing results, properly care for and trim your plants. To properly form a thick and durable hedge, study in advancefeatures of this process.
Steps of creating a front garden near the house with your own hands
How to arrange a front garden in front of the house, the owner decides based on preferences, opportunities, conditions of the location of the site. It will be a real visiting card of the house. Your front garden will turn out beautiful and spectacular if you first plan it carefully. It is better to equip according to the planned stages:
At the first stage, a fence is erected. She will separate the front garden from the road and neighbors.
The second step is laying tracks. Don't forget to make a slight slope for the water to run off.
Third stage - marking the lawn and flower beds.
Fourth - planting. Bushes and trees are planted first. Then they move on to perennial flowers. They finish by planting seedlings of annuals and sowing grass and flower seeds.
Use your creativity and realize your dreams and ideas. The front garden in front of the house can serve as a great place to relax. Will cheer you up when you return home. All you need is a desire to make it work.
