The unique combination of decorative elements and plant forms is the basis of landscape design. And in winter, such beauty can be seen only in a winter garden. Landscape design in the form of a winter garden allows you to escape into a corner in the city bustle where you can always get away from worries and anxieties. Especially in spring and summer, there is a craving for sunlight, fresh air, and open spaces. You want to push the walls of the room apart and "absorb" sunlight. Modern technologies give this opportunity to city dwellers.
What do you need to know when planning a winter garden?
A winter garden can be placed in a separate building or in an extension of a residential building. A specially designated part of the building is also suitable for laying out a winter garden. If your landscape design involves growing exotic plants, then a glass greenhouse or a separate building is better for such a winter garden, as it will allow maintaining high humidity at all times.
A winter garden can also be located on the upper floors of a building. Plants will look great in the attic, atrium, or on the roof. A landscape project for a winter garden requires considering many factors: indoor air temperature, lighting and humidity, as well as the size of the space provided for plants. The room where the winter garden is planned should have minimum dimensions: 3 m depth, 2.7 m height, 15 sq. m total area. It is necessary to take into account climatic conditions in winter, possible wind and snow loads on the glass covering, the thickness of the extension's foundation, and the depth of soil freezing.
Proper care of a winter garden
If you have no gardening skills, it is better to invite a landscape design specialist. He knows all the rules of plant care. Only a professional landscaper can timely identify a disease of a shrub or tree. He will be able to take care of them, organize proper watering, and regulate the light flow.
Regardless of the types of plants in the winter garden, they need to be systematically watered and fertilized. Both lack and excess of moisture can lead to plant disease. Fertilize only moist soil. Applying fertilizer to dry soil can cause burns to the root system of plants.
To decorate such a corner of living nature as a winter garden, landscape design specialists, in addition to plants, include aquariums, small architectural forms, alpine slides, ponds, and unusual garden furniture. The winter garden provides a huge field for imagination. The most important thing is that thanks to it, a living corner of nature in the most beautiful landscape forms will delight you at any time of the year.
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