The effect of the sun plays an important role in the use of a plot of land. The figure shows the duration of solar radiation depending on the location of the property, of the year- and time of day.
For many people, being active in the garden means enjoying independent creation and design, satisfies the need, to become familiar with nature through engagement with the living environment. Rich harvests when growing fruit and vegetables can also become a sense of achievement, like self-grown beautiful flowers and ornamental plants; they are a source of joy and pride for many.
To cultivate a garden means, to learn and apply manual skills, such as constructing or maintaining structures and handling equipment. You get to know different areas of work, is stimulated, to qualify, new knowledge, acquire new skills and abilities while being physically active.
Gardening is also a meaningful, productive activity for older people. After a fulfilled professional life, gardening becomes a real necessity of life. In this way, many are better able to overcome the sudden departure from the work process. Gardening in healthy environment makes old citizen feel, to be useful and needed. In a branch collective he does not feel lonely; he has neighbors with the same interests, he can also do something for the community.
It is also a satisfaction for every young family, when the children can grow up in the healthy environment of a garden, if the bond with nature can be instilled in them from an early age.
When setting up and designing a garden, the individual elements such as plants, Gazebo and other buildings can be arranged according to certain aspects. By arranging the fruit trees, of the differently shaped ornamental trees, the gazebo, through the location of trellises and pergolas, a spatial formation can be achieved.
Inside the garden room it is recommended, to create a smaller intimate area near the arbor. He lets himself through a pergola, a trellis with climbing plants, by ornamental shrubs or a hedge. A limited seating alcove gives a view- and windbreak and provides shade. In general, open spaces formed by plants offer city dwellers a welcome change in spatial impressions. The colors and variety of shapes of the gardens, the juxtaposition of green foliage, colored flowers, leaves and fruits, the most diverse barks and growth forms are important design elements.
Colors can have different effects on people, you can calm him down, stimulate, exhilarate and even excite. The fresh green of the plants and leaves can calm and balance, The variety of colors and shapes has a calming effect on the eye. yellow, Orange and red, on the other hand, are the active ones, the exciting colors. The color varies greatly from species to species of plants; it also changes with the seasons: While in spring the green presents itself as a delicate May green, it changes to lush green in summer; in autumn, shortly before the leaves fall, a bright blaze of color appears in a wide variety of red and, Gelb-, Braun- and shades of green. Dark, well Bäume, Shrubs and forests don't need to make you melancholy, they can even have a stimulating effect due to the diversity of the trunk- and crown shapes - if you have an eye for them. Nature exerts an influence on man that changes from season to season.
The bioclimatic factors and effects, like a higher percentage of oxygen near plants, higher humidity and the binding of dust, the influence of light, air and sun, are, that make staying and being active in the garden so healthy. The trees also cause a drop in temperature in hot summers, cast shadow, Wind weakening and noise reduction. All this has a beneficial effect on the human organism; you feel balanced, calm and full of life.
For a family with 2 or 3 children, so for 4 to 5 people would be a garden with a size of 250-400 m2 just right. It enables a balanced relationship between active and passive relaxation. The garden shouldn't be too big either, so that gardening is still fun. When all family members participate in gardening according to their means, there is also time to play and do sport together and to rest.
A gazebo with 20-25 m2 of floor space offers enough space for a family 2 to 3 children. Supplying the garden with drinking water and electricity is desirable, however not possible everywhere.
The has set a goal for its members for the productive use of the garden, that is quite achievable: Von 100 m2 garden area should be more than 100 kg of fruit and vegetables are harvested. Many allotment gardeners harvest even more: 120 to 130 kg of fruit and vegetables each 100 m2 are considered a good average yield. That's often more, than can be consumed in one's own family. The allotment gardeners and other small producers make a valuable contribution to self-sufficiency in the territory by selling fruit and vegetables to retailers or purchasers.