Surprising in their own way, unique gardens, where not just trees or shrubs grow. Skillful hands of the gardener gradually form from plants various geometric figures, arches, walls and any other bizarre outlines. In this garden you will meet fanciful animals, figurines of people, birds or fairy-tale characters.
History of the art of topiary
The most beautiful gardens today are in Italy, England and France. But the art of the figure garden takes its origin in Eastern Eurasia. Gardens of the famous Caesar in the very heyday of the Roman Empire for the first time acquired completely new forms and gardeners began to form from bushes and trees intricate figures.
Such exotics did not go unnoticed and instantly gained popularity. All Roman aristocrats wished to have a similar corner of paradise in their villa. Together with the expansion of the borders of the Empire, the fashion for unusual gardens also spread.
The main development of the art of the figured garden was in the Renaissance. It is during this period that the most famous gardens of Tuscany, Versailles and Old England begin to be created. Simple geometric shapes and figures gradually became more complex. Gardeners began to create real tapestries, stucco molding and ornaments from plants.
The second half of the 18th century is the period of decline of the figurative garden. The aristocracy preferred natural forms and considered figures from plants as violence against nature. A little later, Americans with their inherent pragmatism and logic offered wireframes from metal wire, which greatly simplified the process of forming a garden.
How are masterpieces created?
The process of creating such a garden is long and will require a lot of imagination and knowledge in the field of soda. The whole work can be divided into several stages:
- first develop a plan for breaking down the garden and picking up plants;
- then prepare the soil and plant bushes and trees according to the plan;
- after that, experts begin to form plants from the planned forms;
- in the end it remains only to take care of the masterpiece and periodically update it.
When creating a plan, choose which direction the garden design will have: geometry or abstraction, or maybe it will be characters from fairy tales or outlines of people. Each figure is arranged according to the idea.
The most painstaking and lengthy process is formation. To make a figure of the bush have to make a lot of effort, stock up a large amount of knowledge and patience. Some figures are created over the years. For regular species, geometry or abstraction is usually used, and landscape gardens are decorated with arches.
What grows in the figured garden?
As for the selection of plants, everything depends on your preferences and financial possibilities. One of the most popular options is the haircut of conifers. First, almost all conifers are excellent for this. Secondly, they are relatively unpretentious.
Most often for such a garden choose:
- juniper common;
- spruce fir;
- thu western;
- juniper cossack.
If you want to create a figured garden of deciduous trees, then choose barberry , honeysuckle , hawthorn, spindle leaves, cotoneaster, brewery or a magnolia deciduous. For massive figures, a linden and a rough elm are suitable.
If you want to grow such a garden as quickly as possible on your site, bubble, spiree, Tatar maple and Ginnala will suit you. These species are very quickly stretched, but require frequent molding. They are perfect for simple forms. Otherwise, the appearance of the garden depends only on your imagination and the ability of the gardener.
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