Landscape design using natural materials! 50 garden and backyard ideas!

Landscape design using natural materials! 50 garden and backyard ideas!

In the coming year, the trend continues in favor of natural landscapes. In your beautiful and practical garden, ecology should come first: we preserve local plants, minimize the waste of natural resources, use natural materials.
The time for paving slabs is running out. If you have not yet equipped your paths, then pay attention to the options from wood chips or stony screenings. Grassy paths also look great, they are also called “live”. They really enliven the landscape and make it more natural.
You can also sow perennials between the seams of any cover: the wider the indentation from one plate to another, the greater the choice of plants that can be applied. With the help of such paths, smooth transitions to the main flower beds are created, and the territory looks like a single whole.
Limit water use!
Thus, you can save water, electricity and your time. The main water sinks are large lawns that need regular watering. Do not give large areas for them, and replace the beautifully flowering and popular petunias, surfinias and begonias with less moisture-loving plants. Lavender practically does not need watering, and in terms of decorativeness, it is in no way inferior.
Place barrels on the site to collect rainwater. Decorate them to match the style of your yard, so you get the “right” water for irrigation without compromising the appearance of the yard.
Helps save water and a special arrangement of flower beds. Try to make grooves in the flower beds and fill them with rubble. Crushed stone will act as mulch, which will retain moisture that will collect in the recesses.
Make one or more gravel zones!
Gravel can be used for arranging a recreation area or parking. Against the background of gravel backfill, many plants look spectacular. A variety of stonecrops go well with such a coating.
With the help of gravel of different shades and drought-resistant plants, several gravel gardens can be set up. By the way, they have already begun to actively crowd out the once popular alpine slides.
Another option for using this natural material is dry streams. Located in the ri9ght place, they look stylish on their own, and they can also be used to zone the site and mask communications.
Set up an office in the garden!
This trend is dictated by the lockdown, which has affected each of us in one way or another. Many have to work at home, but not everyone has the opportunity to retire. An outdoor study will give you the opportunity to be inspired by landscapes and birdsong.
To create an office, both closed terraces and remote corners of the garden are suitable, where no one will disturb you.
Give your garden a touch of carelessness!
Trends in architecture dictate their own rules to landscape design. Empire and high-tech styles are gradually disappearing, so smooth lines, simple and concise forms are welcome in the landscape. Try to keep the plants that are already on your site as much as possible. This is especially true for houses that are located near the forest. Save the plants of the lower tier, do not touch the ground cover.
But remember that slight neglect is only a carefully thought-out decoration, and not your attitude to the garden.
Plant a vegetable garden!
Probably, everyone already knows that the garden can be decorative, so do not be afraid that such a decision will make your site less attractive. In addition to fresh greens and vegetables, you will get the opportunity to change activities, as well as a time and place to work together with the children. We would even recommend allocating small beds specifically for children and their garden experiments. Believe me, working in their own little garden, they will get a much greater understanding of the world around them and its processes than from the best textbooks.

This video is educational in nature! Author of the channel “100 Ideas!” demonstrates garden and backyard ideas and explains their merits.
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