An idyllic garden corner is ideal for a cozy seat as a green refuge. It is important to reconcile the requirements for functionality and aesthetics to create a cozy seating area. These tips get to the heart of all the relevant criteria.
How do you make a garden corner attractive and cozy?
To design a garden corner, you should choose the location carefully, lay out the flooring in a stylish manner, and provide wind and privacy protection. Various materials and plants can be used as design elements, depending on the budget and style of the garden.
Choose a location carefully – you should pay attention to this
The lighting conditions play a key role in choosing the right location. As a rule of thumb, shadows can be created subsequently, but sunlight cannot. We therefore preferably recommend sunny to semi-shady locations for your outdoor seating area. If, on the other hand, the house already has a south-facing sun terrace, a shady garden niche under trees is an ideal place to retreat to on hot summer days.
Ideally, you should build a small arbor or pavilion in a sunny corner of the garden. This is a comfortable place to retreat to when the summer sun gets too hot or rain falls from the sky.
Laying floor coverings in style – tips for every budget
The seat in a corner of the garden usually serves as a picturesque complement to the main seat on the terrace. Here the limits of the design options are clearly defined because the building style sets the direction for the type of floor covering. In contrast, a variety of options open up if you create a seating area in the middle of the garden. There are stylish and easy-care solutions for every budget:
- Inexpensive and with rural charm: bark mulch or lawn framed with rustic clinker bricks
- Affordable and flexible: gravel areas in a round or square shape, surrounded by small ornamental grasses
- Noble and durable: paving made of natural stone slabs or pedestal made of weatherproof wooden planks
The choice of floor covering has a significant influence on the visual effect of a seating area in the garden. Stone surfaces form the garden corner into an island that serves as an architectural structural element. Choose an organic covering, such as bark mulch or lawn, to harmoniously embed the seating area into the natural appearance.
Not without wind and privacy protection – goodbye to gusts of wind and onlookers
With wind and privacy protection, your seating area becomes a haven of security. As a home gardener with a little craftsmanship, you can draw from a diverse pool of ideas when designing. The following selection may serve as your inspiration:
- Modern and durable: privacy wall made of gabions
- Natural and ecologically valuable: mixed hedge made of evergreen trees and flowering bushes
- Inexpensive and easy to care for: privacy and wind protection made from Miscanthus or similar giant grasses
If you create a seating area in the cottage garden, the picket fence comes into focus as an authentic frame. Picturesque fence peepers, such as sunflowers or dahlias, keep out the wind and prying eyes. A rose-covered arch as rain and sun protection completes the romantic design.
Tip
If you forgo flammable frame planting made of trees, you can create a corner of the garden as a seating area with a fireplace. The wide spectrum of design options extends from a simple solution with a fire basket to an artfully built campfire.