How to make a flower bed or flower garden

Bright spots of flower beds and flower beds on the site are not only a way to decorate the site. They are great for distracting attention from some problem areas. This, by the way, can also be guided when choosing a place. We will talk further about how to make flower beds and flower beds with our own hands in the country, in the courtyard of a private house. This is not an easy task, of course, but it does not require knowledge of higher mathematics either.

What are

First of all, let's find out what is the difference between flower beds and flower beds. The flower bed has clear boundaries and shape: a circle, an oval, a square. Most often, it is separated from the rest of the site and raised above it. We most often see this type of landscape design in parks and on the streets.

This is a flower bed. It has a clear, strictly defined shape and geometrically correct arrangement of plants

A flower garden is any place for planting plants of any shape. It happens with a fence, and it happens without. The boxes with flowers hanging on the fence or on the wall are a flower garden, plants planted in old galoshes are also, a flower spot on the lawn and a ribbon along the path are all flower beds.

We figured out the terms a little. Now about what they are. They are distinguished primarily by flowering time:

• Regular. In them, all plants begin to bloom almost simultaneously. On this basis, there are spring, summer, autumn.
• Irregular - the flowering time is chosen so that the flowering of different plants continues from spring to autumn.
  

  Spring flower bed - all colors at one time. It is raised - the flowers are planted slightly higher than the soil in the rest of the plot

According to the type of planted plants, there are annuals, perennials, and sometimes mixed. In some, only one type of plant is planted. They are called monoclumbas or mono flowers.

Sometimes they are raised, they are also called high, there are multi-tiered. Their device consists of several stages: first of all, the fence is built, then the earth is poured into the finished form and the plants are planted.

That's all with theory, let's move on to practice. We start with where you can make flower beds and flower beds with your own hands.

Where to do

When the yard is spacious, it's just fine. Find the most viewed place and set up a flower garden there. What to do if the entire territory has already been developed, and you want to plant flowers? You can always find a place. For example, near your house, the site is concreted or lined with slabs, stone, etc. Near the wall of the house, you can make an excellent raised or even multi-tiered flower bed with your own hands. And there is no need to break the cover. A brick or stone fence is built right on it. It is advisable to put them on the solution, and then cover them with a waterproofing impregnation (bituminous mastic) from the inside so that water does not flow onto the path when watering. Then you can fill up the soil and plant flowers.

A two-tier flower bed near the wall of the house. Water from the drain during heavy rain can erode the soil, so it is worth taking it further or to the side

Flower beds are set up along the fences. This is a common way to decorate, for example, a long drive to the house. But this can also be done in different ways. Here, as well as near lawn, a high flower bed looks better.

A high bed of boards. The building is inexpensive and the view is solid

You can make a flower bed in front of the gate. Street beds must be sturdy. Therefore, for their execution, stone fences are usually used: just in case. If desired, you can make tiered flower beds. They are more difficult to build, but much more attractive than flat ones.

Street multi-level (multi-level) flower bed of complex shape

Even if the yard is surrounded by walls on all sides, and then you can find a place for flowers: Hang on the walls, in pots or in the form of a flowering wall, put a stand, etc. Do-it-yourself flower beds in the courtyard of a private house can be made from everything and everywhere. It is only important not to be mistaken with the style: it must match the design of all buildings. Some ideas in the photo gallery.

You can make a flower garden in the country near a tree. They already belong to the garden category. Don't want it to be trite? Come up with an interesting fence.

It's not really a tree, of course, but the idea is clear. These garden flower beds are good for shade-loving plants.

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What and how to make a fence

The most common flower bed fencing is brick, wild stone, boulders. A structure can be made of bricks in a strict "ceremonial" manner. Boulders and wild stone are more intimate, non-standard fences.

Since they have a decent weight, a foundation is often made under a brick or stone fence for a flower bed. Not if one or two rows fit, but if there are four or more rows. If the device goes on a concrete site, you can do without a foundation at all, but if a flower bed is broken on a lawn or soil, then it is advisable to do it.

It is not even necessary to fasten two rows of stone or brick with mortar. They can simply be laid out one on top of the other, laid from the inside geotextile and cover with earth. Brick flower beds made in this way will have to be corrected often: bricks can "move out"

The first step is to remove the sod on the marked area. If you plan to make a high flower bed, dig a groove around the perimeter, about 20 cm deep, and 5-10 cm wider than the planned fence in width. This ditch is filled with rubble, rammed, spilled with a liquid cement-sand mortar. For 1 part of M400 cement, take 4-5 parts of clean sand, mix and pour water until sour cream. Rubble is spilled with this semi-liquid solution. When the concrete sets - you need to wait a few days - you can lay out the border for the flower beds.

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How to make a brick or stone border

Do-it-yourself flower beds and flower beds made in a fence of stone and brick are the most expensive in the device, but also the most durable. They will stand for several years without any problems.

Stones or bricks are placed on a cement-sand mortar, similar to the one with which rubble was poured, but thicker. There should not be a lot of mortar between the bricks - 5-8 mm. If you put cobblestones or natural stone, it is easier to first fold them "on dry" by choosing the size, and then transfer them with mortar.

A few ideas on how to arrange stone borders for flower beds and flower beds in the photo gallery below.

If you do not need to raise the plantings so much, and you just want to mark the boundaries of the area planted with flowers, but are afraid that if you just dig in the brick, it will fall, then you can dig a trench, fill it with rubble, and insert flagstone into the rubble (stone , it can be found in the section selling materials for the exterior decoration of the house) or to put bricks while standing. Spill liquid cement-sand mortar around the installed elements of the fence. After two or three days, when the concrete has set, you can continue working: fill up the fertile soil, but you cannot load the curb or step on it for about a month: it takes so long for it to gain strength.

By the same principle, you can make a do-it-yourself frame for a flower bed from slate or tiles cut into strips. A flower bed can be made of metal or asbestos slate. There are scraps left after installing the roof - use them. Here's what can happen.

Photo of a slate flower bed - such a fence looks good

Made of wood

It is easier to make a fence for a flower bed made of wood: it does not weigh so much. On the other hand, it is less durable. Flowerbeds and flower beds made by hand from wood can stand for several seasons. Then you have to restore or alter them. It is used very rarely for ceremonial flower beds, but in the country or near a private house, a flower garden fenced with a wooden border is original and stylish. Especially if it has something in common with the style of design of buildings on the site.

You can use wood in any form to decorate summer cottages. They make flower beds from boards, small-diameter round timber (small logs), block house (boards that are convex on one side, similar to a log) and any other wooden remains. You can even cut a dead tree into chocks, bury / hammer them into the ground, making such an unusual flower bed.

How to make a wooden border? Find a small diameter log, cut it into chocks of different lengths and split them in half. You will get blanks, as in the photo on the left. They are laid on a flat surface with the convex side down one next to the other. Take a flexible thick wire and use staples from a construction stapler or bent studs to attach the wire to the flat side of the pieces of wood. One wire is nailed at the bottom, the other at the top. It turns out a flexible border made of wood, with which you can fence a flower garden of any shape (pictured on the right).

How to make a fence for a flower garden from wood

So that the wood does not lose its attractiveness and does not rot, it is treated with protective impregnations. They can simultaneously give it color, or they can be colorless. From such pieces of wood collected in a ribbon, you can make flower beds with your own hands of any shape. Dig a shallow groove, slightly wider than your fence, insert a fence for a flower bed there and sprinkle it with earth, tamp it.

From such a ribbon, you can saddle such beauty

From planks and beams

In our country, wood is one of the most inexpensive building materials. Therefore, they build from it a lot and often. They are made of wood and a fence or fence for flower beds. The easiest way is to enclose a flower bed with boards. For support, you will need several bars - not very thick, but wide. Approximately 50 * 150mm and 20mm thick edged board. Choose its width yourself so that several pieces installed on the edge give you the required height.

Soak the wood with protective impregnations, when it dries, you can start work. Support bars are installed first. They can be sharpened at one end and carefully hammered without damaging the upper surface (put a piece of a bar and hit on it), or you can dig a hole about 50 cm deep, install a bar in it, bury and compact the earth around. Bars are installed in increments of 1-1.5 meters, depending on how wide the flower garden will be. The wider and higher it is, the more mass will have to be held, therefore supports are more often put.

Boards are nailed to the exposed supports. They can be stuffed from the inside and then the support bars will be visible, or from the outside. In the second option, only a wall of boards will be visible. The joints of the boards should fall on the beams.

A high flower bed with a fence made of boards. The building is inexpensive and the view is solid

Plank beds can be made in a variety of shapes. Even in the form of a pyramid. There are some interesting ideas below.

Made of plastic

There are many types of ready-made fences for flower beds and flower beds made of plastic or plastic. They have special legs that are immersed in the ground along the edge of the planted area.

But it's not about them, but about flower beds made of scrap materials. For example, you can make a decent fence for a flower bed from plastic bottles.

They are selected by displacement and color. This will make the fence look better. Then the necks are cut off at one level and stuck into the ground. This is one mounting option for creating a low curb. The second will turn out to be much higher. It can be used in fondant taller plants. In this case, they take a wooden bar, to it at a certain distance, so that the bottles are close to one another, caps are nailed. Bottles are screwed into the caps. To make such a plastic fence for a flower garden more stable, it is pierced through with a wire closer to the bottoms and closer to the narrowing point at the neck. The finished section of the fence is installed and fixed on the ground.

Despite the fact that the material is waste, if everything is done carefully, such a fence looks decent, nice, nice. Photo of fences for flower beds and flower beds from plastic bottles is in the photo below.

Couldn't pass by ... a fence made of old bicycle wheels. Original flower beds can be made from any junk. If you have talent, of course ...

Old bicycle wheels can decorate your summer cottage. How? Make a flower garden fence out of them. A flower bed of wheels is cool ...

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Original and unusual flower beds and flower beds

Sometimes you wonder why people manage to make original, unusual, and what is important - beautiful things. So it is in the design of flower beds. Well, he himself would never have guessed that an old chest or galoshes, a hat can be turned into a flower garden or a flowerpot for plants. Look for yourself - the photos don't lie.

Flowerbeds of tires

Completely unattractive car tires turn into beautiful flower beds. The tires are cut, the edges are sanded with a grinder with an emery nozzle.The resulting flowerpots are washed with soapy water and dried: the plants will not develop well if the machine oil, gasoline and other similar substances that get inside are not washed.

After drying, they paint it. You can paint a tire (tire) with ordinary oil paint, only the surface must be degreased, dry and clean. It lasts for several years. There are special paints for tires. They are much more expensive - they are made for styling tires. After the paint dries, you can install a finished flower bed from tires and fill it with soil, plant plants. How you can make a flower garden out of tires with your own hands, or rather, how to arrange it, see below (the photo gallery scrolls automatically, if you need to stop, click on the picture).

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Of old things

Whether it will surprise you or not, I don't know, but flowers are planted even in old things. Children grew out of rubber boots? Why throw them away? Make a couple of holes in the sole for drainage, fill in the earth, plant some flowers. Original flower beds and ampelous plants are obtained.

Getting dust in an old gas stove in a barn? It can also be adapted for a flower garden. In the same way, the ancient chest of drawers - drawers are pulled out to different levels, soil is poured into them and a tiered flower bed is obtained. Is there an old bathtub? Or an ancient car? Plant flowers in them flowers. It turns out a stylish and original flower garden. In the photo gallery there are some unusual flower beds made of old things I liked. They can be installed not only in the country, but also in the courtyard of a private house.

Now, you probably do not have a question: "What can be used to make a flower bed." Now it's hard for you to decide what exactly you want to make it from ...