In the wild, barberry sprouts in forest edges and glades, in beams and on the slopes of ravines. But recently, more and more often you can find shrubs of barberry in summer cottages and city alleys. The popularity of barberry is due to its good decorative qualities and healing properties, which have found application in folk and traditional medicine.

Consider the main points for growing ornamental shrubs in the garden, and dwell on options for its use in landscape design and for medicinal purposes.

Tomatoes, perhaps the more correct name for this plant are tomatoes, have been known since ancient times. It was grown by the American Indians, the fruits they consumed were called tumatl, hence the name that came to be more harmonious for us was tomato. The homeland of the plant is Peru, although its wild-growing species can still be found today in the Galapagos Islands, Peru and Chile, in Ecuador. Tomatoes that got into Europe, which are pretty beautiful, constantly growing vines, were grown as a decorative crop, because considered poisonous. Long disputes over the toxicity of tomatoes turned out to be groundless, attempts to use these berries proved that they have excellent aroma and taste and do not cause poisoning. From the beginning of the 19th century, tomato began to be grown as a vegetable crop and quickly gained popularity. The modern name for the tomato was given by the Portuguese, calling it the apple of love.

Why do we love spending time in the garden? For leisurely walks, for a calm, pacifying vacation and the opportunity to enjoy the surrounding nature. Many elements of furniture and decor create coziness and comfort on a suburban area, one of which is a garden bench.

Landscape designers skillfully use garden benches to ennoble the summer cottage and create complex compositions. Therefore, when choosing the ideal bench, which will meet all the requirements, it is necessary to take into account the features of the site, the architectural style of the house and the functions assigned to the garden bench.

Chinese folk wisdom says that all roads lead to those who built them. We can say with the same confidence that all roads and paths can tell a lot about their creators, especially if these are paths constructed by oneself on their own suburban area. They will talk about the ingenuity of the owners, their imagination, patience and ability to handle various natural and artificially created building materials.

Humanity has long known about this plant. Raspberry seeds were found by archaeologists, digging out settlements of the Bronze and Stone Ages. Although in those days, its consumers, most likely, were not particularly interested in growing raspberries. The Roman writer Pliny (1st century AD), who tells about its cultivation in Central Asia, also has information about wild raspberries.

Despite the fact that the original raspberry was a wild plant, the Greeks and Romans knew about the beneficial properties of berries and used it for various purposes. For example, with the help of these berries, many diseases, scorpion and snake bites were cured. In the sixteenth century in Western Europe, the cultivation of raspberries began. She began to be transplanted from forests to gardens at the monasteries. From the seventeenth century, various varieties of raspberries began to appear. Gardeners began to be seriously interested in this plant.

Tree peonies have become relatively popular among amateur gardeners in our country relatively recently. But in other countries, in particular China, this amazingly beautiful plant has been cultivated for more than one and a half thousand years, moreover, it is revered and enjoyed by love as a flower-symbol of the whole people. The Latin name for the peony is Paeonia suffruticosa, it belongs to the pion family. China is considered the birthplace of the plant, but some of its species are found as growing in the territory of the ancient region of Thrace, which was called Peonia. There is even a version that the plant owes its name to it. Another legend says that the word peony was formed from the Greek paionis, i.e. healing, one that heals. The plant itself since ancient times is considered a symbol of longevity and wealth.

A special place in the decorative design of suburban areas is occupied by clematis. This is an amazingly beautiful liana plant with a variety of colors, a unique texture and shape, as well as a unique aroma.

Due to the large number of different types of clematis, this flower has become an almost indispensable element in landscape design, allowing you to transform the walls of the building, hedges, arches and bring brightness to the design of a garden or flower bed.

The car is not a luxury, but the vehicle was very successfully noticed almost a hundred years ago by the heroes of Ilf and Petrov. Everyone has got an iron friend or dreams of such. When buying a car, we will also gain additional comfort, but do not forget that we also get additional costs.

The first and probably the biggest investment in a car will be the construction of a garage. But without it, too, nowhere.