Of course, I do not diminish anything to specialists in this field, and I do not take the importance of various types of materials and accessories used in today's gardens. But as it turns out, a garden can also be created literally "out of nothing", in other words, out of old trunks, roots and sticks. And, importantly, as it may seem, it will not be an ugly garden or a forgotten garden. On the contrary, it can be a unique and unique garden with its own style and character.
An example can be one of my favorite gardens, which I affectionately call "the Hobbit garden", where everything is natural, wild, a bit fairy-tale like. In other words, the kind you don't meet every day.
In this garden there is a general rule that the more crooked, the better and nicer it fits into the arrangements. And according to this key, flowerbed edges, fences, plant supports or various other decorations are created. Even the paths are made of slices that are cut acacia trunks. By the way, I would like to add that it is the acacia wood that is said to be the most durable and will last the longest in such naturalistic compositions.
It is also worth mentioning that this garden is also used for old roots that proudly stand in flower beds and look like large, mysterious statues.
The place shown is therefore an ideal example that the garden can be thought out, planned and made by yourself. What's more, to create it, you can use materials that literally "lie on the street". However, it requires courage, but above all imagination, that the garden will look like a magical land.
However, what impresses me the most is the fact that there are people, and not at all related to the horticultural industry, but simply ordinary enthusiasts who can create something that many landscape architects would not be ashamed of. Because it is not difficult to plant random plants or to place elements in the garden that have been transferred alive from ready-made catalogs. But the trick is to do something that is one-of-a-kind, unrepeatable and awe-inspiring regardless of any garden preferences.
Tomasz Szostak
www.zogrodemnaty.pl
