The arrangement of small and large summer cottages will last in several stages. Each of them is an integral part of the layout, and maximum attention should be paid to each.

1. Territory zoning... Regardless of whether there is a house on your six hundred square meters or not, first of all, you will have to determine where the living, recreation, vegetable garden, possibly amenities and other details will be located. Draw the zones on a piece of paper in as much detail as possible so that later on you have something to start from. The layout of the zones, for your own convenience, should be applied in as much detail as possible.
2. After defining the zones, you will have to decide what exactly you want to see on your vegetable gardenwhether you will plant vegetables or fruits, or it will be shrubs and flowers. Depending on this, you will have to designate shade and sun zones on your plan, since different plantings require different amounts of solar heat.
3. Installing amenities... If they will be located in the house, then this item can be skipped.
4. Indicate where exactly on your site six acres will pass, and what material will serve as their basis. The paths do not have to be straight; winding paths look much more effective and much easier to arrange.

Territory zoning

Zoning of a suburban area of \u200b\u200bsix acres is of decisive importance. The competent arrangement of the zones guarantees you always a fruitful harvest, as well as a comfortable pastime in the country.

Home area

The center of any suburban area is the area of \u200b\u200bthe house. The location of all other zones will depend on housing. On a small plot, the house area can also be combined with economic zone, terrace and garage... All these elements can either be directly adjacent to the house, or be directly next to it.

Garden and vegetable garden area

If you think in advance what exactly you will grow in the beds, then you can even accommodate the maximum number of beds in a relatively small area of \u200b\u200bthe garden and vegetable garden. Many vegetables and plants can grow in close proximity to each other, this must also be considered. We also advise you to divide the garden area into small areas of vegetables, flowers, berries and shrubs.

Rest zone

The rest area should be located as deep as possible in the area, away from prying eyes and dust from cars. The seating area can also be adjacent to the house.

Features of landscape design

Landscaping can turn your six acres into a dream suburban plot. Its features in such a small area are as follows:

• wooden or stone will make your six hundred square meters visually even smaller. The ideal solution could be hedgewhich you can grow with your own hands or create from artificial plants;
• after the main zones of your site have been designated, try to add as many additional elements as possible to it: a small well, little , pergolaentwined with artificial or live plants. They will add zest to your summer cottage. Thanks to these elements, it will not be possible to look around your site alone, which will create a feeling of its infinity;
• create a small clearingto highlight the originality of your landscape design;
• try to post fruit trees around the entire perimeter, and not in one place, to create a sense of the volume of the garden;
• curved tracks from large stones will create the feeling of a large space;
• do not forget about flower beds.

Arrangement of a summer cottage 6 acres with your own hands

Before you take on the arrangement of a summer cottage of six acres, you will need to do a lot of work with your own hands. You must completely rid your area of \u200b\u200broots, weeds, old plants, stumps, possibly bird or insect nests.

If the abundance of large trees or the shade from the house gives your area little light, then we advise you to plant more plants and flowers with bright fruits. We also recommend painting the fence, perhaps the house and other decorative elements in bright yellow or orange, which itself will create the feeling of the sun and will automatically attract it.

If you find a pit on six acres, you can either completely level it, or deepen it even further and create a small pond or pool. Such a pond in the garden always looks very impressive and attracts the attention of guests.

Surely there are objects on your site that you would like to hide from yourself and from prying eyes. Show your maximum imagination in order to create a work of art out of them.

A few ideas and tips will help you turn your 600 sq. M. Into a fabulous place to come back to.

1. If you plant shrubs and plants on the site, then decorate them with an interesting design. It can be specially purchased or created with your own hands from old tires or containers.
2. In the very corner of the garden, create screenthat will create shade for you on a hot summer day. In addition, you can always retire there for reading or just relaxing.
3. With no funds for new furniture or garden decorations, take the trouble to create a second life for old garden furniture. Connect the maximum of ideas and originality.
4. Do not forget about lighting in your garden area in order to create additional comfort and safety in the dark. Hang lanterns around the perimeter.

Often you want to somehow change or transform the living space. If it is reasonable to use every corner with benefit, then six acres will not seem such a small area.

So, any plant can be transplanted to another place, an unnecessary shed, or an old gazebo can be demolished and it is profitable to free up space.

Features of the relief - a profitable solution

Any lack of relief (pit, depression, collapsed soil) can be profitably turned into dignity!

That is, a deep hole can be easily turned into a wonderful functional pond, overlaying it with gravel and bringing live fish in it.

In too windy and damp corners of the garden, which are rarely exposed to the rays of the sun, you can quite successfully place unpretentious structures and plant moisture-loving plants.

A steep ravine on the site will help to successfully separate a recreation area or an outbuilding.

On any site there are special barren places, with a lack of plants. It is reasonable to decorate them with a sculpture, a small fountain, placing chairs next to it.

Flowers are a great antidepressant

It is difficult to imagine a garden plot without blooming greenery! Flowers, undoubtedly bringing joy and delight, should be everywhere: beds with luxurious plants, flowering shrubs, all kinds of flower pots, etc.

As an example: in early spring crocuses, snowdrops, daffodils are pleasing to the eye, then, in summer, lilies, roses, gladioli bloom, in late autumn asters, dahlias and crocus flowers bloom.

Break up flower beds of various sizes around the entire perimeter of the site, beautifully decorating their edges with decorative stones, bricks, or a special plastic fence.

Site planning is the main initial task

On a land plot of six acres, of course, I would like to place as much as possible: living quarters, a garden with trees, a sauna with a steam room, a spacious vegetable garden, a recreation area with a fountain, etc. Everything is possible!

The most important task is to correctly plan this rather modest area. To begin with, you need to competently study the normative indicators of garden construction, the number of outbuildings, as much as possible - the permitted dimensions of the house and utility block.

The next step will be to submit documents for the registration of individual buildings to the regulatory authorities, which will help determine the distances between buildings, their correct location, as well as sanitary and fire safety standards.

In order to reasonably fit the entire future economy, it will be correct to draw up a layout diagram (sketch), on which to distribute everything in accordance with the norms. Numerous Internet programs will help to cope with this work, which even an ordinary user can understand.

There are three groups of factors that must be considered when planning a site:

Light location. The sun's rays should not fall directly on the facade of the house, and it is also unacceptable to block the area from the light.

The relief of the site. More often the house is located at the highest point of the site, if it is, of course, possible. In any situation, there is no limit to the design imagination!

Garden creation. On the garden plot, it is imperative to arrange a decorative garden for recreation and a vegetable garden with beds (strictly individually, at will).

The scope of imagination of the interior and design of the garden plot must be planned based on the financial capabilities of the owner.

Garden path as a decorative element

The paths in the garden area fulfill not only their functional mission, but are also an independent decorative element that sets the style for the entire plot.

There are a lot of design options for garden paths: they can be made from wooden beams, sprinkled with fine special gravel, laid out with paving slabs and natural natural stone.

Paving stones laid with an original pattern that will emphasize the tone of the buildings will serve for a long time and faithfully.

It is not at all difficult to try to equip a standard plot of six acres with your own hands, turning it into the most favorite vacation spot.

And if you also fit a vegetable garden with organic products, then it's absolutely wonderful!

Photo of landscape design of a plot of 6 acres

The legendary six hundred square meters to this day do not cease to excite the imagination of their owners and still remain a dream object for many of our fellow citizens, whom fate has not awarded their own land. It so happened that for a long time six hundred square meters were the dream of every citizen of the once great country, which was then called the USSR.

Six acres was akin to a flight into space, and the happy owners of a small piece of land tried to use it as efficiently as possible. A small house was necessarily built here, rather like a utility room.

A brazier was placed in the most honorable place. Fruit trees were planted, and, of course, the beds were broken, which occupied a significant part of the site. And along the fence, raspberries were grown, which also performed decorative functions. Potatoes were necessarily planted, which at all times was sufficient in vegetable stores and in most cases it was much cheaper to buy than to grow on your own garden plot. But they jailed her anyway!

Citizens with prosperity, who were lucky enough to buy their own car, built garages on the same six hundred square meters. One thing was invariable. Everyone was given the same amount of land, regardless of wealth and position in society. This is how the concept of equality of all and in everything was realized. Therefore, over time, six acres became a household name.

Six acres forever!

Yes, indeed, most of us received this small plot for free, as a gift from a state that had gone into oblivion. Six hundred square meters are passed from generation to generation, carefully preserving everything that our ancestors built on it. Because there is no need to hope for such gifts for a long time.

And our six hundred square meters are still the subject of special care of each family member. Therefore, the layout of our six hundred square meters is still as relevant as before. There is no limit to perfection and constant restructuring is only beneficial.

We strive to realize all the newest on our own small plot of land. Fortunately, technical progress allows us to do this endlessly.

How to plan a plot of land

It is known that it is more difficult to plan six acres than a large piece of land. Limited sizes make their own adjustments to our fantasies. And yet there are optimal options for planning a plot of 6 acres. First of all, it is necessary to allocate space for the most important elements, which, in our opinion, must definitely be hit on the garden plot.

First of all, it is a residential building. In second place is the recreation area. Then additional outbuildings, and, of course, a place for a car. Now it is not a luxury, but a means of transportation necessary for every family.

Garden beds for vegetables and greens, and, of course, an orchard, even if it consists of two or three trees, still do not go out of fashion.

The recreation area is most often used as a playground, and the most inventive summer residents manage to put a small pool on six drains. A brazier and a gazebo were, are and will always be on every suburban area!

And if there is even a small body of water nearby, prepare a place for the boat. Let's not forget to allocate space for the ATV. Nowadays it is fashionable to drive into the forest in this amazing car not only to pick mushrooms, but sometimes just to ride.

How to transform the landscape

Nevertheless, there are more and more areas with a minimal variety of buildings. Everything here is limited to a residential building and a parking lot. And the rest of the space turns into a recreation area, where the rules of modern landscape design prevail.

It is better to entrust the landscape design of the site to specialists, but many prefer to do this difficult work on their own. As a rule, this requires a lot of physical effort.

I remember how I myself tried to remove several small trees from my own six hundred square meters, not even suspecting that the hardest thing was not to cut a tree, but later get rid of numerous stumps. Here you need to know well the differences in the root system of birch, aspen or spruce, so as not to literally break out during a seemingly simple work.

Leveling the site is only the beginning of the hard and painstaking work that you can do with your own hands for years. It is better to contact specialists here. If the site has a slope, then it is easier to decorate it with elements of landscape design.

The view of such elements will be better than on a flat area. These elements can be ordinary stones, they are perfect for any landscape.

Technical progress at the service of summer residents

We no longer wonder why we so often take a photo of a plot of 6 acres. And how could it be otherwise, because each of us always has a camera with “endless film” in our pocket. Many people prefer to make video, including with the help of a frame copter, in order to more accurately and more functionally plan the site.

But until recently, a similar idea was from the realm of an unrealizable fantasy. Aerial photography, as it is correctly called, is very helpful in garden planning.

Now this service is quite accessible to each of us.

What you need to pay special attention to

We strive for an autonomous life in order to be as independent as possible from anyone or anything. We are trying to dig a well on the same six acres. We are trying to drill a well to the depth where there is drinking water. We stock up on a small power plant of our own in case of power outages.

We are still trying to grow potatoes for the same reasons. The desire for independence, like many other things, has no limit and limitations. Therefore, on our six hundred square meters, we try to accommodate everything conceivable, and sometimes even the most inconceivable. For example, a small corral for livestock, which is bred not only for decorative purposes.

And what, it's not bad at all to cook an omelet in the morning from homemade still warm eggs. But still, do not forget that the suburban area, even the smallest only six acres, is intended primarily for recreation. Although, as someone wisely once remarked, rest is also work.

Each owner of suburban real estate wants to give his brainchild an unrivaled appearance. For this reason, we decided to consider how you can implement a suburban design with your own hands on 6 acres. In fact, this is a very affordable operation that will require only perseverance and endurance from you.

The basics of landscape design

It seems to many people that it is impossible to create an attractive and cozy exterior in small areas. However, this is actually a complete delusion. If you make every effort, then everything will certainly work out.

Unfortunately, for many people, landscape design is just words. Therefore, we will analyze its main elements.

Plants placement

This is a key tool for landscape specialists.

• Tall crops must be located on the north side.
• Shrubs are placed on the center line.
• Tomatoes and peppers (if any) should preferably be placed on the south side, because there, as a rule, the best lighting is observed.
• Playgrounds, greenhouses and garden beds should be arranged in geometric order.

Tip: first create a plan on which all elements will be indicated.

• If there are any irregularities, then you should not try to level them. It is best to play with this with flowers or trees.

Zoning

In order to stay in the fresh air brings only positive emotions, we recommend dividing the area into zones responsible for their functions.

We propose to highlight the following objects:

• House. Should be located in the most convenient and scenic (if possible) area. This area should be freed from all unnecessary things, leaving only ornamental plants.
• Outbuildings (etc.). Least demanding area. It is best to place it in the least noticeable place (do not forget about the unpleasant smells inherent in these buildings).

Important!
Be sure to check with your neighbors when planning.
It will not work very well if, for example, your compost pit is located next to a neighbor's gazebo.

• Garden (all ornamental plants). This is the most attractive part and should be placed where it can be seen. It is desirable that the garden path is located along it.
• Vegetable garden (useful crops). It is best placed in your backyard. In this case, it is advisable to come up with some kind of fence.
• Rest zone. The most reasonable place for her is between the house and the garden. Moreover, it should be located at a sufficient distance from outbuildings.

Building codes

Not everyone knows that there is SNiP 2.07.01–89, which regulates the layout of suburban areas. In addition to it, there is SNiP 2.01.02-85, which ensures compliance with fire safety rules.

It is imperative to comply with these guidelines, therefore we will publish the main provisions:

• Residential premises should not be located closer than 3 m from the borders of neighboring areas... Therefore, when you develop a design for a summer residence of 6 acres with your own hands, do not forget about it.

Important!
It is also prohibited to locate such buildings closer than 5 meters from the street line.

• Outbuildings should be located no closer than 1 meter to the neighboring site.
• Living quarters must be continuously exposed to sunlight for at least 2.5 hours per day... Based on this condition, such premises as a kitchen and a bathroom should be located on the north side, and bedrooms and hallways on the south.

It is also worth noting that it is advisable to make sure that the windows of the bedrooms and living rooms face the most picturesque areas of the site. If your house has already been built, then it is worth placing such objects in the appropriate places.

Lighting

Most people pay attention only to functional lighting, forgetting about decorative lighting. Despite this, with the help of it you can significantly transform the site. Therefore, not a single competent design project of a summer cottage of 6 acres should do without this aspect.

What can be done with the right lighting fixtures:

• Visually highlight the most expressive areas. The tracks are also often highlighted, which allows you to move freely at any time.
• List the most beautiful plants (for example, a rare tree or flowers).
• There is an opportunity to observe the site in the dark.

• Buy lamps with lower wattage than for an apartment. They will be quite enough, and unnecessary expenses are useless.
• If possible, consider the separate connection of the functional and.

Tip: get a three-phase circuit breaker with fuses. With their help, it is much easier to make wiring, and they will save you from a short circuit.

• The supply cables must be very well insulated from precipitation. If we hide in the ground, then we make the appropriate markings so as not to stumble upon it in the process of doing garden work. At the same time, the instruction prohibits placing it next to the pipeline.

Conclusion

On such a positive note, we summarize our story. However, if you did not manage to comprehend all the nuances, then in no case worry. In the video presented in this article, you will find additional information on this topic, which will allow you to understand everything.

Many people dream of spending their free time away from the bustle of the city in their own country house, around which a beautiful garden is laid out, where you can relax both body and soul. Even if this garden is small, with an area of \u200b\u200b6 acres. Despite the small area, such a site has great prospects and opportunities.

Features:

If in the past many summer residents tried to plant the area of \u200b\u200bthe garden plot with all kinds of vegetables and fruits, nowadays the owners of small and neat gardens spend a lot of effort in order to refine it and make it a unique place of relaxation and harmony.

The design of such a site must meet the requirements of beauty and practicality. An important factor is the shape of your 6 acres.

It is safe to say that a garden of 6 acres today is more relevant not as an opportunity to grow healthy and tasty vegetables, but as an option for a place for a cozy rest.

Of course, given the size of the site, you will have to deny yourself a lot - it will be possible to build a small house, even a two-story one. A detached guest house cannot fit into your cozy garden. For meeting guests, it will be possible to allocate a room in the main building.

If you decide to definitely build a bathhouse on the site with your own hands, place it right next to the veranda or gazebo to save space. You can try to arrange a place for the car on your site.

A zealous hostess, even in a small area, will find a couple of square meters for a "vegetable garden". After all, sometimes fresh herbs or cucumbers are so necessary for the table. But the fence or fence in your garden can be made "alive", using the advice of experienced designers.

And, of course, don't forget about the fire safety rules. This is very important for small garden plots where the premises are in a certain proximity to each other:

• Residential premises should be located at least 3 meters from the border of neighbors and at least 5 meters from the street.
• Any utility rooms should also be located a meter from the garden border.

Your garden can be designed with your own hands, and the result can be a wonderful relaxation area, where you can not only relax in comfort, but also spend time effectively.

Layout

When starting to plan the arrangement of your summer cottage, you need to take into account all the nuances, for this it is good to first depict your future summer cottage project on paper, which will allow you to avoid surprises and mistakes, as well as calculate the budget.

Your project can consist of the following items:

• plan of the entire site;
• area of \u200b\u200bthe site;
• garden design;
• breakdown of electrical networks;
• watering and drainage.

At the very beginning, in planning your entire home, you will have to take into account the landscape horizon around the future house, that is, the lowlands or, conversely, the elevation of the site. Next, you will need to choose the most successful place for the foundation of the house, and also figure out the location of outbuildings, a veranda or a terrace.

An important factor is the shape of your 6 acres. Most often, it is rectangular and square, however, given the small size of the area, it can also be L-shaped. Therefore, the location of a small pool or alpine slide will have to be moved to the far corner of your garden. And it's not scary if they are located next to the garden beds, the main thing is that everything is calculated and thought out.

Zoning

Correctly dividing your garden plot into certain zones is a guarantee that in the future you will be able to quite comfortably enjoy well-kept garden beds, beautiful flower beds, and a small and cozy bathhouse.

If you got a plot without buildings, then you can plan everything "from scratch", and not deal with the transfer and restructuring on it.

Consider what exactly you need to have in a suburban area, how many people plan to live with you, how often friends or relatives will visit you. Many owners try to place on their 6-hectare all the delights of country life, including a swimming pool, a smokehouse, a bathhouse, a guest house, and paths.

However, everything together will look too cumbersome in a small area, so let's focus on the most basic:

• Residential building. The house itself is one-story or two-story, with an attic, a terrace, always with a guest room.
• Parking for a car - it can be located closer to the exit.
• Bathhouse - even if not very large, but be sure to attach a gazebo to it - it will be useful for relaxation not only after the "steam room".

• Toilet area - not all houses have a bathroom, therefore, if necessary, the toilet can be built separately. Such a structure does not take up much space, there should be no problems with it.
• Rest area - there you can put a barbecue and a table. Now a brazier with a roof, metal or brick, is very popular. This model fits perfectly into any garden design.

Most importantly, do not place it in the sun itself.

• A playground for children - for this you can allocate several square meters, fill them with ecological sand, install swings or slides, sometimes an inflatable pool. An obligatory requirement is that such a playground must be visible from the window of the house, then your children can always be supervised.
• A small plot can also be defined as a vegetable garden for zealous owners. Beds planted with strawberries or cucumbers can delight you in summertime.

• An alpine slide or a dug pool - with skillful zoning, even in a small area, you can find a place for such a decoration of the summer cottage area. For alpine slides, the natural elevations of your garden are perfect.

No matter how you "zoned" your site, remember the advice of the designers: you do not need to place the house in the center of the site, all other zones in this case will hardly "fit" into your project.

Landscaping

Many owners of small plots believe that a blank fence separating the borders of their own plot from those of their neighbors creates a dull mood.

Therefore, the choice of a "hedge" instead of a classic fence is increasingly in demand in our time. Ornamental shrubs, coniferous trees will create an indescribable comfort to the perimeter of your site. Popular in this case is the western thuja, the height of which reaches 150 cm, or the tree, which can grow up to 3 meters.

If you want even higher, then choose an evergreen tree - Canadian hemlock, it is very unpretentious and reaches a height of more than 3 meters.

For a clearer division of boundaries, you can pull a chain-link behind a coniferous hedge, and in some cases plant legumes or grapes along it - both useful and beautiful.

A living fence will visually increase the space of your site by 6 acres, and advice from experienced designers will help to support the illusion of spaciousness:

• When planting green spaces, avoid strict geometric lines. Let the paths be winding, the flower beds round.
• The jungle on your small plot will be superfluous - no need to plant trees without thoughtful options. Shrubs can intertwine, and instead of a well-kept garden, you get an impassable thicket.
• Use arched structures that will wrap around liana-like plants.
• Consider the lighting of the garden - decorative lighting that gives diffused light will look good in the evening.

How to plant correctly?

Correct planting of plants is an important fact. Every flower or tree reacts differently to the sun's rays, many of them only survive under the sun. Therefore, it is important to realistically assess the humidity and sun exposure in your area.

Any garden will benefit from a variety of small flower beds or flower arrangements - both annuals and perennials.

For example, if you only get to the dacha on weekends, you need plants that do not require special care, such as marigolds. They can become a bright spot in your flower gallery and can easily do without watering for a week. But if you are a fan of roses, then you will have to visit the garden plot much more often, since roses are capricious creatures.

Coniferous trees also require competent planting:

• Ate loves dark places, so they need to be planted where the sun's rays do not fall directly, from the north side.
• Pine trees are more unpretentious, they can be planted wherever you decide when designing your garden.
• In order to still protect the coniferous beauties from the bright sun, if we are talking about the southern regions, then protect them from the south side with a linden or birch tree. The foliage of these trees will become a kind of shield for conifers.

Fruit trees should not be planted too close together. In this case, they will not bear fruit. Experienced summer residents advise planting trees of the same type next to each other: pears with pears, plums with plums, and so on. True, it will look rather unpleasant, and therefore many trees are "combined" with each other, for example, an apple tree can be planted with a pear and a quince, but with an apricot it is better for it to be at a certain distance.

If your plot is on a slope or on a hill, plant trees across the hills. The distance between trees is 5-6 meters.

Choosing plants

Heat-loving plants, for example, grapes, are planted only on the southern side of the garden area. There you can also plant spices that will add zest to your garden. The sun's rays are also good for raspberry bushes.

Shade-tolerant plants can be planted in the corners of your garden. Neat flower beds of asters, petunias, tricolor violets will look colorful. Less often, the owners plant Siberian iris, lily of the valley or astilba, although they are also worthy of the attention of summer residents.

Carnations, calendula and many bulbous perennials will brighten up the sunny sides of the garden. They can be planted both in front of the house and behind the playground. Daffodils, tulips, peonies, delphiniums will greet you with bright buds from early spring to hot summer.

A flower garden in the form of a flowering carpet will look great in your garden - you can sow lawns with simple wildflowers.

Consider chamomile, cornflowers, or poppies as an option.

Planting flowers along the neat paths of the garden or next to the veranda with your own hands will take a lot of time and reward you with an idyllic picture: chamomile, salvia or other low-growing annual plants will delight both the owners and guests.

Bright inflorescences of hydrangeas in a round flower bed can be located in the center of the site, and not far from the recreation area.

Multi-colored lupins will create the effect of a blossoming rainbow.

Ornamental shrubs that grow for a long time and absolutely do not clutter up the space are also relevant in summer cottages. For example, spring-flowering spirea, which will delight the eye from the beginning of May until the hottest summer. Spirea grows well and is a decoration of any border.

Chubushnik or garden jasmine captivates, first of all, with its aroma. He loves light, fertile soil and cannot stand stagnant water.

As for the arches, which can become a "feature" of your site, then use clematis or maiden grapes for them, however, climbing roses will look most impressive.

Decor

An individual and unique design of your site will be the original decor - from an alpine slide to thoughtful lighting. For example, if you are a lover of the English style, then wooden benches should be an obligatory element on your site, you can even handmade.