Дом и сад №62 4 A steppe oasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The lavish garden at East Ruston Old Vicarage is unrecognisable from the scene as it was in 1973 when Alan Gray and Graham Robeson purchased the property. ‘There was no garden at all, just tufted grass a metre high and empty fields,’ they recall. Nor were there many birds, which was not surprising considering the surrounding landscape — a huge, bland field devoid of trees or hedges, blasted by the stiff sea breezes of the nearby Norfolk coastline. ‘All the old hedges, ditches, banks and ponds had been swept away by farmers making bigger fields for bigger yields — over the years, many valuable wildlife habitats were destroyed,’ they explain. A garden that is always with you . . . . . . . . . . . 24 «My garden combines emotional attachment with design research, hundreds of rare and ordinary plants with so-called savages and those some call weeds» — landscape designer Valeria Ilyina tells the story of her own garden in the village of Chismena, which is 100 km west of Moscow. The Willow Pattern Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 This garden is designed to celebrate the school’s twentieth (china) anniversary this year. Taking inspiration from classic blue and white English china, the designers have based the garden design on Spode’s very early willow pattern. The garden represents an interpretation of this Chinese love story. Designers Jenny Wisby, Sharon Kent and Hilary Odey (Sheddingdean Community Primary School). A sensation garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The site surrounding the country manor borders a wood, so that natural environment defines the landscape stylistics. When creating this garden project, the «Ecopark-prestige» company’s designers followed two mainlines such as naturalness and continuous blooming during a season. House of Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The inspiration for this garden was a talk at City College Brighton & Hove by television gardening presenter Chris Collins about his horticultural experiences in the tropics. Designers Beth Rogers and Julia Harding. Mountain and water magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 The landscape would have more natural look if having a reservoir, a stream, falls and stylized rocks, the owners supposed. As a result of a long and hard designer’s work, water and natural stone highlighted the garden together with such a distinguished garden element as art rockeries. The author of the project: landscape designer Vitaly Petrusenko. Sit Back & Relax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 This garden has been designed for a professional couple with no children who enjoy relaxing in their small garden on summer evenings. Designers Marshall Hutchens, Sue Moore, Mike Harrington, David Hinchcliffe In seven days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 The new «Exress Design» project’s main idea is creating a garden in seven days. Useful things as containered plants and rolled lawns quickly changed a boring landscape of that raw territory. The author of the project: Elena Kicha. Meeting point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Most of garden owners aspire to style their garden as a continuation of a house. Many home environment elements «move» outdoors to be used by the home owners in a good weather, so the results turn out to be garden living rooms, garden kitchens and garden halls. The first impression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 The entrance zone welcomingly invites us to a garden, and creates the first visual impression about an environment we’re getting in. That zone should be something to remember, both charming and always well-groomed. This garden site is quite often isolated from other territory, having its own stylistics or on the contrary setting the fashion look to the adjoining garden sites. Please find 6 inspirational ideas for the entrance zone design. Hampton Court Flower Show: 2011 Favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 The popular RHS Hampton Court Flower Show has impressed for the 22nd time, inspiring landscape designers and gardening admirers. There’s so much to see and do, with inspiring garden designs and the very best that gardening can offer at this quintessentially British show. The UK’s largest devoted show, the event has surprised with such highlights as an «edible garden», models in Adam and Eve suits, lilac coloured roses and The Beatles and Lewis Сarrol reminiscences. Choose a favourite of your own — here’s our pick of the show highlights and ‘must-see’ features. Back to the Sixties!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 The «Catwalk in Bloom» fashion show is one of the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show’s annual traditions, this year — under «Swinging Sixties» theme, full of British 1960es’ daredevil fun and cheerful hedonism. A short walk away from the Show’s centerpieces, the Floristry and Fashion Show with this iconic era represented through fabulous floristry displays. Top-10: Motley Garb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Today’s chart tops are trees and bushes with unusually colured leaves. Though they neither compete nor substitute ordinary garden greens with their wide palette of shades, they are nevertheless effective, bright and colourful addition to classical garden scenery. A plant selection has been made considering their suitability for Russia’s environment. Radical rejuvenation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 We should always keep in mind that a pruning, a horticultural practice involving the selective removal of parts of a plant, is a real surgical operation for trees and bushes. Prior to the start of a procedure, you should have a clear idea what result you wanted to get, what pruning methods you were going to use and what plants they could be applied to. Tatyana Sadchikova, «Il Bosco» landscape designer, shares her professional instructions with us. Rock bluebells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Rock bluebells’ popularity has come from a fashion trend for rock gardens. They differ from the wood and meadow «colleagues» with their tiny size (up to 30 cm) and accurate spherical form of a bush. This is definitely the best decorative blooming perennial for a rock garden you can imagine: as a rule, bluebells don’t need any special care; widely spread out, they blossom perfectly well. Their leaves used to be hidden under the cover of flowers at the blossoming peak. Expert Anna Egorova shows the most interesting kinds of bluebells. A garden of knowledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Botanical gardens are considered as unique scientific and educational objects for original research, knowledge accumulation and vegetative resources preservation. Frankly speaking, in Russia we do not often discuss their landscape value, though many botanical gardens have historically important landscapes to be preserved. One of these gardens is undoubtedly the Botanical garden of the Tver State University, one of the oldest gardens of the northwest of Russia. Between the sky and the earth . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 While walking along the terraces in the Garden of the Chateau of Kolbsheim, don’t miss to enjoy breathtaking views to the Alsace valley laying below the hill. The well-known French philosopher Jacques Maritain used to say: «From here you may see the world not even belonging to it». It has been a long time the park was closed for visitors, yet remaining a place of a private dialogue between its owners and their congenial people. Today we accompany the «Il Nature» company’s guides walking around this solitude place. All shades of pink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Saint Petersburg witnessed a workshop of Russian and Dutch floral artists and arrangers. That happened to be a very interesting contest of experienced trend-setters. Find a source of inspiration for your home creations. Floristry lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Housed both within a summer verandah (nearby ancient greenhouses) and «The Palm greenhouse» of well-known «Aptekarsky ogorod» botanical garden in Moscow, the School of the Dutch flower design’s workshops brought together all the mastership admirers. Besides consulting the teachers, the visitors attended the lessons of Western Europe’s well-known floral artist and arranger Matheus Antonius Adrianus van Bergen. From a grape leaf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 We all know a grape delivers much benefit to a human health, and a grape seed provides even more. But only some knows this marvelous liana’s leaves are not less valuable. Since the ancient times they are used in traditional medicine and cookery. Add 5 recipes with the use of grape leaves to your cooking skills. Double open space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Developing a modern house’s lay-out for one family, you should make it opened and free, but, from the other side, you should also merge a living space harmony with a surrounding landscape. We have a chance to inspect a result of such work. A palette of natural textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 A natural stone is a material landscape designers often use for a site decoration, in particular, for paving and facing. Our correspondent tells you about technologies of its manufacturing, advantages and other characteristics. Waste drain system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 The selection and installation of the independent water drain system in a private country house is very often the same set of problems. Here you can find some solutions. Electric assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 The modern man always tries to use any special tool or device for a solution of his house and garden care problems. Today we have a whole team of «electric powered assistants». Here we have a complete review of such devices. № (62)’2011 5 Contents 70 32 24 102
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