Land plot (12 acres), striking the richness of forms and overflows of shades of coniferous plants.
Not far from Jurmala, in the small fishing village of Bigaunciems, a wonderful land plot was hidden, a wonderful land, the hands of people turned into a fairy tale, a real symphony, striking the richness of the forms and overflows of the shades of coniferous plants.
Mistress Anna Peterson, along with three children, works here for 26 years. Despite the very honorable age, it was already 82 years old, the main care for the care of the garden Anna carries on his shoulders. This is her kingdom, her temple and fate.
Alloted in Soviet times for the construction of the house, the plot is very small - it is 12 acres. The initial type of overgrown Byrian land the hostess did not at all, and Anna immediately began to improve the territory. It used mainly coniferous trees and shrubs for their ability to adapt well to sandy seaside soil.
House and household buildings took the left side of the garden - away from the road. On the right side, the coniferous nursery is located. Immediately at the Corner of Canadian firings. Each of these pyramidal trees height into human growth and lower both in the outlines and on the shade of green color differs from the rest. "In my garden, you will not get two of the same in the form and color of plants," says Anna Peterson.
At this corner to the very fear of silver spruce, juniper, pine and larch. They grow here from the first days and look like a real forest, among which, on a tubercle, is the old birch, inherited from the previous owners of the site. Her roots are closed with a lush coat of ivy. A wooden grill is placed between Canadian fir trees and large trees, overgrown with bright, blooming clermathis.
Directly from the wicket is visible and the largest and most beautiful part of the territory is a real botanical garden from different varieties and species of all the same conifers. Dwarfs are presented in dwarf shapes: spherical; stretching up with slender columns; peeling branches with snakes "Shaggy", as if disheveled by the wind, - from their names could be a small directory. All plants are assembled in beautiful groups, some of which form "live ladies". Avdol for the fence stretched a number of dwarf firings of a rare yellow color. Directly opposite the front entrance to the house to this plantation, it is adjacent to small-approximately 2m2 at a depth of 1 m-pool with pinkish water lilies (only 20 pieces). Its bowl is made of concrete. Water does not change, but it retains purity. Plants in need of abundant moisture are planted around the pool - reeds and other "immigrants" of swampy places. Along the building, the walls are located, there are flower beds, where very low dwarf conifer (first row) are planted parallel lines (first row), multi-colored roses (medium) and yellow garden chrysanthemums (far row, close to the wall). They form a picturesque "green ladder." Behind the house, on the east side, there is a large terrace, fenced with a wrought metal grille. The insertion style, from forged metal, made holders for outdoor lighting and finishing doors- both the main house and the household building and the Finnish bath (for a photo-small house with a high roof). The terrace itself and the front porch are decorated with ceramic vases in which annuals of the same gamma are planted as the colors among conifers (in front of the house in red-lilac, for the houses of yellow).
In the left northern corner of the site have a large garden fireplace. It is made of stone and decomposed with red bricks. What is interesting, the same fireplace at the neighbor. Moreover, the facilities are located "back to back" and have a common chimney. The stone wall of a wild cobblestone, which built fireplaces, fractures reliably. The playground in front of the furnace is made in the same styled by a cobblestone.
In the left southern corner, a garden with a garden and a greenhouse is hidden. From the decorative garden, he is separated by pergola, braided wild grapes and clematis. The motley of carved foliage and large bright inflorescences completely hides this economic zone.
A significant part of the garden is occupied by lawns that need to mow once a week. Tough summer time is thoroughly watered using a local water supply. Achloba water was not cold, apply special nozzles for spraying. Coniferous at the same time do not pour out, the entire procedure was shown only for the sake of flowering plants.
To increase fertility to the site in the first years, quite a lot of chernozem was delivered. But gradually he was "washed" through the loose sandy ground, and now the soil consists of dark gray sand. As a result, new seedlings require quite serious feeding. At the same time, homemade compost is embanked in the pits. Then the soil is murdered - usually the mulch is used beats from the lawn grass. Plants are fed up with mineral fertilizers recommended for light sandy soils.
2. Banya
3. Economic building
4. Lawn
5. Grokes for young plants
6. Apple tree
7. Eli
8. Lilac.
9. Bereza
10. Large trees (pines, larchs)
11. Pond
12. Coniferous plants
13. Canadian ate
14. Pergola
15. Playground for leisure with garden fireplace
16. Garde
17. Greenhouse
18. The Terrace of Grass is sown 26 years ago (then a mixture of different field cereals was used), however, the lawn and now thick and green due to the fact that it regularly coarse, fertilize and watered. The basis for it is sand, mixed with a black soil.
The arrangement of this garden did not require large cash investments, but a lot of work and patience was spent on it. Coniferous trees and shrubs almost never bought. The hostess patiently collected his collection, sage small, 2-3 cm long, branches broken (by the permission of the owner or secret) from already growing and attached to her instances. Anna's tiny cuttings simply stuck in the ground protected from the direct rays of the sun (for example, under the apple tree). Contrary to the sustainable opinion that conifers do not multiply with stalling, she will succeed with these experiments. Approximately two years, the twig does not submit any signs of life, but then begins to grow. After five years, seedlings move on the beds, and in a few years they can look at a permanent place in the garden. Meanwhile, new "kids" are planted on the bed.
And even for a similar garden, a dense fence is needed not only from dogs, but even from cats. ABSE Because coniferous plants "do not like" excess nitrogen and from the "spraying" animals black and dry.
Of course, some magic always lighted in old gardens. And this is not an exception. Having lived with your owners for many years, this "prickly" garden absorbed their characters and habits. And became a real like-minded person who loving him.