Landscaping of a suburban area Provence. How to create a French garden in Provence style - ideas and recommendations. Spicy herbs are a must in the garden
17.10.2017
What associations do you have when you hear “Provence-style garden”. Perhaps ancient stone walls covered with ivy, a sea of lavender, cozy armchair under the shade of a gray olive and a glass of good wine.
“It would be nice to organize all this beauty in your area,” thoughts immediately arise.
But is it really possible to create a Provence-style garden in the suburbs?
Provence is a region in the south of France, and the appearance of the gardens of the old villages of this area is just the kind of dream that some people would very much like to embody in middle lane Russia or specifically in the suburbs.
Do not forget that Provence is located much south of the Moscow region and winter temperatures here do not fall below zero degrees. Accordingly, not all plants from Provence can be grown in our area. But this does not mean that it is impossible to create a garden in the Provence style with us. You just need to replace the plants with similar ones appearance and growing in our climate, and bring the appropriate atmosphere with the help of decorative techniques and things.
The main characteristics of the Provence style
Romance, light colors, a touch of antiquity, unpretentious comfort and fullness of aromas - these are the main features of the French southern villages. If you want a Provence-style garden, take the basic character traits style and bring them into your garden.
Fruit trees grow in rural gardens in the south of France
These are apple trees, cherries, pears, peaches, olives, and also grapes. Still village gardens primarily intended not for beauty, but for harvesting fruits. More often, trees are located along the edges of the garden, along a fence, usually stone or painted with white paint. If you have to part with peaches, then the rest of the fruit trees are beyond doubt. Strive to form the crown of the trees in such a way that they grow not up, but in breadth, filling the garden with shade.
Grapes grow in the Moscow region - plant winter-hardy varieties fruit Isabella, Amur, fox or wild grapes, you don’t even need to cover it for the winter.
Oliva does not winter in our area, but its gray crown can be replaced by narrow-leaved sucker. Cypress trees that feel comfortable in the south of France will not survive in the climate near Moscow, you can plant them instead
Spicy herbs are a must in the garden
Lavender is a symbol of Provence, it is the endless flowering fields of lavender that are presented in the first place when it comes to this French region.
To give a touch of Provence to your garden, rosemary and thyme. And in the flowerbeds, plant Fassen's catnip, oak sage. they may well replace lavender, which does not take root very well in our area.
Give preference not to spicy herbs with lush greenery, but to blooming sun-loving and undemanding plants. If there is no place for a spicy bed, then you can grow herbs in boxes or pots, and with the onset of cold weather, take them into the house - it's beautiful, and there is always fresh aromatic seasoning.
There are a lot of flowering plants in the Provence style garden.
The flowers are predominantly pastel shades of pink and purple.
An excellent companion for sage or catnip, which we replaced with lavender, will be a rose, they look great together and it is this combination of colors and smells that will convey the atmosphere of the French south. Roses choose delicate pink and white shades.
Another flower of Provence is the geranium. Geranium can be grown on the windowsill, and in the summer it can be transplanted into the ground or placed directly in pots on the street. Instead of pots, boxes are also suitable, old clay dishes, hanging planters. There should not be many bright blotches of red, only light accents that only emphasize the romanticism of the pale lilac range.
Can you add flower planting sweet peas, petunias, delphinium. Climbing plants and vines on the pergolas and facade of the house also fit perfectly into the intended style.
Dried lavender decorations will come in handy both in the Provence-style garden and in the house (after all, the house must first of all withstand the style). Tied up in bunches, they can be hung in the kitchen or placed in vases.
A large number of flowering plants, planted throughout the site and arranged in pots, tubs, boxes, old dishes, is very welcome.
Antiquity is felt in everything
One of the most important components of a Provence-style garden is antiquity. No modern buildings, finishes and decor elements. The spirit of the times should be felt in everything, starting from the house itself and ending with the little things in the garden.
Natural materials or finishes in stone or wood will fit well into the design, cracked paint on the shutters, terracotta tiles through which grass breaks through, worn furniture - this is just what you need.
Rummage in the attic or in the garage, most likely there will be old chairs, stools, whatnots, ceramic products- all this can be used in the garden.
If possible, you can specially age the pieces of furniture so that they fit the design. It is clear that there should not be any varnish and polishing. Take paint, blue, white or purple, and paint a couple of pieces of furniture yourself, maybe even new ones made of raw pine - you will like the result, and even if it is far from ideal, the furniture will look great in the garden.
The garden must have a cozy seating area
It could be cozy corner with an armchair and a coffee table, a bench in flowers or - it's up to you. The main thing is to create comfort in this place with the help of fabrics, pillows, blankets, tablecloths and flowers. Furniture for a recreation area is not needed modern - remember about the feeling of antiquity. And do not forget that it will have to be brought home for the winter, otherwise it will become completely dilapidated and will have to be thrown out.
Arbors, pergolas, canopies entwined with lianas, giving shade on sunny days, will perfectly fit into the style of Provence. Organize a small fountain that spouts from the ground or is a spring flowing from a wall.
All these are decorative techniques, but the main thing that a person should feel when entering a garden in the Provence style is peace and the unhurried passage of time, sincerity and warmth in every corner of the garden, romance and grandeur of antiquity in unpretentious things.
House of the project "Time to create gardens", Oksana Tsyganova
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Many are attracted by the harmony and tranquility of rural life as an example for implementation in landscape design. However, the very concept of a village is different for everyone and often causes ambiguous associations, far from the usual urban respectability. There is an exit! Try on your site the cultivated image of a French village in the Provence style - the most sophisticated and sophisticated of the whole group of "rustic" styles!
Provence is a province of France, caressed from the south by the Mediterranean Sea and protected by the Alps from the northern winds, with a special climate and a cozy atmosphere conducive to a leisurely rest. It is no coincidence that this style is cute French villages has become incredibly popular all over the world in recent years. People are tired of the bells and whistles of technogenic culture and crave a full-fledged and comfortable rest with a change of scenery. And the image of fragrant lavender fields, as if descended from the paintings of the Impressionists, is extremely conducive to creating a serene romantic mood.
The difference between landscape design in the Provence style is primarily in color scheme, which includes all shades of delicate lilac tones in combination with white. Complementing the picture are pastel colors such as pink, beige and lilac, diluted with silver-ash spots. Bright strokes are permissible only pointwise as small accents or framing elements.
The layout of the Provence-style garden is devoid of pretentiousness. The drawing of paths and paths should be as simple as possible, without any frills. Slight negligence is acceptable, even rudeness, but certainly with a touch of the famous French chic. Set the tone for landscaping fruit trees. As a rule, they land along the fence, painted in White color and in accordance with tradition are formed in the form of palmettes. Flower beds and herb beds are predominantly round in shape.
Naturalness is the hallmark of a Provence-style garden. The garden should look extremely natural from the side, everything grows as if by itself. In constructions garden buildings and in decoration landscape elements the use of modern artificial materials is unacceptable. But welcome natural wood and all types of natural stone from boulders and paving slabs to gravel fills.
The Provence-style garden gives a special soulfulness to a light, without fanaticism, touch of antiquity in the decor. The site is decorated with a variety of cute trinkets found in grandmother's chests. The unique atmosphere of the French rural courtyard is created by those adapted as flower beds. wooden boxes, tubs, planters, baskets and any suitable antique or artificially aged containers and objects. Here it is necessary to observe the measure so that the landscape does not turn into a chaotic heap of old unnecessary things.
For all the outward negligence, the Provence-style area needs constant care to maintain the necessary degree of apparent “neglect”. The highlight of the garden can be an elegant wooden or wrought-iron gazebo, decorated "antique" and most often painted white. You can add other small architectural forms - pergolas and arches entwined with flowering vines. Instead of luxurious southern wisteria in a more severe climate, it is quite possible to use unpretentious clematis.
The comfort of such a garden should be truly homely. Therefore, even the furniture here is used mainly ordinary, and not special garden furniture. All accessories and decor items must have a slightly antique look with scuffs and a noble patina. At the same time, there should be no deliberate luxury, only a modest charm of simple, but with traces of sophistication, household items that can be passed down from generation to generation. In landscape design in the Provence style, you will certainly feel a piece of the soul invested in it by the creators.
The mentality of most gardeners changes over time, and we mostly love the simplicity that reigns in the countryside and simple shapes. Provence style garden implies the formation personal plot in visual old village in France. Because of this, the owners country cottages and country estates are quite often used landscape design in Provence style in their own gardens.
Provence style
If we are talking about this style, then it should be noted that Provence is the name of one of the French Mediterranean villages. Design in this style should not contain luxury in decor. Modest and charming ordinary things from everyday life should prevail here, only material of a natural nature, and something ultra-modern should not be present. Such noble poverty is quite peculiar, however, there must be traces of sophistication.
Some parts of the decoration for the infield should also match the entire exterior style. You probably remember the impression that remains when viewing the landscape of Claude Monet's personal plot, if so, then landscape perception should leave something similar in the subconscious. No need to use large areas of the garden. Sometimes it is only necessary to use one modest gazebo that has remained from the old grandmother's garden, or you can place antique furniture near the walls overgrown with trees and shrubs, bright flower beds, several flowerpots with plantings near small sizes pond. Also, this style can be supplemented by household items of the past century, slightly carelessly scattered nearby, so that the landscape is considered to be truly decorated in the Provence style. Without taking into account all the rampage of planting colors, it must be remembered that the structures themselves and what are usually called small architectural forms should be painted in discreet pastel colors such as white, brown, and so on.
Provence style features
Wood is the main material that is designed for buildings in this style. In order for the landscape design to really resemble Provence, the gazebo must be built as far as possible from the buildings, while during the work it is necessary to use slightly processed stones and wood, a deliberately rough type of fit may even come in handy. An excellent solution in this case would be a building that has windows with doors, so you can protect the area from winds and rains. It is better that curtains are hung on the windows. They will be an excellent cover in hot weather and will be able to hide from various eyes if you want privacy. Big table from any type of wood or woven from a vine, a sofa - this is enough for a garden. Fabrics for such a gazebo should be used only in natural and light shades - in one tone, in a small flower or in a box.
Paths with paths in this style are not at all stiff and consist entirely of straight lines. Let them go along flower beds, wells, arches made of wood or stone, that is, everything that creates a landscape in the bottom style. Can't be used here concrete walkways and asphalt the territory, you can only use stones with gravel for backfilling. The paths running in different directions of a winding nature, which are planted along the edges with the help of low plants, are all the decor of Provence.
Choice of colors
This stylistic direction involves the use of containers, boxes and pots with plantings, which are arranged and hung in a chaotic manner throughout the free territory. Climbing varieties of flowers anywhere in the backyard, in which it is only possible. Grapes with ivy can create vertical landscaping in such a garden. Perfect solution if such landscaping is used on fence walls.
Round flower beds various kinds plants can also fit into this style. Landings should be carried out using concentric circles, however, there is no need to be scared different types and fanatically get emphasized straight lines. A little carelessness at any point in the garden will be present in a competent version of this style. All flower beds must be overlaid with brick or stone. The main Provencal shades are blue with blue and purple, however, other bright shades can also be used. A Provence-style backyard can be easily recognized by smell, so you need to use those types of plants that have a good aroma, for example, lavender and so on.
Provence style wooden walkways
This style should always have an attribute like " peach wall". This name means low varieties of fruit trees that grow under the protection of walls. The wall itself must certainly be stone - it must be painted white, and the trees must be specially cut. As a result, a decorative form of a flat type crown is created on the trellis like a fan-palmette. Which fruit tree you can choose a peach or a pear - this is decided based on the climatic conditions and preferences of the owners of the plot. For all its decorative form such varieties of trees successfully bear fruit, there are a lot of sun rays for thinned crowns, and this is enough for them, and thanks to the wall a favorable atmosphere is created.
One of the most challenging tasks even for experienced gardener- arrange the entire summer cottage in the same style. It requires not only a creative approach, but also pedantry, diligence and a responsible approach to business.
The Provence-style garden will become daunting task for a home designer, but with the right approach to design and knowledge of style features, the site will sooner or later become completely recognizable look French province, charming, incomparable, causing aching nostalgic feelings.
Photo example:
What should be in a French garden?
Provence has its own characteristic, well-recognized features:
- Spices;
- Orchard;
- Plants of pink and blue flowers and shades;
- Natural stone masonry;
- Outdoor furniture in an old rustic style;
- Paths and paths paved with stone;
- Wall or walls painted in light colors;
- Antique gazebos;
- The exterior of the house or garden shed should follow a simple rustic style.
What plants to choose in a garden a la Provence?
A garden properly decorated in the Province style can be easily recognized by its smell. This is facilitated by flower beds planted with Provencal herbs, which emit a characteristic, so well-recognized aroma. Unusual for us, but quite standard for France, will be a combination of herbs and vegetables.
Rosemary, thyme, zucchini, pumpkin, sage and lavender can coexist perfectly in the same flower bed. You can't do without lavender. The fact is that the smell of lavender and its flowers should prevail in such a garden.
The main colors of France are pink and blue, the cultures themselves are not of paramount importance, the main preference is given to the color palette. Provence-style flower beds should preferably be fenced with natural stone, it is better if the border is lined with stone masonry. A photo:
What to pave the paths under Provence?
And here preference is given to natural stone. Provence suggests curves and winding, deliberately rough paths and paths. best result will allow you to achieve an ordinary river stone.
The main thing is to carefully mark complex shape paths or trails, prepare the base and carefully fasten the prepared stone cement mortar. Such a French path will look appropriate in the general style and will last for many years. You see an example in the photo.
Fruit trees: apples, plums and cherries
Trees in the garden should be dominated by fruit trees. It doesn't have to be french plants, our climatic conditions much harsher. fit well and apple trees, and cherries, and plums.
What furniture to furnish a French-style garden?
Most likely, this moment will be the easiest for those who have a private house inherited from parents. In such a house there is sure to be a corner with old furniture quite suitable for design purposes.
If there is furniture, but it does not quite fit the style of the archaic french village, then it is quite possible to age it with improvised means and give it a rough look of raw wood.
In addition to the furniture itself, it would be logical to use various antique or artificially aged wooden items. Various barrels, tubs, garden carts are perfect.
How to decorate a country house in a provincial style?
One of the most traumatic moments for the man who built garden house with your own hands - to fit it into the Provence style, which means radically changing the exterior of the building.
This moment is fundamental, because if the entire site is decorated in the same style, and the house does not undergo appropriate changes, then all the work will be meaningless. The house will take on the appearance of an alien spot against the backdrop of a changed landscape and simply spoil the overall impression.
In order to fit the building into the general style, it must be remembered that the French outback is mainly an unpainted rough board, and if painted, then in light colors and certainly with a brush that leaves specific traces.
Clay utensils and accessories
If there is such an opportunity, then it is worth using clay pots in the design. different shapes and sizes, various pots. It will be visually very cool to combine huge and tiny pots in one place in a deliberately random cluster.
It is worth planting in such containers some of the plants and herbs that have a characteristic spicy smell, because the most visited places are usually decorated with pots, which means that the smell of the French province will intensify.
more stone
Rude natural stone, massive and possessing irregular shape, will perfectly fit into the exterior of any corner of the Provence style garden.
A wall made of such a stone will come in very handy. It can be unfinished or dilapidated, entwined with plants and its shade to cover flowers and herbs from the hot rays of the sun and wind.
A gazebo that will decorate any cottage
An arbor or pergola is an integral part of a garden designed in the style of provincial France. The only condition is a rough, almost brutal style, light colors. wooden gazebo in French it represents only a temporary shelter from the scorching rays of the sun and nothing more.
