Garden bridges

Even after the completion of all work on the improvement of the garden does not find its identity until there appear a variety of parts and accessories, including garden bridges.

Bridges - that the construction of various structures, made of different materials on which the road through an obstacle such as a river, creek, ravine.

In the garden of the bridge, as a natural extension of the track, not only to perform specific functions go through a pond or a creek, but also provides an opportunity to make a walking tour of the garden more than entertainment, interesting and impressive.

Bridges built through the rapid and quiet brooks loquacious, they unite the island, established in the middle of ponds, from the coast, they moved from one coast to another. This bridge divides the entire area of the water table in two parts, usually varying in size and shape. One may be a cascade, waterfall, fountain, and in the other - bolottse. One can be deep, while others - shallow. In a growing water lilies and a variety of aquatic plants, and the other - simply decorated with riparian vegetation. What you need to take into account Garden bridge will look stylish and beautiful and revive a garden landscape, only if its design and construction of a well thought out. What are the requirements often apply to the bridge?

* The beauty and harmony to the garden and home.

* Functionality - spread through the surface of the water bridges are essential elements without which it is impossible to reach any corner of the garden.

* The strength and durability of the structure. The bridge must be well calculated and constructed in accordance with to the requirements. They must be strong and resilient, especially if the track is over water or a ravine, which is often designed for year-round use.

Garden centers now offer many options for inexpensive mass production of bridges. They are usually simple in design, and pretty soon annoying. They resist bridges handcrafted, made to individual designs. This work of art can become dominant and a garden ornament.

In what style

We know that the house, all built in the garden, small architectural forms, which include bridges, should be combined. Therefore, construction and materials for bridges are selected in accordance with the chosen architectural style of buildings on the site. As a rule, their construction and decoration use the same construction and decoration materials that were used for paving the sidewalks, facing in the bowers, barbeque stationary, finishing pond shoreline, as well as in the creation of cascades and waterfalls.

Different roles

The bridge can be monolithic or have a gap in the design, some are made with the offset of the axis, as the Japanese bridges yatsuhasi, others - in a step-by-step slabs of stone or a large wooden circles. Such bridges mark the way over the water. Often, in order to extend the service life of such structures using a combination of wood and metal base, which is in direct contact with water.

As an integral part of the track, bridges can also serve as a viewing platform above the water surface. It is convenient to admire the water lilies, sprays of fountains and waterfalls, trees that grow along the shore and are reflected in the water, beautiful fishes, such as the golden carp. If you make a fountain near the bridge, then stand on it, you can enjoy napitannym fine spray of water with air.

Many believe that the bridges - it is destiny only large gardens. Not at all - they are nice and small, which creates a sort of intrigue, making a variety of tracks and increasing the overall size of the area.

So, to ensure that your garden has become unusual, has spectacular view and remember, is to use simple reception - install a garden bridge.

Stone. Very often the bridges are made of natural stone such as sandstone or granite, is also applicable invoice stone revetment. These obtained heavy design, so as to facilitate them, often using artificial stone for finishing. Stone bridges are suitable, if arranged in the garden «графские ruins» and the construction carried out in the ruins of the so-called style.

Metal. Garden, met in a modernist style, with lots of iris, lily, day-lily, orchid, Nimfey, fine, elegant bridges of metal. The beautiful forged bridges with a complex pattern of flowers with whimsically interwoven lines. When oxidation of the metal in the air raid a natural patina, which gives a special charm of the assembly. You can use artificial patinirovanny metal. Good looks metallic bridge, partly uvity vinogradovnikom or clematis species. Some of this bridge a good idea to put pieces of animals, peacocks, swans, dragonflies, also made of metal.

Tree. If the station is built of wooden logs or timber, or grow more trees is located in a forest, in this case it is better to make bridges out of roughly processed wood. Use wood, cedar, pine, larch. Special antiseptic treatment gives long life to all the construction, it does not distort the texture and color of the material. It looks impressive wooden bridge, which, almost touching the water crosses the pond in the center and ends of the arbor. In this case, the arbor (also wood), closes the prospect.

Bamboo. For gardens or individual parts of the executed in the eastern style of bamboo bridges are good, especially if the bamboo sticks put across the track and associated cord. They can be as rails in the form of an arch provisayuschey rope that is attached to bamboo poles, with or without railings. Such perekidyvayut bridges, and through these waterways, and through a stylized water flow pebbly creek. At the edge of the bridge, it would be good to Chinese or Japanese lantern.

Garden paths

Garden path - one of the elements that make the garden a whole. As a consequence, it must conform to the style of your garden. Ideally, it should be easy and nice to connect every corner of your site. Garden paths are divided into primary, secondary, walking and working.

Your garden paths

Garden paths and the paths differ by type of coverage, type of paving on the materials used and the technology installation. Cover the variety of different types: tile, stone, concrete, ceramic, herbal, etc. Paving materials can be laid on sand or cement slurry. More options for installation - with the border, without a curb, a continuous, islands, etc. Landscape designer for the use of natural stone, decorative tiles and slabs of concrete, clinker brick, concrete and decorative concrete, wood and grass.

Your garden paths - a difficult process. To prepare the land, there should be an excavation and underground work, to determine the base: concrete foundation, rammed earth or gravel, to plan for the slope of the water. To perform paving lanes and squares, it is better to turn to the specialists, because violation of technology leads to that area may prosest or will oblamyvatsya edge of the track, and the water begins to zatekat in the basement houses or other buildings.

Patio

Patio (courtyard) - this causeway platform, used in transit between home and yard. In the landscape have a patio project so that it got a lot of sun. But should be a shadow (canopy, gazebo). The size of the patio is usually must be at least 4 square meters When the construction should be possible to drain the water (in the garden or flower bed). Suitable gradient of 25 mm per m 2 surface. Coverage can be bricks, paving tiles, blocks, wood, etc. Perhaps along the house or inside the garden. For example, a circular patio in a quiet corner - light paving, fountain, garden furniture, ornamental flowerpot and vases with flowers. There you can put a stone. Patio shall conform to the style homes, decorative finishes, the choice of vegetation.

Retaining wall

Before designing the next garden, it should be noted the relief station. There are reliefs of the complex - they are located on the slope, the slopes of ravines, on the banks of rivers. But in this case - after the construction work on the sites formed an artificial topography. To plan such a garden, you want the device horizontal surface for planting. But completely smooth surface of the impractical, so in the landscape design of sites using the method of terracing.

Terracing the site - this is the formation of horizontal ledges. It's just reinforcing retaining walls. Retaining wall to prevent soil erosion, and the solutions to prevent the land from soil erosion.

Retaining wall is a practical and decorative. If on the sloping or difficult terrain, it allows for the terraces, the flat surface of low retaining walls, we can distinguish the elevated garden. In this way, we give our gardens a unique shape and volume and make it visually interesting.

The creation of retaining walls

The creation of retaining walls - a laborious process. Disseminate the following designs of retaining walls - concrete lined with natural stone or tile, or stone, flagstone spread. For retaining walls mandatory foundation - a foundation of gravel or stone. Decorated walls with the help of cladding material. This may be natural stone or decorative brick, wooden beams and decorative concrete blocks. If the creation of retaining walls made of decorative material with a beautiful surface, you can save costs. In this case the walls would not need to coat.

There are two ways of creating retaining walls - at the cement slurry and method of dry masonry. More difficult is the method of dry masonry, should be more carefully chosen stones, and no professional installation is not necessary. But in such a wall can be planted perennials: the joints between stones stop fertile soil along with seeds and sprout them already on the right place. To erect a dry retaining wall, you'll need to pick up these stones, as slate, limestone tile, granite, slate, geys.

If you want plants to decorate the seams in the wall using cement mortar, it is necessary to retain a niche in the wall and fill them with soil from the seeds of annual grasses. You can use the petunia, surfiniyu, sweet pea, tobacco, nasturtium, lobelia.

Also, care should be taken on the stairs, that was easier to descend from the terrace to terrace.

Bridge

MostikKogda you are creating a pond in your garden, try to arrange so that the water could come very close. At the tiny pond, wooden bridges may look cumbersome. Instead, you can set the stones protruding above the water. Narrow bridges, or more «stepping» stones allow you to look at a completely different world. Rectangular, rounded stones or concrete slabs are perfectly compatible not only with water in the regular style, but with a natural body of water formed an interesting contrast.

If the pond crosses the garden path, which you use often, it is better spread across a garden bridge with rails, so that it could safely go.