Archive for June, 2009
Perfect Path
June 3rd, 2009 | 
Author: Paths are a design challenge for gardeners. Get it right and a path can speak volumes, indicating not only where to walk, but setting the style, and even the mood, of a garden.
Get it wrong and a path becomes confusing, even dangerous, for a visitor can end up twisting an ankle on irregular paving or uneven steps.
A perfect path is compelling: one invites visitors to move safely and quickly to the front door; another teases the eye by narrowing, then disappearing around a bend. In each instance, a path leading to, or through, a garden space not only accomplishes its purpose but serves as a backbone to the plantings around it.
Of primary importance when building a new path are choosing the right surface and attention to construction details. Both help determine the style — and safety — of a path.
Here are some great idea for walkways in your garden :
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Lighting in the Garden
In recent years the popularity of lighting in gardens has increased spectacularly. Installation of lighting sources in our garden to attract more than admire the landscape, spend more time outdoors, close to home and even watch for a while in the concrete city.
For the gardens there are two kinds of lighting-light running or spots. Diffuse light is spread over a larger area, decreasing in intensity towards the edges. If the illumination spot (focused light) beam is focused on a limited area. This type of light produces a beam which highlights a particular plant or group of plants. Effect is due to light type of bulb or a screen limiting beam into a lampshade. For a light background, light source is placed behind a tree, a vault or an accessory from the garden. Thus, the object is removed in relief, leaving in evidence clearly designed as a contour on a bright background.
Lighting from below is made up by placing the light source at ground level, focusing up to the plant or accessory. Try to hide from the light source (lamp) as objects to be emphasized. Standard for lighting from below, the distance to the chosen accessory must be equal to his height. For a spectacular effect, the light source placed at the middle distances.
