Artificial creek in the country: from the layout...

Artificial creek in the country: from the layout to the design of the shoresIn the distance, not an individual summer resident can be pestered by a natural reservoir for a private plot. In the best case, this is a short pond, decorated with the help of improvised materials. We want to offer to perform a stream - flowing, amusingly gurgling and sparkling near the rays of the summer sun. Agree that the dynamics of moving water between pebbles and greenery radically changes the landscape picture, more precisely, turns it into a real restless place of nature.
Future brooks: we choose the ideal option
If not lucky with a natural stream, we will try to execute another variation, like two medicines similar to the actual, but having a secret, or more precisely, hidden for a day's pond cause. The secret will be played by a submersible pump , recognizable to all well owners or wells . With the help of a pump we will arrange a closed circle, according to which the water of the artificial stream will circulate in the following way: in accordance with the hose, go up to the source, and then, according to the channel, go down to a small pond
This brook design is universal, everything can be changed according to one's desire by one of the proposed solutions:
Waterfall
thresholds
chain of cascades
A small fountain.
In order for the landscape composition to look natural, you will need a height difference or at least a desire for a short roll, for example, a steep hillside slope. Depends on the steepness of the descent - the place where the proposed channel is located - choose the visibility of the stream. For a short elevation, it is better to arrange a flat stream with a smooth, soft trickle and a gentle murmur. It is quite an impeccable option and in this case, if the place is completely flat, without hillocks and hills
The slope of the channel can be managed by 2 methods:
perform a small artificial elevation
Evenly deepen the bed closer to the mouth.
The intricate relief, awkward for planting a garden or a garden, in this case will play for our hand. An elevated hill, a cliff or a steep slope - it's wonderful to be able to construct an unusual channel of a mountain stream. Unusual, since it represents a string of rapids, rapids, waterfalls and small straight sections
However, do not get carried away with the construction of complex structures, if your stream turns into a single huge waterfall . The course of a mountain stream is faster than a flat one, the speed of water movement is higher, the difference in altitude is sharper, and it is likely that a stronger pump will be needed.
Step-by-step training in accordance with the arrangement of the stream
Therefore, which is an unnatural creek, we briefly explained.
If you can find a part of rough terrain, provide water supply and purchase a submersible pump, you need to learn fairly aspects of the technical side of the issue, and then you can start from the lesson. The best time for the sake of work is spring or summer, for a winter interval the pool is better to be preserved.

Layout: position, shape, size
The main stop, preliminary, is at once the most common and the most difficult. For the sake of his incarnation you will need office furnishings: pencils or markers, ruler and a huge sheet of paper, better than a millimeter or a cage.
For the paper must show all the already existing for the countryside facilities, including the building, park, paths, etc. pay special attention to the site for which your stream is pretty busy. Think about where the source and the mouth will be (through which the current flows), for what height should the highest point fly, like it is permitted to decorate the coast, is it permissible for the sake of coastal zone design to extract ready-made flower beds or decorative objects
Keep in mind that the stream forms an area of ​​high humidity, therefore it must reflect the planting of moisture-loving or algae.
If nearby there is a melon or a flower garden with exotic flowers, think about whether the additional moisture will not damage already planted crops. The same applies to garden trees, shrubs and even wild flora. The best place for the location of any water body is the causelessly named resting place - a short part located in the distance through flowerbeds, beds and planting of fruit trees. Usually in such a place set a bench for rest, food for tea, and if the room allows - build a gazebo or have a patio
The length of the stream may vary: probably, you prefer small-size compositions, or, against, you need a key that crosses the full backyard that surrounds the buildings and flower beds. However, remember: the longer the course, the more difficulties with its arrangement, and the main question concerns the slope of the terrain. The width of the channel usually does not exceed a meter and a half, but often occurs 30 in front of 50 cm. The abyss is 15 cm before half a meter. Note: the larger the water, the stronger and more expensive the pumping environment
Do not forget, which is above the stream - imaginary, and this is its importance. It is allowed to perform the entire hermetic bed and the pond without reason, so that the water from the source does not penetrate into the coastal land.
The shore's lineage remains unchanged, it's not enough to blur water in the spring, like it happens in natural reservoirs in the interval of melting snow.
Order according to the channel device
The main stop is the building of the riverbed. We decompose it according to Fri, so that it would be more convenient to do:
We perform markup for the terrain. To develop the project you have already determined the position of the creek, its dimensions, points of origin and estuary, it remains to transfer the marking from the cardboard scheme to nature. For this, you will need small pegs and a bundle of twine. We stick pegs along the prospective channel and connect them with string or string, to delineate the boundaries of the future reservoir.
Tear out the groove near the bed and the pit, in which it's enough to be a pond - the final spot of our creek. The pond is not only a magnificent object, but also the necessary multipurpose share of our project, because it is in it that we arrange the pump that supplies water to the source.
We make the finishing of the ground, we concretize the channel. If you have chosen a high stream - in a random form we have pebbles, stones, plates, we fasten them with concrete substance. For the sake of a flat stream, a shallow, smoothly curving base. As a result, a trench of a given width and a great destiny for the sake of the pond should turn out.
We lay waterproofing discharge - we cover the entire working view with geotextile or special waterproof PVC film (butyl rubber), the edges are fixed with pebbles, pebbles, sand.
Along the riverbed, through the pond in front of the source, we dig out shallow trenches for the sake of laying the hose or pipe.
We decorate the bottom of the reservoir with sand, colored granite gravel, pebbles, very much covering all the artificial parts.
We bring water, fill the pond, test the pump.
Pond is essentially not required, all to be its absence will need a deep capacity for the collection of water and the location of the pump, for example, a huge plastic container. Before installing the pump, carefully study the annotation and again check whether the technical properties of the equipment correspond to the volume of water that must be pumped
If the earth is hard, rocky, and the length of the stream is small, additional concreting will not be necessary. It should for the sake of stabilizing the channel, if the water is much more massive. When creating a creek, do not be afraid to lie: make small rapids, sandbanks, stone islets. Attract the children to work - the product of an artificial reservoir perfectly develops creative imagination and acquaints with certain laws of physics
Coastal decor and small building forms
If the technical work is over, you can proceed to the design of the banks and the riverbed with different decor. It can exist small wooden building forms - a bridge , a theater, arches, also picturesque sculptures, funny clay figures of animals, vases for the sake of moisture-loving plants, wood boats and rafts. The bridge is appropriate in this case, if a stream crosses one of the garden paths - it is its continuation and harmoniously fits into the overall composition
The structure and design of the bridge depends like through the surrounding place, for no reason and through the size of the stream. A huge stone building for a background of a brisk streamlet 30 cm wide looked like the desire is more than absurd, and small wooden bridges will come like it's impossible to fit.
Heavyweight designs are not bad for the design of a huge pond, therefore if you still want to construct a virtual bridge, use the pond zone, rather than the creek. Matter for the sake of construction is forced to exist natural, like and framing the channel, in other words, a correction from stone, ceramics or wood is welcomed
For the shore, it's pretty good to look for a short open pavilion for recreation or a playground with a table and benches. Try, so that the design of buildings corresponds to the style of the suburban area. Mini pagoda for the background of a wooden frame with a carved horseshoe looks pretty amazing enough, and a comfortable house with openwork carving instead of walls - sort of once to a place
In accordance with the banks of the stream, in order to focus on its naturalness, we plant plants, but taking into account the decorativeness of our structure, we can frankly extract trays or containers with grass. Vases are suitable for large legs with ampel plants, compositions with aged pottery, stone décor and man-made woody products, for example, a small watery chatty
Vegetable pond light
All the cultures created for the design of the stream can be divided into two huge groups: growing according to the shores and being directly in the water.
Both categories contain travki with beautiful carved or smooth leaves, as well as plants with inflorescences of different colors. We should not forget about lawn grass, if a meadow is located nearby, or moss with lichens, if there is a short garden for the shore. Trees, shrubs and herbaceous crops should alternate with artificial decor, stones, gravel deposits and sandbars
The lushly flowering bushy flowers will close the channel of the stream, therefore, along the banks, along the water's edge, we plant low plants: coin-maid, creeping vetch, colorful primroses, daisies, low veronica, caluga, swamp violets, goose onions, spleen.
A bit further across the banks - higher specimens: fern, ostrich, common eagle, lady's lady, shield, host . Plants are allowed to connect, selecting according to the height or splendor, or alternating, composing different floral arrangements from different species and species
If the plant composition includes trees or bushes, select low moisture-loving rocks that grow in the wild nature in accordance with the shores of the water bodies: goat or snow-white vet, evergreen mahogany deciduous, caragana tree, barberry Tunberga, cotoneaster, spindle. Some bushes, for example, forsythia or lilac, not counting the beautiful flowering, will give a new vernal incense, which you can also enjoy, resting for the shore of the reservoir.
Unswervingly for the bottom of a creek or pond, if it contains a grassy land, it is permissible to plant the elodea or uret, and pemphigus or hornwort does not take root, but freely float on the surface of the aqua. Puppies, water lilies, water-colors and marshwort feel themselves well even in the northern regions, hence they are unchanged inhabitants of both feral and refined Russian reservoirs.
Rules for leaving an artificial stream
To ensure that the water in the pond is always clean, and the beaches are well-groomed, should be taken care of due to plants and live the prevention of pumping equipment. For this, you should perform fairly normal rules:
test the density of hoses and pipes, by the way clean or change filters
in the hot gap, if there is evaporation of water, at times restore the necessary value
for the sake of preserving the functionality of the equipment for the winter, drain all the water and clean the pump and put it in the auxiliary heated place
Clean out concrete fences, wood structures and pebbles through silt and contamination
change the water, if it is reasonably rather opaque for some reason
Plants require the same care, like the ordinary country cottages. Trees and shrubs must be answered, so that they do not obscure the wide view of the aqua composition. Perennials must weed, feed, according to the need to replant, there are old and unhealthy plants. Annuals should be planted at the appropriate time, taken care of due to their growth and flowering
Examples of dynamic reservoirs in landscape design
We present to your attention fairly samples of the successful location of streams for personal plots. Probably, in some cases streams water compositions are named a little arbitrarily, all without it is artificially made water sources, in which much water moves due to the action of submersible pump. A beautiful example of a plain creek, not completely different through its own natural counterpart. As a decor, river stone and pebbles are used, instead of the brightest flourishing crops, weeds are sown, usually growing in the coastal zone of forest streams
If you are able to decorate the pool with beautiful stones, be sure to use it. The channel of the stream and the coastal zone are lined with stones of various sizes and shapes. Direct attention to their paint: the combination of contrasting colors - snow-white, dark and brick - resurrects the composition, makes it more animated
The channel of the stream does not necessarily have to be flat and homogeneous. The main decoration of this standard is a string of rapids decorated with large stones."Lesenka", which forms picturesque rapids, should be equipped again for the step of preparing the channel
Look, it seems like a very different decor is applied - and nothing superfluous. The creators of the project were literally thought literally all around: natural twists of the channel, a cascade of low waterfalls, and a cautious bridge with a lantern, and stone lining of the banks and even tastefully chosen plants.
Frank use extraordinary solutions and ideas. Direct attention, like artfully the designers have beaten the source of the stream: an action is created, about he takes the appearance from the neck of a huge inverted jug
If you take into account all the stages of planning, building and decorating an artificial stream, it is permissible to come to the conclusion that this is in keeping with the shoulder of any who knows how to lie, does not fear physical work and appreciates natural beauty.