JP2004187525A - Artificial garden - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an artificial garden so designed as to have undulation, freely set its outer configuration, and make it possible to transfer members for structuring the garden through the inside of a house while saving labors, costs and time each required for construction. <P>SOLUTION: This artificial garden is formed by arranging a lot of garden structure boxes filled with planting soil so as to be adjacent to an artificial garden construction surface. The garden structure box has the following structure: the side frame of each of the boxes is shaped along a virtual partition obtained by dividing the artificial garden to be formed into nearly lattice shapes with desired patterns. The upper end of the side frame is formed so as to be along the undulation of the planting surface of the corresponding virtual partition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an artificial garden that can be easily constructed on artificial ground such as a building roof or a terrace.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, artificial gardens that have been built on artificial ground such as the roof of a building or terrace are generally laid with a root protection sheet or the like on the concrete casting surface, which is the site to be built, and the surrounding area is covered with stone or other outer walls. The outer frame is formed so as to cover along the virtual section to be formed, the soil is put in the formed outer frame, and further plants are planted or decorations such as stones are placed on the outer frame. ing.
[0003]
However, in the above-described method, when constructing an artificial garden, heavy equipment such as a crane must be used to transport the soil and decorations forming the artificial garden to the roof of a building that is to be constructed. If you do not work efficiently.
[0004]
Therefore, the above-mentioned method is not particularly problematic when creating an artificial garden at the same time as the construction of a building under construction where heavy equipment such as a crane is easily accessible. When constructing a garden or renovating or removing an artificial garden that has already been created, it was difficult in terms of construction and cost to prepare heavy equipment.
Also, in artificial gardens, as the plants grow larger, the roots of the plants may adversely affect the waterproof layer and cause water leakage to the building in some cases.
[0005]
In order to solve the above problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-84875 discloses a method in which a square bottom formed by a metal net and an outer periphery of a skeleton including a rising portion rising from two opposing sides of the bottom are provided. While winding the side net, a plurality of garden units having side wall materials fixed are arranged on the side of the bone body where there is no rising portion, and tree plants are planted in soil filled in each garden unit, or flowers are planted. An artificial garden constructed by planting has been proposed.
[Patent Document 1] JP-A-2002-84875
The artificial garden can adjust the size of the artificial garden to be constructed by adjusting the number of garden units as constituent members, and also constitute each unit forming the artificial garden. Since it is possible to lift each skeleton, the tree can be moved without digging the tree by moving only the unit where the tree is planted.
Therefore, the garden can easily repair the artificial garden.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the artificial garden described in the above publication, since each unit is constituted by a skeleton having a bottom portion and a rising portion by bending a metal net, each unit is directly placed in a place where the artificial garden is to be constructed. Instead of arranging the ground unit, it is necessary to lay a root-resistant sheet or a water retention mat in advance, and when trying to move the garden unit, soil may spill out from the gap of the metal net, It was difficult to transport the unit filled with soil to the rooftop via indoors.
[0008]
In addition, in the artificial garden, since the heights of the rising portions of each unit are all formed at the same height, and all of them have a substantially trough shape, the artificial garden has undulations, There was also a problem that a curved portion could not be provided on the outer peripheral portion of the garden.
[0009]
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, in an artificial garden constructed on a concrete casting surface such as the roof of a building, without laying a root-resistant sheet or a water retention mat on the concrete casting surface for constructing the artificial garden. Even though the garden can be constructed without damaging the waterproof layer, the members that make up the garden can be transported via indoors, reducing the labor, cost, and time required for construction. It is an object of the present invention to provide an artificial garden which has undulations and whose outer shape can be freely set.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the artificial garden according to claim 1 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “artificial garden of claim 1”) has a large number of garden building boxes filled with planting soil. In an artificial garden formed by arranging adjacently on a garden construction surface, each garden construction box has a virtual frame in which a side frame of the artificial garden to be obtained is divided in a desired pattern into a substantially lattice shape. And the upper edge of the side frame is formed in a shape along the undulation of the planting surface of the corresponding virtual section.
[0011]
Further, the artificial garden according to claim 2 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “artificial garden of claim 2”) has a bottom and side frames of a box for garden construction in addition to the configuration of the artificial garden of claim 1. A water hole is formed in at least one of the above.
[0012]
In the above configuration, the planting soil refers to a soil for growing a plant, and is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a mixture of masago soil, field soil, sand, kanuma soil, perlite, bark compost, and peat moss. .
The plant to be cultivated may be a flower or a tree, and is not particularly limited.
[0013]
Also, the garden building box can be transported through the inside of the building, and if it is possible to form an artificial garden by placing it adjacent to the artificial garden construction surface, the material and size The shape and the like are not particularly limited, but are preferably formed into a size and a shape that can be transported by using the elevator when creating an artificial garden on the roof of a building where the elevator is installed. The size that can be transported using the elevator described above is, specifically, when the garden construction box has a rectangular shape, the short side of the bottom is 300 mm to 800 mm, and the long side is within twice the short side. The height of the side surface is about 100 mm to about 600 mm, but may be larger than the above size as long as it can be placed on the elevator.
[0014]
Further, the garden construction box is not limited to a rectangular shape, and one side may be expanded or curved in accordance with the virtual section of the artificial garden.
Further, the garden construction box may be formed of a synthetic resin or metal, and is not particularly limited.
In addition, if the garden construction box is fixed at the place where the surfaces are adjacent to each other with the connecting bracket, the adjacent garden construction box may move due to an external impact such as strong wind and shift or gap may occur. It is preferable because it disappears.
[0015]
Further, the side frames of the garden building box may be all formed in the same size, or a part of the side frame may be formed high (low), and the height is not particularly limited. It is preferable to arrange adjacent garden construction boxes having side frames of a height corresponding to the height because an artificial garden rich in undulations can be constructed without performing embankment or the like. .
[0016]
Further, it is preferable that the artificial garden is provided with a water absorbing means and a draining means for promoting the growth of plants.
The water absorbing means is not particularly limited, and includes, for example, providing a sprinkler on an artificial garden, and passing a drip hose for an automatic watering device through an upper portion of a rising portion of a garden building box.
[0017]
Examples of the drainage means include providing a drainage groove at the bottom of the garden construction box or passing a drainage pipe through. However, as in the artificial garden of claim 2, the bottom and side of the garden construction box are provided. If a water hole is formed in at least one of the frames, drainage can be easily performed, and air permeability in the garden construction box can be improved.
[0018]
In addition, the size of the water passage hole in the artificial garden according to claim 2 is preferably about 1 mm to 10 mm in diameter. That is, if the diameter is smaller than 1 mm, the water in the garden construction box is hardly discharged, and there is a fear that root rot of the planted plant is caused. If the diameter is larger than 10 mm, There is a fear that the soil filled in the garden building box may leak out from the water hole.
[0019]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of an embodiment of an artificial garden according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the artificial garden 1 is formed by arranging a plurality of garden construction boxes 2 adjacent to each other.
[0020]
The garden construction box 2 has side walls constituting side frame portions having a rectangular shape like the side walls 21a and 21b shown in FIG. 2A, and the side walls 21b and 22b shown in FIG. 2B. 2 is cut off from one side to the other side, and is cut off from the middle from one side to the other side like the side walls 21c and 22c shown in FIG. As shown in the side walls 21d and 22d shown in FIG. 2D, the side walls 21e and 22e shown in FIG. 2E, and the side walls 21f and 22f shown in FIG. There are various shapes such as those that are.
[0021]
As shown in FIGS. 2B to 2F, when the side wall is notched, for example, in the case of FIG. 2B, the angle θ shown in the drawing is about 0 to 30 °. Preferably, there is. That is, when this angle is 30 ° or more, there is a possibility that the planting soil 5 filled in the garden construction box 2 may flow out. Therefore, when the angle is set to 30 ° or more, it is necessary to prevent the outflow of the planting soil 5 by planting lawns, moss, ground cover plants, and the like. Of course, the same can be said for the other side walls.
[0022]
Although not shown, the garden construction box 2 may have a shape in which one surface of the side wall portion is curved inward and outward of the box.
In this case, it can be used when it is desired to make the outer periphery of the artificial garden to be constructed round or uneven.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 1, a water passage hole 3 and a hose hole 4 are formed in a side frame of the garden construction box 2.
The water passage holes 3 each have a diameter of about 1 mm to 10 mm, and are provided in a plurality so as to be substantially evenly distributed over the entire side frame portion of the garden construction box 2. Although not shown, a water hole 3 is similarly formed in the bottom of the garden construction box 2.
[0024]
The artificial garden 1 is configured such that the garden building boxes 2a to 2f having various shapes of the garden building box 2 described above are faced to each other so that a virtual shape of the artificial garden to be built is formed. The garden construction boxes 2a to 2f are adjacent to each other, and when viewed from above, the garden construction boxes 2a to 2f form a state where the garden construction boxes 2a to 2f are partitioned in a desired pattern. At this time, each of the garden construction boxes 2a to 2f (hereinafter, referred to as “garden construction box 2” inclusive) has a short side of 300 mm to 800 mm that constitutes the bottom surface. (The long side is less than twice the short side) and the height of the side wall is 100 mm to 600 mm. As shown in FIG. 3, those having the same side wall shape are adjacent to each other. It is designed to construct an artificial garden by arranging it in such a way.
Further, the garden-building box 2 adjacent to the surface can be fixed in a state where the side walls adjacent to each surface do not shift and move by using the connecting member 23 as shown in FIG. It has become.
[0025]
The garden construction box 2 is filled with planting soil 5 as shown in FIG.
Since the artificial garden 1 is often constructed on the roof of a building or the like, the planting soil 5 is important to be lightweight in order to cope with the load limitation of the building. If the soil has excellent properties such as water resistance and drainage, the plant can be successfully grown with a small amount. As the soil having such properties, a mixture obtained by appropriately mixing masago, field soil, sand, Kanuma soil, perlite, bark compost, peat moss, and the like is used.
[0026]
As a configuration example of the planting soil 5 to be filled in the garden construction box 2, a bark compost, peat moss, and the like are mainly composed of Kanuma soil and perlite in a lower part (bottom side part) of the garden construction box 2. A light soil layer centered on light mixed soil is formed, and a heavy soil layer centered on heavy mixed soil mainly composed of sand is formed in the upper part of the garden building box 2. To By doing so, the planting soil 5 filled in the garden building box 2 can be reduced lightly as compared with the case where the planting soil 5 is constituted only by the heavy soil layer, and the soil on the surface portion is heavily mixed. Since it is composed of soil, it is possible to prevent runoff of soil due to rainfall and scattering of soil due to strong wind.
[0027]
The hose holes 4 are provided at two places, one upper part of the side wall of the garden construction box 2 as shown in FIG. 1 and the upper part of the side wall facing the side wall, as shown in FIG. A water supply hose P for supplying water to the soil is inserted therethrough.
The water supply hose P is provided with a plurality of water supply hoses P near the surface of the planting soil 5 filled in the garden construction box 2 so that water flowing inside the hose P is discharged and dropped to the outside of the hose P. Are provided, and are connected to an automatic irrigation apparatus having a solenoid valve with a timer (not shown).
[0028]
In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the artificial garden 1 cultivates a plurality of types of plants such as flowers, shrubs, and high trees as the plants 6 so as to improve the appearance.
When a tree is planted in the artificial garden 1 as the plant 6, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, a welding wire mesh 7 having a size that can be accommodated in the garden construction box 2 is accommodated. After the root pot 60 of the plant 6 is placed, a non-corrosive synthetic resin band 8 is formed on the upper surface of the root pot 60 into an annular band having a size larger than the trunk circumference and smaller than the outer circumference of the root pot 60. 80 is passed through the upper part of the root basin 60, and is fixed to the welding wire mesh 7 with the fixing band 8 from the annular band body 80. After that, the planting soil 5 is filled in the garden construction box 2 and the root band 60 fixed to the annular band body 80 and the welding wire mesh 7 is buried in the soil, so that the tree can collapse even in a strong wind. To prevent it.
[0029]
In addition, the artificial garden 1 may include decorations such as stones in addition to the plants 6.
When a stone is used as a decoration, the stone is not limited to a natural stone, and for example, a lightweight artificial stone may be used. In this manner, the total weight of the artificial garden 1 can be reduced.
[0030]
Since the artificial garden 1 having the above-described configuration can be constructed simply by placing the garden construction boxes 2 adjacent to each other, the construction work is very easy, and the construction can be performed in a short time. it can.
Further, when an elevator is provided to the roof of a building that constructs a garden, each garden construction box 2 that is a construction member of the garden is formed in a size that can be easily accommodated in the elevator. Even if heavy equipment is not prepared, by using a trolley and an elevator, the garden construction box 2 can be easily transported to the rooftop with the planting soil 5 filled therein. The garden can be constructed by an easy operation of fixing the garden construction box 5 adjacent to the surface.
[0031]
In addition, since the artificial garden 1 can be constructed without a person having special skills such as a specialized trader, even those who have been hesitant to construct an artificial garden on a rooftop or the like until now can construct an artificial garden. The consciousness is inclined in the direction to move, creating a green cityscape, contributing to the mitigation of the heat island phenomenon in urban areas, and making it possible to bring about an environmentally favorable state.
[0032]
In addition, since the artificial garden 1 can perform not only construction work but also removal work similarly easily and in a short time, it can be suitably used even when the artificial garden is used only for a short period of time such as an event. .
[0033]
Moreover, in the artificial garden 1, the shape of the garden construction box 2 which is a constituent member has various shapes like the garden construction boxes 2a to 2f shown in FIGS. 2 (a) to 2 (f). Therefore, various undulating shapes can be freely constructed.
Further, since the garden construction box 2 is provided with the water passage hole 3, water does not accumulate in the box and cause root rot of the plant. By attaching the watering hose of the watering device, it is possible to automatically water the plants being planted, and to easily manage the garden.
[0034]
The artificial garden according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
In the artificial garden 1, the drainage means is the water passage hole 3 provided in the garden construction box 2. However, instead of providing the water passage hole 3, it is necessary to discharge water from the bottom part of the garden construction box 2 to the outside. By constructing artificial drainage not only on the rooftop, but also on places such as porches and indoors, if drains are provided or drainage pipes are provided to forcibly discharge water to the outside, It becomes possible.
[0035]
FIG. 7 shows an artificial garden 10 in which a lightweight underlaying material 9 is laid below a garden construction box 20 so that the height can be adjusted.
The underlaying material 9 is made of a material such as a Styrofoam board that is lightweight and has a strength enough to withstand a box for garden construction filled with soil and plants.
By using the underlay material * in this way, it is possible to construct a more undulating artificial garden without increasing the total weight.
[0036]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the planting soil 5 to be filled in the garden building box 2 has a two-layer structure of a lightweight soil layer and a heavy soil layer, but has a three-layer structure or more. Or a single-layer structure. The ratio of the light soil layer and the heavy soil layer occupied is appropriately set according to the depth of the garden building box 2, the type of plant to be cultivated, the load limit of the building, and the like.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
Since the artificial garden according to claim 1 of the present invention is configured as described above, the waterproof layer of the building can be formed without laying a root-resistant sheet or a water retention mat on the concrete casting surface for constructing the artificial garden. It is possible to construct an artificial garden without damaging it, and it is also possible to transport the garden building box, which is a component of the artificial garden, with an elevator, etc., which can reduce the labor, cost, and time required for construction. Regardless, it has undulations and the outer shape can be freely constructed.
[0038]
Further, in the artificial garden according to claim 2 of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the artificial garden according to claim 1, a water hole is formed in at least one of the bottom and the side frame of the garden construction box. It is excellent in air permeability and drainage, and it is possible to more suitably cultivate plants.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an artificial garden according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing various shapes of a garden construction box for constructing an artificial garden.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where garden construction boxes are adjacent to each other.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which garden construction boxes adjacent to each other are connected.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are a side view and a top view showing a state where a plant grown in an artificial garden is held.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which a water supply hose is inserted into a garden construction box.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an artificial garden constructed by laying a lightweight underlay material under a garden construction box.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 1 artificial garden 2 garden construction box 3 water hole 4 hose hole 5 planting soil 6 plant

Claims (2)

In an artificial garden formed by arranging a large number of garden construction boxes filled with planting soil adjacent to the artificial garden construction surface,
Each garden-building box has a side frame having a shape along a virtual section obtained by partitioning the artificial garden to be obtained into a desired pattern in a substantially lattice shape, and an upper edge of the side frame has a corresponding virtual section. An artificial garden, which is formed in a shape that follows the undulations of the planting surface of the garden. The artificial garden according to claim 1, wherein a water hole is formed in at least one of a bottom and a side frame of the garden construction box.

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