Fruit growing
and viticulture of South Russia
Sergeeva Galina
Studio Progetti Milano
Articles in journal: (total 6)
The modern trends of environmental paradigm of design culture of small garden landscape are considered in the article.
The principles of the functional and art organization of the urbanized environment by means of landscape design are stated in the article.
The work purpose is integration of new knowledge about biological features and form diversity of the decorative introduced plants on the example of a Hibiscus Syrian; the development of the agric and technological documentation accompany to the project of a modern small garden with a prevalence of an esthetic component. The novelty of this work is based by the main methodological principle of interdisciplinary approach to the purpose achievement. The article presents the results of complex research of the economic and biological potential of introduced varieties of Hibiscus Syrian; agric-technical recommendations for care of plants; the design concept of the landscape project creation of a small garden with use of Hibiscus Syrian varieties, steady against abiotic factors of the region. The developed elements of plants care as a result complex of research are based on the revealed phenology features of introduced varieties, intensity of growth processes, resistance to diseases and requirements to the level of soil fertility. The study of parametrical characteristics of introduced varieties of Hibiscus Syrian, their decorative traits and economic and biological potential allowed to develop the design concept of the project of a regular garden. The strengthening of a garden esthetic component was provided by accent elements of landscape composition with use of Woodbridge (cv. Woodbrige), Karneus Plenus (cv. Carneus Plenus), Red Hart (cv. Red Heart) varieties and by decorative plants groups with flowers of contrast color and blossoming terms of Duc de Brabant (cv. Duc de Brabant), Rachn Violette (cv. Russian Violet), Spetsiozus (cv. Speciosus). The integrated approach to the decision and an embodiment of a problem of creation of the modern individual project of a small garden provided the expansion of a utilitarian component which is estimated by profitability and functionality of object due to resistance of the used plants to abiotic factors and their durability.
In the article the stages of realization of design idea of creation of a small garden with elements of the Russian farmstead in the process of reconstruction of an old garden are described (free planning, mix of planting of orna-mental shrubs with berry bushes, shady corners, twisting paths, decorative kitchen garden and other elements of landscape). A main objective of this work is integration of natural scientific knowledge and design and art creative work for creation of design model of a small garden of a certain style orientation in the combination with the biological diversity meeting the main requirements of landscaping design. The basic novelty aspect of the presented work is approach to the reconstructed object as to dynamic system and creation of planning schemes of placement and a combination of landscape fragments. The recommendations stated in the domestic and foreign references, answering the purpose of this development, became the methodical basis for implementation of the present project. In the course of its introduction the main stages are following: natural observing of plots, creation of virtual plans and models, sketches of various landscape zones of the reconstructed garden, selection of color schemes of design objects and also development of the assortment list containing data on quantity and specific structure of plants, natural cycles of their blossoming, etc. The wide purpose of design of the plot compositions for landscape park has been solved thanks to integration of natural scientific knowledge and design and art works of designers. Creative approach to reconstruction of an old garden has been caused by original combinations of fruit and berry crops and ornamental one-year and perennial plants and, besides, by creation of the decorative kitchen garden combining the beauty and advantage - the typical components of the Russian landscape art.
Prospects of use of decorative form collection of fruit culture steady against illnesses for gardening of landscapes of a modern mega city in the conditions of the south of Russia are presented in the article