Дом и сад №56 4 Bright colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Dreams come easy, but when Judith Clarke imagined the garden she and her husband Stuart would one day create, she knew it would be impossible to realise without a lot of time and hard work. ‘In the end, it wasn’t until our children had left home and we were both retired, that we finally had time to devote to the garden,’ says the former primary school teacher from her two acre, Norfolk plot which, with its background chatter of birds and open vistas over fields, is regularly blessed with spectacular sunrises and sunsets. Site of silence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The garden created under the landscape designer Alexander Grivko («Il Nature») project is intended to be a vacation spot for all the owner’s family. Its main advantage is demand for low care. Its beauty is closely linked to a perfectly chosen lay-out. Chalet near Moscow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Discover the history of a small cozy garden having a regular shape and a smooth relief. Comfortable and functional, it is filled with original design ideas, and also picturesque cozy corners for rest. The author is a landscape designer Inga Obraztsova. In burgundy-and-beige tones . . . . . . . . . . 36 The garden with shady alleys, a classically-cut lawn and symmetric flower beds is designed for a long time, to live long after creation. And as for its birthday, the owners can celebrate it at least two times: the first one has been counting since 1998, and the second once — since 2009. The reason is that the garden’s every next owner changed something in its look. Against coniferous wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 The house located in a woodland is highlighted by a snow-white baluster, handrails and a balustrade, window platbands; through the rows of dark coniferous trees the house reminds of a sailing boat dancing on the sea waves. The building’s features defined the design of a patio zone bridging the living space with the woodland. Under the arches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 For the first time the «Landscape melody»’s architects visited the object located nearby lake Krugloye in Dmitrovsky area in 2008. Then there was a lot of construction waste all over the site — and not a single plant. Now it is a garden divided into two zones: one of them has a sharp-cut regular orientation, and the other one is designed in a landscape style. The Fetzer Sustainable Winery Garden. . . 46 This garden designed by Kate Frey is ‘green’ and features a winery and a vineyard, which functions are guided by principles of sustainability. The garden illustrates the use of green power, water conservation and recycling. It also uses local and sustainable materials and is a habitat for local and migrating wildlife. Scent of a Roman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Scent of a Roman has a Yorkshire theme that has been influenced by historical evidence of a Roman settlement in Leeds and Roman features still in evidence in the Yorkshire region. The structure of the garden represents Roman essence rather than traditional style. Designer Denise Preston, Leeds City Council. Different among the differents . . . . . . . . . . 56 The garden Seeing the Whole Picture is part of Mencap’s 60th year celebrations. Ruth Marshall, the garden designer, hopes that this garden will make visitors stop for a moment and consider the nature of variety in all things. The message is that all variation has value and beauty — it is the context of the viewer that can change the picture. New look of John Brookes’s garden. . . . . . 58 John Brookes, the landscape guru from the UK, tells on a recent development in his own garden at Denmans in West Sussex. Hampton Flower Show: parade of ideas . . 60 Be inspired by the 2010 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show’s novelties, interesting ideas, future technologies and the best gardens. SUN–2010: outdoor space for rest . . . . . . 70 On October, 14 — 16, 2010 Rimini Expo Center (Italy) will welcome the 28th international exhibition SUN. Its main theme is the goods for comfortable outdoor living. «House and garden» overviews a forth-coming fair and its supporting program. Piscine–2010: events and exhibitors. . . . . 72 About 30 years ago French pool equipment and accessories manufacturers and the French Pools Federation established the Piscine show. Since 2008 the Piscine name holds three Salons in Lyons at once: Piscine (everything for private pool), Aqualie (everything for public and hotel pool) and Wellgreen (everything for outdoor pool). Before the coming 2010 fairs m-me Noemi Petit, the exhibitions director, answered some our questions. Choosing a landscape school . . . . . . . . . . 78 People’s love to plants and landscape design brings them to flower clubs and various educational centers. But it’s often hard to make a correct choice in wide range of courses and programs. We addressed all the questions to one of the most authoritative domestic designers and experts Elena Konstantinova, the head of the Educationaland-practical center «Blossoming planet». Autumn scenes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 We do not expect any harvest from decorative trees and bushes, and they definitely do not play any appreciable economic utilitarian role, however, though it’s paradoxical but the gardeners pay the escalating interest to them. The reason for that is clear — the trend for decorating the garden with the plants, featuring abundance of colour and form, overcomes a mercantile garden prose. Roses of fairy tales and legends . . . . . . . . 86 In a old German fairy tale «Little Brier-Rose» the bewitched princess had been sleeping in a crystal alcove for hundred years. It was impossible to find the captivated palace: the wild roses had widely grown and intertwined with their thorny branches. But the brave king’s son was not frightened of terrible thorns. He released the princess, and since than people had been calling call her Little Brier-Rose. Valery Ilyin, the landscape designer, tells on so-called park roses, their most interesting kinds and possibilities of use of brier-roses in a garden. Green architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Travelling around the European gardens, we often admire topiary plants’ cut shapes, sometimes they happened to be unique. So we can’t help but wonder whether something alike is possible in Russia? Keeping this point of view in mind, landscape architect Alexander Sapelin analyzed a number of pictures from the foreign travels. The Scottish pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 The Blair Castle is the most haunted private property in Scotland. In this noble nest of the ancient mountain clan of the Murreys, Dukes of Atholl (since 1703), you may walk through the castle’s unique history, bringing you face to face with antiques, artworks and artefacts that vividly illustrate the rich heritage of the castle and document the integral role it has played in Scotland throughout the ages. You may also enjoy the magnificent ancient gardens and parks «House and garden» guide you through on these pages. Enchanting water spectacle . . . . . . . . . . 102 Elena Medovnikova, the host of the TV information program «Events» on «TV Center» channel, welcomed our correspondent in her own garden and told us about the advantages of a country life. The flower menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 The dining table’s floral design is the real science based on competence, experience, knowledge and nuances of flowers’ language. In this segment of floristics there are also certain immutable rules, its own fashion trends. A harmony of dining culture and technics of flower composition creating is a warrant of a dining room’s perfect look. Paving in a garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Designing your country site, you cannot avoid creation of paths, access ways and platforms for various purposes. Performing their rather utilitarian functions, they are at the same time a landscape design’s very important component. How to start and what paving materials to choose, our special correspondent tells. Independent heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 During the seasonal periods when the sun shines in the daytime, but nights are fairly cold, the independent heater is to help you save on your country house heating. But, of course, every type of a heater has its own advantages, lacks and operation features you should know before choosing a model for your home. Separate baths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 What canons rule in separate bath-house’s lay-out? 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