The use of decorative chips in landscape design

Decorative chips are natural raw materials based on wood. In the market, it is famous primarily for its environmental friendliness and safety. Most often, decorative chips are used in landscape design. Two benefits are obtained from its use: an aesthetically beautiful view of the site and practical benefits, since it is almost impossible for weeds to germinate in places where decorative chips are filled.

Brown wood mulch in landscaping

Its practical application does not require special skills from the gardener. A little imagination, desire and materials will emphasize all the abundance of your site. With the help of decorative chips they decorate flower beds, sprinkle soil in front gardens, mark paths, create fancy patterns or pictures in places of poor and infertile soil in order to hide the imperfections of the site.

Decorative chips for landscaping

In this article, we will take a closer look at all the advantages of decorative chips, learn the technology of its manufacture and even the methods of making our own colorful mulch.

Advantages of decorative chips

Decorative chips in landscape design are considered the most profitable and practical material for processing garden plots. This is largely due to the following functions of the raw materials:

drainage functions. Chip layers contribute to the accumulation of moisture, which evaporates in small quantities even in the sultry heat;

Decorative chips can be purchased at the store

protection functions. This criterion is suitable for the winter season. Chips under the snow serve as a kind of cover and provide additional protection to the fertile soil layer. Thanks to its coverage, the soil is not eroded by precipitation and is resistant to strong gusts of wind;

air exchange. The chips allow the leaking air to circulate, which guarantees the looseness and softness of the soil under the embankment. Wood chips eliminate hard earth crust;

Decorative chips give the flower bed a unique look

blocking weed growth. The layer of chips, which is about 6 cm, well prevents the penetration of sunlight, which is vital for weeds. This saves you the hassle of weeding the treated area every week.

To the advantages of decorative chips in

landscape design can also be attributed to its safety.

A kind of decorative chips

In addition to the fact that this material does not harm children and animals, it also supplies the soil with useful elements, since it is a completely natural product. Thanks to decorative chips, the bottom layer of soil does not need to be fertilized with agricultural canvas.

Artificial river from decorative chips

In addition to the advantages regarding the characteristics of raw materials, I would like to note its versatility in the field of practical application:

arbitrary layout of material. With the help of colored chips, you can create absolutely any pattern, geometric shapes, etc.d.;

variety of color shades. Manufacturers produce wood chips in a variety of colors, which allows you to choose the right palette for your site;

With the help of colored chips, you can create absolutely any pattern

multifunctionality in application. The list of applications for decorative chips will be replenished from year to year. It is mainly used

on paths, flower beds, playgrounds, etc.d.;

ease of reservoir renewal. Chips do not require preliminary cleaning of the top layer, such as crushed stone. Therefore, every 2 years, you can simply fill it up from above without any additional work.

Chips do not require preliminary cleaning of the top layer

How and where to lay decorative chips in landscape design - everyone decides independently. There are no strict requirements for its application.

When choosing chips, visually inspect with what layer of paint it is covered. Check out its characteristics, evaluate whether the paint is evenly applied. High-quality wood chips should not lose their color even after prolonged precipitation.

Since this aspect is more related to the production of decorative chips, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the method of its manufacture.

Colored decorative chips for landscaping

Decorative chips production technology

Decorative chips are made most often on the basis of deciduous trees. For the production of raw materials on an industrial scale, modern technologies and the best equipment for processing wood species are used.

The most common deciduous trees for decorative chips

The manufacturing process itself is quite simple, it is performed in several stages:

primary processing. With the help of machines, the most identical and large chips are selected, small ones are sifted out;

processing with chipping equipment. Selected material on

is driven to a given standard;

secondary processing. Already processed raw materials are re-selected;

Decorative chips in a package

ready-made forms. Batches of decorative chips, rounded and finished so that it is impossible to injure themselves, come off the conveyors;

painting. With the help of a colorizer of a special painting machine, the chips are painted;

drying and packaging of the finished product in transparent bags.

Decorative chips before painting

The color palette of decorative wood chips is successfully used both in private and state territories, decorating city facades, alleys, parks,

flower beds. Combined with the natural environment, colored wood chips are the perfect complement to completing the look created by nature.

It is very popular to decorate playgrounds with this material. Chips are harmless even for the smallest age, and the risk of injuries sustained during games is generally reduced to zero. In addition, bright colors will definitely impress any child.

Unusual and original landscape design using decorative wood chips

It is very fashionable now to decorate treadmills with decorative chips. This is done taking into account several goals:

comfortable feeling when running or walking;

the material remains attractive even after rains;

nice appearance.

Flower bed decoration with decorative chips

Photos of options for decorative chips used in landscape design, you can see below.

Learning to make decorative chips with our own hands

Decorative chips turn out to be unique and special if you make them yourself. The business is very costly, both in terms of time and materials, but this is invaluable experience and pride in the material created with your own hands.

Decorative chip woodworking machine

So, to create decorative chips at home, we need:

woodworking machine and deciduous tree logs;

bulk container;

stain and color, diluted in advance;

dyes;

place for drying raw materials.

Wood sawdust for the manufacture of decorative chips

To begin with, we plan the harvested logs. If there is a sawmill or woodworking plant in your area, then wood shavings (sawdust) can be requested there, especially since for them chips are considered a waste product and are of no value.

Imitation of a small pond in landscape design

Further, if desired, we select the most identical chips and place them in a previously prepared container with diluted stain and color. The resulting substance must be mixed periodically.

Wood stain

After a day, you can start painting the material. To do this, it is necessary to dry the chips in an open space.

Decorative chips prevent weeds from germinating

You can paint chips with factory dyes bought in specialized stores, or use the folk method. Onion husks will give a brown tint, beets - purple, potassium permanganate - pink, brilliant green - green, etc.d. However, it should be noted that these methods do not guarantee long-term color saturation, since they are not specialized tools.

Decorative chips are safe for children

If, nevertheless, your choice settled on factory chips, then you can purchase it in gardening stores. If you buy, then the most expensive. The quality of the wood will determine the resistance of the paint on it. Decorative chips are sold in bags of 65-75 liters. Its cost ranges from 400 to 900 rubles.