2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Vertical planes play a huge role in garden design. These can be gazebos, awnings, pergolas and umbrellas. Trees are also of great importance. Their crowns also create a play of light and shadow on the site. All this makes it possible to tie all the buildings together and give the site a certain look that matches your plans
Light penetration
If your garden has a lot of sunshine, you should think about vertical planes and tree planting. All these elements will allow you to shade your area a little and rid it of excess sun rays. In addition, the good location of light buildings in combination with the crowns of trees will create bizarre spots and stripes of shadow, which will be the highlight of your site at different times of the day.
If you think that your site is somewhat gloomy due to poor sunlight, then you need to place vertical surfaces very deliberately and carefully so as not to deprive it of life-giving sunlight at all.
Proportions and overall impression
The towering elements have a great influence on the proportions of the garden and on the impression made on those around. Even the sky (this is also a plane overhead) changes the atmosphere of the site when it is clear, overcast or covered with low rain clouds.
If you want to create an intimate area on the site, then you need to create an artificial vertical surface. This can be achieved by constructing a canopy, a large garden umbrella, or a spreading tree crown. But if the crown depresses you a little, you can raise it by removing the lower branches.
Architectural continuation of the house
The vertical surface can serve as a link between the house and the garden. To do this, you can extend the ceiling line using the materials that decorate the house. All this will create a single ensemble. And for the roof, modern coatings are suitable, which are offered by construction stores. They can be made of transparent or translucent materials, and also do not transmit light at all. But the easiest and most inexpensive option is to pull on a few wires and tighten them with climbing plants. This will already give the house a cozy and elegant look.
Pergola
The pergola is a covered garden path. She, as a rule, connects some design elements. You should think about the view that will be visible through this structure so that the walking inhabitants want to walk along it.
Such a structure does not require too much investment. For its construction, steel beams, bent in the form of arches, concreted and covered with earth, are suitable. You just need to paint them so that the metal heats up less and the plants do not get burned. You can make a more presentable design, for this, a wooden beam is used, and then the pergola has rectangular shapes.
When constructing such structures, proportions must be observed. The width of the building should be greater than its height, in extreme cases, they should be equal. The pergola looks very proportional with 1 meter intervals between posts or arches. Thick wire is pulled between the main elements or slats are laid, they will be a reliable support for loaches and create a green "roof", they are planted near each support.
The pergola can serve as a connecting link leading to a garage, greenhouse, gazebo or playground.
Gazebos
The gazebo is a separate garden element. Building materials and the shape of the gazebo should be in harmony with the general style of all buildings. It should not be fragile, as it must support the weight of the growing loaches. The walls can be made of tapestry materials, but there must be capital supports in the corners. The roof is made of cross-beams, which are anchored more tightly than pergolas. This will provide deeper shadow and intimacy to the building.
It is very original to use the destroyed wall of the former garden building, to which two more wooden beams are attached. Such a building will add personality to your site.
If there are nearby buildings on the site, you can arrange "green gazebos" between them. To do this, it is enough to pull a few cables between the buildings, they can be purchased, for example, in shops for outfitting boats, boats and yachts. The cables can be pulled over fairly long distances and be sure to curl them with perennial vines.
A lightweight gazebo can be built using a wire mesh that is pulled over a finished metal frame of a wide variety of shapes. The main condition for installation is to avoid distortions. Otherwise, the plants braiding it can increase the slope or completely fill it up. After the climbing plants grow, they completely hide the metal, and the impression of a natural green "grotto" will be created.
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