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Creating a landscape design for a summer residence is necessary with clearly drawn up plan on the hands.

The first thing to do is design a site plan. Work through your head the whole list of necessary zones and buildings (parking, outbuildings, gazebo, barbecue place, pond, place for garden plants and flower beds). For visual Designers recommend using special programs – Realtime Landscaping Architect or Sierra Land Designer 3D 7.0. If you are used to interacting with paper, draw plan on graph paper with a scale of 1: 100.

The second point is the zoning of the territory, to implement which is much easier if you carefully thought out everything necessary zones and buildings on the site.

Landscaping of a summer residence

Build on the area of the site. In a small area will be enough of the most necessary farm buildings and compact recreation areas. On the spacious territory you can arrange several flower beds, playground, etc. Pay special attention to buildings, who do not plan to upgrade in the coming years: a garage, bathhouse, gazebo.

Important: in the plan you will work out the tracks between different zones. If you want to get modern garden landscaping, make them straight. More traditional (rustic style) will not do without winding paths.

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Landscaping for a summer residence: divide the elephant

The huge front of works with a private house drives many into a stupor. It is like a desire to “swallow an elephant” at a time. You can’t do this until you divide the “elephant” into parts? Same need to be done with all upcoming work. Create beautiful do-it-yourself cottage design is much simpler, having a work plan in which all upcoming alterations are listed, there is a location scheme functional zones, the arrangement of flower beds, the list of purchases of seedlings and much more.

First, consider the location of the recreation area, and around form a vegetative and decorative landscape.
Between the paths, plant green plants and flowers.
Even the most beautiful and accurate design can make one element is a green lawn.
Wicker plants that are entrenched will support the natural atmosphere. on the fence.