Modern Garden House Design

Modern garden design has become an essential part of gardening. Modern architecture started in Europe since the beginning of twentieth century but it was not only then that the concept of modern\ngarden designing acquired prominence. Modern design started in United States in California. \'Modern\' means \'simple\'. Modernity is all about keeping things simple and ordered. This has transmitted to\nthe sphere of gardening too. In this article we shall discuss how you can make a garden \"modern\".\n

Modern garden designs are rare to find as most gardens follow the traditional approach. Traditional approach is largely decorative and gardens have to be decorative for the simple purpose of their\nexistence is to provide beauty and relaxation to people. It is difficult to apply concrete \"modern\" methods to complex forms of nature. But this idea is changing.

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Present concept of modern garden designs considers the garden as extension of the house and not as a greenhouse. This has led to certain innovations in the context of garden design. This has\nbrought in more artificial assets to the garden. These include placing some furniture on the garden or arranging for separate lights.

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This will also include the provision of barbeque in your garden and presence of shelters and screens in the area. In fact, nowadays, modern gardens also contain swimming pools. There is the scope\nfor the placing of a variety of other articles in your garden.

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Space and time are important constraints in the present world. Modern garden designs are made with a view to suit both. Plants have to be arranged carefully so that they do not take up excessive\nspace. At the same time, the variety of plants will decrease as compared to traditional gardens if you are not considering gardening as your hobby.

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Privacy is an important factor so plywood, opaque plastic and lattice (closely woven) are used to separate one\'s garden from the road. Expensive concrete walls are out of fashion. Shadow effect\nthat is created by using unusual forms in the gardens is a characteristic feature of modern gardens.
\nModern gardens have a very fresh, calm look around them which soothe us at the end of a busy day. Their borders are comparable to those used in ordinary gardens; the garden design is based on\ngeometry having many straight lines and angles rather than bends and curves. The style is accentuated with bold colors. The main aim is to retain the walls, porticos, outside furniture, and stone\ncarvings.

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The various colors in plants are not much used in these gardens. The plants are thought as an extended architecture for the house so elongated bushes, large collection of one plant, and artistic\nplants are considered for this type of garden.

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All modern gardens follow a common set of rules. Like other elements of modern outdoor garden, they mainly have inorganic materials. The formation of the garden is a sign of deep study; plants\nrepresent the energetic life and mind. There is a clear inclination to use shed for containing plantation vegetation. This figuratively means that man has mastered his senses and has got victory over\nhis mind and soul.

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Modern gardeners nowadays experience dynamic environments with ever-changing challenges and constraints. Rooftop gardens, Japanese gardens, and pot gardening are examples of how modern gardeners\nhave changed to these new conditions. In addition, people are working together to share the limited open greens that exists in cities to recreate the beauty and functionality of gardens.

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Gardeners all over the developed and developing countries are re-inventing modern gardening techniques. There are \"green topping\" projects going on in Montreal and Chicago, innovative locality\ngardens in India, and city rainwater harvesting projects in Melbourne. Moreover, newer gardening methods like \"square foot gardening\" are categorically created to help gardeners with space\nconstraints increase their productivity.

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