Many people confess to being in love with vegetation. Living in it makes them feel better and project their life in a more comfortable way. Therefore, it is not surprising that more and more families and people decide to live in a house with a garden decorated to their liking. The claustrophobia of a flat and the freedom that gives having a space in which to breathe the air, be outside without leaving your home and have a place to meet with family and friends being able to breathe the fresh breeze and also enjoying beautiful views that make the meeting more appetizing. If you want to spend a vacation at home and do not know what to do, here are some ideas.
What is a garden and different types
When we talk about a garden, the typical public gardens come to mind, which are usually accompanied by benches to sit on, a park for children to play, along with fountains and sculptures, clearly decorative elements and ornamentation. However, in recent times, private gardens in homes have been gaining prominence to public ones and open to everyone. However, the gardens have a really ancient origin. You have to go back to the famous gardens of Babylon, considered one of the great wonders of the ancient world to find the beginning of a long tradition that has come strongly to this day. Even animal lovers can find the so-called zoological gardens where important species are exhibited in a clearly plant habitat.
Throughout history, the change of styles and scientific advances have also been reflected in the modifications that gardens with hybrid varieties have been suffering. Likewise, ecological trends have managed to decorate them with native species maintaining a balanced biodiversity around the world. All in all, we can find many different types of gardens. One of the great advances in recent years is the awareness of the impact we have on plant species when building our space. This is how the so-called sustainable gardens are born. Their main differentiation is that they respect the environment and, therefore, bet on species of the earth, taking care of the organization and orientation of the plants and, therefore, generating energy savings and expenses in relation to the irrigation of the plants. Others, on the other hand, give greater importance to the type of climate of the region in which they are located. In the Mediterranean climate it is recommended to use trees such as cypress, palm or stone pine combined with other fruit trees such as olive trees, cedar or banana trees.
Properties with a larger space are recommended to opt for this type of garden, as it is original and attracts the attention of most. We are talking about the so-called water gardens. By its name, it is denoted that water is one of the main elements and benefits from all the properties it has. It requires, however, correctly some proper drainage techniques to clean the pond or the corresponding source and a high knowledge about the flowers and plants that live in this type of habitat. Have you ever wanted to use an original slogan to present your home? We help you do it. How about something like “the jungle in your own home? It would be an ideal presentation for those who opt for a tropical type garden. Lush vegetation, tall trees and temperatures close to 30 degrees on average would be the necessary requirements to carry it out. Some geographical areas such as Australia, the Caribbean and some European and American areas are ideal for this. It is necessary to have light and abundant water at all times. It is ideal for a party in summer.
Benefits of decorating the garden
All in all, decorating the garden has enormous functional and mood benefits since you project your way of being better and increase the comfort you feel when being at home. The most prominent are the following:
- You project your image better. A garden has decorative capabilities that the rest of the elements do not have. Without going any further, it gives it a certain air of freshness and sophistication. In addition, investing in a garden has a long life cycle as plants never go out of style and have the ability to live for many years. As if that were not enough, the type of outdoor space you choose will help you project the way of being you want with your home.
- You add value to your home. If in the medium term future, you plan to sell your property you should know that a well-made and well-kept garden will only add monetary value and increase the chances of sale. It will look more attractive, while with a neglected garden, the feeling of abandonment will be noticeable in the environment.
- You create a comfortable outdoor space. Whether they are balconies, terraces or a garden, taking care of these aspects is essential as it will help you create a comfortable space for your guests. Many ends up using them as space to store goods, limiting outdoor spaces. On the other hand, if you take care of these spaces and add a little shade you will be able to create really spectacular rest areas inviting your friends and family to visit you with total comfort.
- Improve your quality of life. Obviously, taking care of your garden will improve your quality of life and mental health since it will increase your self-esteem, seeing a house in conditions. Plants create that feeling of peace but also their planting and maintenance forces us to be physically active, improving our physical and psychological shape and health.
You can even create your garden on your power source. You can plant whatever you want, including fruit trees and wild fruits, such as strawberries or cherries, among others. If you have parties with constancy in your house, sow to get a good natural dessert for your guests. In addition, you will have a more sustainable vision of what happens on our planet since plants connect us with Mother Nature and make us understand everything that happens around us.
How to decorate a garden
When decorating a garden, you can find many ideas depending on the needs you have and the function you want to give it within the home. In addition to painting pots, if you have a huge social life, and you are constantly welcoming a lot of people to your home, you would be interested in incorporating a bar cabinet in the garden. You can even do it yourself by taking advantage of concrete blocks to hold a small bar or table. The holes of the concrete, in addition, can be used to place plants. In this sense, you can also introduce a folding dining room if you do not have space for a luxury bar with which to impress your guests. The shelves are ideal for storing goods and can be decorated with plants on top. Without a doubt, a really original idea. But there are many more that you can take advantage of. As if it were an American wedding, you can hang using an invisible thread plant your free up floor space and make pots with a lot of color to give another air to your garden and, obviously, to your house. Near the front door, you can bring out another idea really similar to the previous one. By painting a pallet, you can display the main flowers. It takes up a lot of space and you can change them every season so as not to lose originality.
If you are tired of planting horizontally, and want to do something different, you can choose to trellis with wood a part of the garden and use the vertical parts to place the plants proportionally. The lawn is another of the great debates at the decorative level in the gardens. Many prefer to have it natural because the routine of cutting it and taking care of it they like and keeps them physically and mentally active. Others, on the other hand, want to have grass but do not get much the idea of having to take care of it and maintain it constantly. So, you have two options available. On the one hand, hire the services of a gardener to take care of it or opt for one of the fantastic artificial grass carpets that are so much worn today. When we have a small garden, we want to have a bigger one. And, when we have one too big, we want a small one. This is Murphy’s law. However, if your desire is to see it bigger, it is possible to at least make it look like it. The trick is to hang some vintage spaces in front of your plants and you will give it greater depth. You can also use plants with succulent colors in the garden in a rectangular plastic tray giving a sweeter touch to your guests. In this sense, you can also use pots shaped like a coffee cup to encourage the social touch in your outdoor space. As stated above, you can use your garden as a small vegetable garden. However, surely you also want to organize meals and take advantage of it to share it. For this you will need space so that you can meet everything with total comfort. Therefore, growing tomato plants can take up too much space, so it is possible to do it on the roof by putting the tomatoes inside a bottle. To make the most of the space, you can also plant in a spiral shape to have more free space.
In other cases, you may have only a small terrace and dream of having a garden. With a container, such as a wooden box, you can take advantage of a small garden by planting it inside. If someone wants something, everything is to propose it. The gardens can also be interior and just with small glass containers, which you can even hang in your kitchen. Stacking the pots with aromatic herb plants will have a double effect. On the one hand, you will get that space you want so much and, on the other, you will create a smell that will give you and your guests a lot of calm and, in addition, will help you connect with nature. It is perfect for practicing meditation. You can even take advantage of hygiene objects in a really incredible way. Let’s take, without going any further, a laundry basket and we will give it another use. We can plant mushrooms inside it and surprise everyone who comes to our house. In the garden, as they appear in the movies, you can build a tool shed that you can use to store the tools or to get another space inside the garden. When creating an interior garden decoration, you can take advantage of a terrarium to place grass combined with flowers inside, and thus decorate any type of room. All in all, decorating the garden will make you feel better about yourself because you will see your home as an ideal space to live, in addition to being able to enjoy it with yours during your free time and keep you mentally and physically active by wanting to share it and enjoy it with yours, especially when it approaches in summer.