How to border the flower beds in your garden?

Gregory

2 years ago

How and with what to border the flower beds in your garden?

Flower bed borders are part of the traditional garden elements design. They aid to give a shape to the flower beds. They also prevent rain from washing away the garden soil, and separate alleys and garden paths from lawns. Traditional materials for edging flowerbeds are concrete, wood, brick, and stone. However, you can also frame the flowerbeds with many other unusual materials such as glass bottles, metal sheets, or leftover plates.

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Ecological flowerbed border.

An actually ecological approach for a flowerbed border is to line them with fallen branches. These borders are indeed not quite durable. Often, you need to change them because old branches will easily crumble and fall apart, but the result deserves the effort.

Wood – a traditional material for flowerbed borders.

Wood is an old and traditional material for flowerbed bordering. You can create a raised garden bed using 2×4 dimensional lumber. The wooden edges prevent soil to run off during the rains. They also help the beds retain their shape.

Stone – another traditional material for flowerbed borders.

Another traditional material for flowerbed bordering is stone. Both round and flat stones are generally used. Slate also is also a popular choice. Stones are a more permanent. In fact, this material will last almost forever.

You can also use ordinary construction bricks. You can simply and easily lay them around the flower beds. For more durable solutions, join them together with mortar to create flowerbed borders as tall as you need.

Gabion edges are an excellent choice for gardens where you have to deal with the terrain unevenness. Wire baskets are filled with cut logs or much better, with stones.

Low-growing and dense shrubs are also an excellent choice.

Low-growing and dense shrubs and bushes used for living hedges are excellent choices for natural flowerbed borders. With just one disadvantage! Don’t forget to regularly trim them every year.