One of the most beautiful additions to landscape design is the decorative bridges. They, without a doubt, will be an adornment of any garden, summer residence and even a small site in front of the house. Like the rest of the small architectural forms for the garden, the bridges should fit into the overall design and style of the site's decoration.
As a rule, bridges garden can be installed through a creek in the country, including through a dry creek of stones, as well as through a pond, a lake, a swamp or another pond. In addition, many owners of private houses with a garden, wanting to improve the design of the landscape and give the site a more aesthetic appearance, use garden bridges without binding to water bodies or a dry stream. A beautiful bridge can be installed among the luxuriant vegetation of flower beds and flower beds, on a lawn, in a rock garden. Today it is so popular that the presence of a pond in order to decorate the garden with a bridge is not necessary.
Garden bridges
The bridge in the garden has both practical, functional purpose - it is used as a path for crossing over water and streams, and aesthetic, that is, it serves to decorate the landscape design of the site.
Depending on this, it is determined how reliable and stable the bridge should be. If you often have to cross it over a stream or a lake, it is best to make a straight straight bridge made of wood or metal. In shallow water bodies, can be installed garden ladders without a handrail, located quite low, and if the bridge is built sufficiently high above the water, support in the form of a handrail must be mandatory.
Wooden garden bridges without railings
Wooden garden bridge curved
Decorative bridges that will not be used for walking at all can be lightweight, almost weightless, and even portable in case you want to put it in another place or hide it for the winter,when you rarely go to the country.
Today, garden bridges can be bought in numerous companies that are engaged in the manufacture of products and elements for the design of landscape design, as well as in hypermarkets selling the appropriate products for cottages and gardens. In Europe, this direction is more developed, but in Russia and Ukraine the decorative bridge will not be a problem to buy. You can find a seller or a manufacturer through the Internet, by ads in newspapers, in magazines about landscape design.
There is also an opportunity to buy a bridge for a garden or a summer residence in such large stores and hypermarkets as:
- Epicenter, New Line, Metro( METRO Cash & Carry) - Ukraine;
- Castorama, OBI, Leroy Merlin, Baumall, Maxidom Our Home, Your Home"," Gardeners' Center "," Your Home and Garden "- Russia.
But the problem can be that not in each of these shopping centers there are bridges available, as more popular products are garden furniture, equipment and appliances, in particular lawn mowers. But you can visit the official websites of these hypermarkets and see their catalogs, or call back and find out everything by phone, which will be the most correct decision.
Decorative bridges for decorating a garden or giving, as well as functional bridges for crossing over ponds, are most often made of wood. But there are also metal bridges, especially popular among which are figured forged products, as well as concrete structures.
Wooden bridges for cottages and gardens
For the manufacture of wooden bridges, manufacturers often use pre-dried and sustained wood in the natural environment, which is further subject to special impregnation, which prevents reproduction of harmful insects and rot. As a result, decorative bridges are also resistant to cracking, disintegration of layers.
If you buy garden bridges made according to your individual order, then their coloring can be made depending on the wishes and design of your garden. In case you want to buy garden wooden bridges, then here you will be offered a diverse assortment. Each model will vary in shape, decor and color. Most bridges of wood have a color that is close to natural, but you can often find bright colors - red, green, blue.
Decorative garden bridges
The bridge with decorative carvings on wood, beautiful figured rails will be attractive.
Wooden garden bridges photo
Wooden garden bridges decorative
Wooden garden bridges decorative
You can make a wooden garden bridge with your own hands. In particular, if it is a flat bridge without rails.
Wooden garden bridges without railings
Wooden garden bridges without railings
And if you want to give the garden more originality, make a hanging bridge that is held on a strong rope.
Suspension bridge over a stream in the garden
The most attractive form of wooden bridges is smoothly curved.
Wooden garden bridges decorative
Decorative landscaped bridges
Wooden bridges for villas Photo
Also interesting are such bridge designs that provide an arch or pergola for climbing plants that interlace and hang down, further decorating the design of the garden.
Wooden bridges in the garden Photo
Unusually looking asymmetrical forms of wooden garden bridges, built with their own hands.
Wooden bridges in the garden photo
Forged garden bridges for your site
Metal bridges with artistic forging are more expensive but equally attractive option for a garden plot with a beautiful landscape. Of course, if you design a garden in Japanese style, then you will need a wooden bridge. But metal bridges with forging look amazing in any other style.
All kinds of railings, different degrees of curvature and different shades make each such bridge original and unique in its kind. Any of them will adequately decorate your homestead.
Forged bridges for garden
Forged bridges for garden
Forged bridges for garden
Metal bridges for dachas
The original decorative bridges look amazing in the garden and at the dacha, they turn the estate into a cozy corner and a comfortable place to relax. Go through the garden paths in autumn under falling leaves, go to the bridge, lean on the railing and stand on it - is not this a dream?
