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The Term "colonial" occurs from Roman « colonus ». Колоны – citizens of the Roman empire who rented the earth on suburbs of the state and were engaged mainly in agriculture. Colonial style has appeared at the time of great geographical opening with XV on a XVII-th century AD when England, France, Spain and Holland expanded the empires at the expense of new gains in colonies. It is remarkable that not only the European culture had the big influence on the native population but as conquerors have adopted some features of a life at aboriginals of the new earths. The native life which was for Europeans first some exotic, has appeared is quite justified because of climatic features of colonies. It has caused allocation of new style of landscape design - a colonial garden.
For garden creation in colonial style:
- Use simple materials - a brick and boards. Such garden often fence white wooden заборчиком with height about metre from струганных boards (штакетник).
- the Small house usually have on a forward part of a site, a garden – behind the house. It is possible to make some terraces from which the kind on a garden will open.
- it is frequent in a colonial garden land plants not only on a ground, but also take out in a warm season of a plant in tubs that allows to grow up exotic trees and flowers in the Russian conditions.
- For мощения paths it is possible to use wooden floorings or щепу. In colonial style it is important to create some negligence in a garden.
- Also for creation of the given style it is possible to decorate a garden with sculptural compositions of animals from a tree or a stone.
- it will be good to look in such garden and traditional garden furniture. It can be the wattled sofa, a hammock arranged between two trees, or folding chairs. Also for this garden are characteristic перголы, twined an ivy and lianas.
- the Small fountain also will well decorate your garden and will create cosiness atmosphere. Such fountain it is possible to arrange at a wall of the house or on a terrace.
- For garden registration clay of a terracotta shade also will approach. From it it is possible to execute оградки for flower beds or small containers for plants.