When it comes to choosing the actual flowers you want for your flower bed the options are endless.
How to make wooden flower beds. Cinder block flower bed. You can place one along a deck or porch underneath a tree or around a garden feature like a pond for example. You can then use as is or paint or seal it. Anywhere from a corner of the backyard to your front entryway can make a great spot for a flower bed.
The sides are 2 x 10 s and the top is capped off with a 2 x 4 shelf which not only helps keep the 2 x 10. Line the interior sides of the bed with sheet plastic or pond liner. This raised garden bed project was inexpensive fun and easy to make. In this video i go over how i made this garden box in just a few hours.
What type of wood do i use. If you want build a raised garden box you can view. Renovating or improving a garden space can cost your bigger and is also a big challenge. You can build a raised flower bed and turn it into a pond or add a small pond that is perfect for bringing the relaxing sound of water to your flower garden area.
It demands for more hard work while getting your garden ready for cultivation. Simply try cornering and stacking a group of cinder blocks up against a wall and filling them with soil and flowers. Let the wood dry before use. This is a really easy project and great for those who want a small pond in the yard but don t want to buy one of those premade forms to build it.
If you want a cohesive look try pairing the same color flowers together like this yellow and purple all throughout your garden or around the backyard to really maintain the color theme. Plant edibles nearer the center of the bed a few inches away from. I ve built a number of raised beds over the years but so far this design is my favorite. It can take six months or longer for treated lumber to dry.