How We Created Our Beautiful Garden

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

Our site is located at the Lembolovskaya height of the Karelian Isthmus. He is already 14 years old. Previously, there was an old forest with trees up to 30 meters high.

For two years we have been engaged in felling, stubbing, sawing and sanding logs. A house, a bathhouse, a garage were built from them. Fruit and berry trees and shrubs were planted in the vacated places.

Like all budding gardeners, we grew potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes, cabbage, etc.

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But every year vegetables more and more faded into the background, and floriculture, captivating, forced to allocate new and new places for flowers and ornamental plants on the site. Since 1996, she has become purposefully engaged in landscape design.

But I really got down to it after I attended the Garden Design lecture course in 2000. From that moment on, the collection of my plants increased significantly, as conifers, ground cover and decorative deciduous plants appeared in it.

Now in the garden there are several varieties of rhododendrons, Manchurian aralia, several varieties of conifers, several varieties of roses and clematis, a large number of ornamental shrubs, etc.

Some plants were grown by me from cuttings. The site is located at the edge of the forest, and this spatially expands it. During the development of our acres, birches were left that grew along the edge of the site, which creates the impression of a single whole with the forest. Then we ourselves planted forest spruces and pines, which I form. Over the years, deciduous trees have grown around the site, which create a microclimate and protect it from winds and dust. Thus, we got a blooming meadow in the middle of the forest.

We wanted to create a garden close to nature, so there are no ceramic and concrete slabs and paths in our dacha. But green lawns and many flowers are pleasing to the eye.

There is an alpine slide, which is made from a dump of clay soil that arose during the creation of a fire reservoir. Its height is almost one and a half meters. There are a lot of stones, which expands the possibilities of creativity and imagination. We began to master this hill eight years ago, but even now I am constantly altering and replanting something there, adding new plants.

And it is no coincidence that our neighbors call our garden the "Local Botanical Garden". The territory of our site is nine acres. The house is surrounded by flower beds. There are many stones around, so not only the alpine slide, but also many other compositions were created using boulders of different sizes. Gardens with herbs and vegetables are hidden behind the flower beds. Berry bushes and fruit trees are planted along the fence. The husband and son take an active part in decorating the garden.

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They make furniture out of wood, cut down wattle poles and, of course, move and carry stones. But they spend most of their time building and decorating a house, a bathhouse, a garage. Since our site is at the extreme, and a forest is already beginning behind the fence, I planted oaks and hazel (hazel) in it.

Chestnuts also grow there from seeds collected on the Fontanka. There are many flower people in our gardening. We constantly communicate, share our knowledge, experience, exchange plants, read magazines together, exchange opinions, visit exhibitions.

Generally speaking, there are many more ideas. At our dacha, we plan to make a reservoir, build a gazebo, install lights and continue the design of a site close to the surrounding nature.

We will work hard creating a "paradise" for the soul and for the joy of people who come to us to admire flowers and get advice on plants.