Nature sometimes creates very bizarre. Often a lone stump or dead snag look amazingly picturesque, reminding us of the fabulous Goblin or other mysterious creatures. These properties of dried driftwood, roots and stumps and founded the art of creating a garden from the roots of rotary. Rotary with their hands to create very simple, just be creative and use your imagination.
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Search and preparation of materials
If your garden has large trees, after trimming the branches always remain an interesting shape. If the area is a huge old stump – not in a hurry to uproot it, a stump can be so transformed that will become the Central figure in your garden.
This decorative stump is well located near the road, the wood is treated and painted. A large area of the stump can grow several species of flowering plants in the recess. Various plants are planted between the roots. This stump is a great decorative composition plot
Rotary the word for us is new, but decorative composition of roots and stumps, and imaginative creating for a long time. The word is derived from the English “root” – the root.
If on the site of the old stumps and trees missing, you can go into the woods or at the landing. It is always possible to find snags, remnants of stumps, bark and large branches that will be useful when creating rotary. When you upgrade parkland or streets in the city you can find great stumps, and cut down, and logs.
After the materials to create rotary chosen, it is desirable to process them. Dry wood does not apply to durable materials rotary from untreated wood will retain the strength and appearance of a maximum of 6-7 years. The selected components must be washed, pour over boiling water, where required — to clean from a dust, where it is necessary – to cut, join or trim. Wood lacquering, processing special impregnations, paint. But if the term of service in 7 years you are satisfied with the tree enough to clear from insects and dust and be left in natural form.
The rules for creating good composition
Rotario create today and in the apartments (mini-rotaria), and in suburban areas. Rotary in the garden will transform your area, making it mysterious and more intimate, it will go well with any style decor that you choose for your garden. To the garden from the roots turned out to be successful, you need to consider some rules and to know something:
- Think about what you would like to create. Rotary may consist of only dead parts of the tree, he looks not very happy, but mysterious. If you use a combination of snags, stumps, and flowers and plants, you can create beautiful eye pleasing composition. Sometimes a snag is so reminiscent of the figure of some animal or the devil that it was impossible not to finish this way.
- Advantages rotaries that each of them is unique. It is impossible to create the same gardens from driftwood, because there is no similar snags and stumps in nature.
- To create rotary can be done anywhere – for example at the fence or on the porch.
- You can create rotary using as a material only the tree, but you can use ceramics, forging items, garden decoration in the form of various figurines, pebbles, artificial and natural stone. Well dry wood and moss.
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3 main types rotaries
Rotary happen:
- Natural. In rotaryy of this type is used living and non-living plants. This is the most beautiful and organic option which is chosen by many.
- The simplest. Uses snags and stumps, but generally they must still work. For example, you found a snag, which is very reminiscent of the man, but to illustrate its need some places to trim and rasp, the process is similar to making a sculpture.
- Decorative. In rotaryy of this type are used and live plants and pieces of wood, but the main role belongs to the latter. For example, the focus will be on the stump or snag bizarre, surrounded by modest plants, against which it will look more expressive. Or will it be the composition of several shapes on a background of green lawn, ivy-covered walls, etc.
The pictures below of all three options.
This rotary could be considered natural, but the tree is processed in a special way — the texture is emphasized, the wood is painted, so this version is more decorative
But this option is virtually untouched, as nature intended. The decor, the author decided to plant flowers right in the center of the composition
Example decorative rotary. Interesting composition in the center of which is inverted is processed in the root environment of various plants
This rotary can be done at the recreation area or Playground. When use the garden decor in the shape of a dwarf, a wooden barrel, rocks, stump and fence in the background
Where to position your masterpiece?
We offer several options to choose from:
- At the entrance to the country. A good impression will make a stylish, colorful composition that combines flowering plants and roots at the entrance to your plot.
- Near recreation areas. A small pond or fountain near the gazebo will look good in the garden of the roots with garden decor, gnomes, bright colors, funny animals.
- If you want to build in the garden a mysterious area in the far corner of the fence to have a large root or a bizarre snag, surrounded by green plants. It may be an old stump, from the picturesque centre of which the flowers grow.
Rotary in landscape design should ideally merge into a harmonious whole with your site and style of the garden.
In the far corner of the garden, this can be the figure of this mysterious monster peeking from the bushes. Snag stored in natural form, the edges slightly crooked, and for eyes used stone
Selection of suitable plants
In combination with living plants, the composition will look more bright, pleasing to the eye. The plants should not be particularly lush, with gorgeous flowers, because the main emphasis is on pieces of wood. One of the best solutions is to make a stump or logs something like a flower pot. It’s easy, if the wood is rotten . You need to remove the core, process the wood and fill the vacant place of land. In such a unique capacity will grow well and look fern, modest flowers of the periwinkle, chamomile. Cornflowers, Phlox, Petunia and chernobrivtsy unpretentious and also good will look perfectly in rotaria.
Ferns and ivy looks spectacular on the background of the gray dry wood, make rotary picturesque. You can use pieces of grass, mosses, combine them with a stone. Plants in rotaria you can change them at will, this is real creativity.
In a single song sometimes look good and bright colors
Figurine cute devil with glass eyes on a background of a fern is an example of a simple rotary. Snag has undergone a small treatment, selected good material for the eyes and the composition is ready
Work to create roots garden is very nice, and the finished creation of their own hands will please you even more.
