It is not difficult to create an exquisite small home garden. As long as the "six major relationships" are properly handled, it can be easily done. This is: the relationship between water and wood; the relationship between stone and grass; the relationship between trees and flowers; the relationship between lights and shadows; the relationship between simplicity and complexity; the relationship between perimeter and point.
1. The relationship between water and wood
The traditional gardening rule says, "No garden can be formed without water, no garden can be formed without wood, and no garden can be formed without stones", especially for small homes. Garden art. This "water" refers to water features, which can be fish ponds, fountains, wall springs, rockeries, etc. The water feature in the garden has the practical function of adding interest to the landscape. The most suitable thing to be associated with the waterscape is "wood". Wood by the water can easily bring a sense of warmth to people.
Wood refers to wooden platforms, corridors and other leisure places commonly used in garden art. When you return home after a tiring day, or are at home during the weekend, sitting on a deck chair by the small fish pond in the courtyard, reading a book, drinking tea, and listening to the sound of gurgling water is a wonderful enjoyment. Experts in Japan have studied the lives of long-lived elderly people and found that most of them have wooden environments in their homes. Therefore, they speculate that people's longevity is related to their affinity for wood. With water and trees, the garden has aura. We can see many such examples in Suzhou gardens. Styles such as curved bridges and waterside pavilions reflect the wonderful ideas of ancient Chinese gardeners. It can be said that among the famous classical gardens in my country, there are almost no gardens without water or trees.
Due to limited area and funds, it is difficult for current small villa courtyards to achieve the model of Suzhou Garden. However, the wood art methods commonly used in modern home gardening, such as wooden platforms for water-attached fences, small wooden bridges, imitation country wooden stacks, wooden waterwheels, etc. are very suitable and can easily make the landscape colorful. Therefore, handling the relationship between water and wood well is one of the key elements for whether a private garden is wonderful.
2. The relationship between stones and grass
No garden can be made without stones. Stone embodies the oriental sentiment of gardening. At the beginning of the birth of Chinese garden art, the beauty of piled stones was discovered. Since ancient times, Chinese palaces, royal palaces, and aristocratic mansions all used stones to build gardens. The exquisite Taihu and Lingbi among the piles of rocks have become symbols of Chinese gardening.
The stones used in Japanese gardens are mainly wild rocks and river rocks found all over the world. Especially the "dry landscape" that introduces the Buddhist and Zen artistic conception in Japanese garden art is mainly made of stones. Art.
Nowadays, this kind of Eastern-style multi-stone garden has become popular in the West, and Chinese and Japanese style garden art elements are often used by world-class garden masters.
The artistic combination of stones is often inseparable from grass. The relationship between stone and grass is also one of the most outstanding "points" in garden art. In nature, beautiful grasses often grow on the sides of rocks, and they are often depicted in the "Four Gentlemen" paintings by ancient Chinese literati. In the artistic layout of modern gardens, the beauty of the stone and the beauty of the grass are a perfect match. For example, tall orchids and iris, short dianthus, lichens, etc. are all commonly used choices.
In addition, the most commonly used basic green space in the garden is lawn. Lawns are used very differently in Eastern and Western style gardens. European-style garden lawns should be smooth and clean without a trace of weeds. It is best to be like a green carpet that invites people to get close to and lie down on it. Japanese gardens like to make the lawn into a natural simulated state with uneven surfaces, dotted with many large and small rocks and other flowers and plants. my country's traditional gardens seldom pay attention to the use of lawns. It is only in modern gardens that a large number of Western-style lawns are introduced. In small private gardens, the type of lawn to use should be flexibly used according to actual needs.
3. The relationship between trees and flowers
Plant arrangement is a very important part of the post-study styling of the garden, and its overall effect directly affects the success of the work. The key to plant modeling is to deal with the relationship between trees and flowers. Trees refer to various trees and shrubs, and flowers include low herbaceous plants in addition to flowers on trees. Emphasizing the relationship between trees and flowers refers to the visual combination and matching of shapes and colors. In principle, if conditions permit, arrange as many trees of different shapes, colors, and flowering seasons as possible to increase the heaviness of the garden. As for the arrangement of flowers and plants, flexible techniques such as categorizing them into gardens, using every detail, mixed colors, and alternating leaf shapes are adopted to increase the liveliness of the garden. In short, the trees and flowers should complement each other and become a real "garden".
At this point, various styles of gardens around the world are very different. For example, Japanese gardens pay great attention to staggered planting in the combination of plants, and like to stick to the wall. Staggered-level planting imitates the natural forest state, and the wall-mounted shape can be trimmed into various shapes according to your own preferences.
The British garden emphasizes a garden full of flowers and plants, imitating the state of flowers and plants in nature. French gardens use evergreen shrubs to create various geometric shapes or form mazes, which look as straight as a knife and are spectacular. my country's Suzhou gardens pay attention to the depth of planting to achieve a quiet effect, and then add some flower beds in between. In fact, no matter what style of garden, the ultimate goal is to have flowers in all seasons, evergreen in winter, a variety of colors, and shapes as desired.
4. The relationship between lights and shadows
You will definitely notice that a beautiful garden will show a different mood under the lights at night. When the breeze blows, there are green shadows, or whirling and hazy. Under the illumination of a few lights, the winding paths appear deeper and the small buildings appear more exquisite. Lights on the lawn will also add a touch of warmth. Watching fish and playing in the water under the lights is also unique. The lights above will make the fish more leisurely and contented, and the lights under the water will show a faint warmth. Under the interweaving of the upper and lower lights, the fish pond will be as crystal clear as a crystal palace.
Garden lighting emphasizes the echo between hidden and exposed, high and short, color and shape, light and dark. It all comes down to clever lighting configuration.
5. The relationship between simplicity and tradition
Gardening is like painting, and layout is like composition. Dealing with the relationship between simplicity and complexity is the beginning, succession, transition and combination in the composition. A good garden must not only have a three-dimensional and full artistic combination, but also have a certain amount of space. This is the intersection of visual simplicity and complexity. For example, one side is surrounded by mountains and rivers, thick green shadows, and only The path goes around; the other side should be a gentler space, such as a large lawn or a leisure flat, much like the blank space in painting. This not only provides a good sense of coordination, but also leaves enough space for people to move.
It is difficult to say that a good layout must stick to the established rules. Some wonderful strokes often come from improvisation. In short, it all depends on the designer's artistic sense to achieve a visual, color, and shape balance. Try to match the simple and the traditional, the straight and the straight, the height and the short, the density and the cold (colors).
6. The relationship between fence and point
This refers to the use of fences, bamboo fences, and low hedges to create different interesting small sections and "points" in garden art. "The creation of.
Any garden can be functionally divided into several different "gardens within gardens", and even the same garden can have several local areas with completely different styles. This requires some visible or invisible "lines" to separate them. There are many such methods, and various forms of fences can be used according to their materials to double their interest, and they can also highlight the visual effect of the "points".
The "point" refers to the most striking part of each small part, which is the visual highlight of the landscape. Such as the small waterfall in the rockery, the fountain in the fish pond, the stones, sculptures, unique lighting among the flowers and plants, the tall trees in the bushes, etc. There should be multiple "dots" cleverly placed in a garden, which can make people feel the scenery changing as they step by step, making them full of fun and enjoyment of the garden.