Modeled on nature
In a near-natural garden, you basically have three options Stream to design:
- A meadow stream meanders to the garden pond without any further bank planting.
- The stream is lush with a planting Mistake.
- The stream has rapids or even a or several water falls on.
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The concrete design of these basic ideas can be very creative and individual. However, it is important with a natural stream bed that you avoid symmetry if possible. That means: The stream does not run straight to its destination, but rather winds in small and larger arcs. The width of the stream bed is also not uniform, but varies from time to time - as is the density of the vegetation.
Streams for modern gardens
Of course, such a stream modeled on nature does not fit into every garden. Those who prefer it accurate and modern can plan and create the course of the stream accordingly: straight from the
source to the collecting basin, perhaps embedded in a concrete base or Natural stone slabs. When placed a little higher, the side walls serve as seating. Light sources can also be integrated into these, which illuminate the water from the inside on warm summer evenings and thus create a romantic atmosphere.Get over dry feet
If the brook runs right through the garden, you don't necessarily want to constantly take detours to get to the other side of the garden. Depending on the width of the brook, a small bridge or stones simply inserted into the brook bed create an opportunity to get across quickly and still with dry feet.
Tips
A stream only babbles when it can run down a slope of at least two percent. With Excavation, for example by building a house, an artificial slope can be built, designed and planted. At its foot the stream flows into a small pond.
