10 essential elements of a Swiss garden Swiss style landscape design.
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The art of Swiss garden design is not as popularized as it deserves. Everyone knows about the clarity and pedantry of English gardens, the neatness and exoticism of Japanese ones, but Swiss gardens also amaze travelers with their colorfulness and originality. A person who first finds himself in a Swiss village will receive the most real aesthetic pleasure. The breathtaking landscapes of the Alps, combined with crystal clear waters and emerald meadows, are diluted with bright and elegant flower gardens and compositions of nearby private gardens. So, let's take a closer look at what the Swiss design style is.
The origins of the style
The style of the Swiss garden is difficult to describe in a few words. The precision with which the people of Switzerland are accustomed to making not only watches runs like a red thread in everything. The flower beds and lawns are so neat and well-defined that the image evokes a feeling of unreality, as if the garden is depicted on a magazine page, and not in real life.
Many style elements are inherent in Swiss gardens country... But this does not mean that this style is the main one. A distinctive feature of the design of Swiss gardens is a mixture of styles and traditions. Until the 19th century, the garden was purely used for practical purposes - for growing vegetables and fruits, a little later floral and landscape compositions were added. As a result, a new, Swiss style was formed, which calls for the cultivation of ornamental crops alongside the traditional inhabitants of the garden.
How to decorate a Swiss-style garden
To begin with, the entire area of your garden must be carefully planned. It is advisable to separate the functional areas - barbecue, veranda, gazebo. Draw out the remaining space with ornaments of flower beds. Patterns can be repeated. The emphasis here should be on the choice of the main color and on the shape of the flower beds. They should look more like beds, and not specially planted flower beds. And already at this stage you can show all your imagination. Flowerbeds can be given completely different shapes and shapes. The pattern of flower beds is usually symmetrical and small in size.
To add contrast, it is allowed to create boxwood "Border frames". They will serve as a wonderful frame and give neatness and completeness.
Flowers for Swiss flower beds are usually used for annuals. Moreover, they can bloom throughout the summer season.
It is worth giving preference to one main color, as variegation can add unnecessary simplicity to your garden.
Flower waves
The highlight of your garden can be planting flowers in the form of a ribbon, or, in other words, creating a flower bed. It looks very good as a border for a garden path or fence, as well as a frame for a large flower garden. Flower varieties are selected taking into account the continuity of flowering. For these purposes, marigolds, carnations, stock roses are best suited.
Climbing, liana-like plants are used as a connecting element between garden buildings and flower beds. They wrap around terraces and gazebos, thus uniting all parts of the garden into a single whole.
Additional elements
It is impossible to convey the spirit of classic Swiss gardens with flower beds and flower beds alone. Close attention must be paid to the details.For example, garden paths paved with paving slabs are hard to imagine in the gardens of this region. The paths there are most often made of natural materials - bark, wood cuts, stone.
The crunch of crushed tree bark underfoot gives a special mood to the garden. The arrangement of the paths is chaotic, supposedly laid by nature itself. It is obvious that such paths may not withstand the functional load. Therefore, the main highways can be made from stone surfaces, or wooden flooring, for example, a place for barbecues and rest.
Bright accents
It is impossible to accurately answer the question about the main colors of Swiss gardens. After all, the neutral tone of natural paths and the muted green of boxwood frames give complete freedom of action in choosing the main color accent. One thing is for sure - no semitones. If red, then with a tint of flame, if violet, then reaching purple.
Annual celebration
Swiss gardens - This is perhaps the best place to shine for annual flowers. Here they are everywhere, and in ribbon borders, and in geometric flower beds, and even on the windowsills of village windowsills. By the way, it will not be superfluous to add potted annuals to the recreation area and barbecue. The best annual representatives of the country style - geranium and marigolds, marigolds and petunias, snapdragons and lobelias - they will perfectly fit into the Swiss style.
Long-term support
But despite the love of Swiss gardeners for annuals, perennial crops are indispensable. Clematis and ivy take pride of place in the background, winding around pergolas and terraces. Roses and phloxes, dahlias and asters are also revered. Sage, wormwood, thyme - there is always a place in the garden composition.
Finishing touches
The famous alpine fences and wooden fences are designed to complete the picture of accuracy and perfection. They can fence the entire garden around the perimeter, or they can be used as a separator between the functional areas of the site.
Colors for painting such a structure, as a rule, are chosen not flashy, natural.
Swiss order
Of course, the leitmotif of organizing such a garden is clarity and accuracy in all details. For example, potted plants should be symmetrical; garden furniture is selected in a clear style match (wicker or from other natural materials).
A perfect garden needs perfect care. If you have decided on a Swiss style, it takes a lot of internal organization to care for it. Numerous flower plantings require constant care. The flowerbeds that have not been cut for a long time can hardly be called Swiss. It is enough not to remove the wilted inflorescences and the garden will lose its well-groomed appearance.
Decorative elements
The good thing about this garden is that, with timely care, it is always festive and dressed up. It does not require additional architectural forms or garden decorations. The only element that correctly sets the accents can be spot lighting. So that even in the dark you can enjoy the beauty and splendor of the Swiss garden.