How To Make A Flower Garden Bed

You can clear your garden area any time during the year but the season before planting works best.

How to make a flower garden bed. The bed frame can be as simple as 2 x 4s on top of the ground or even patio retaining wall blocks. On top of the cardboard lay out a covering of compost. A piece of unexpected garden art in the form of a large red box makes its presence felt in garden flower beds. Raised flower bed planting ideas include a center row of tall and medium height blooms with a border of cascading flowers like bacopa ivy geranium moss rose or calibrachoa.

A bed that s at least 6 inches high provides ease of access and gives roots plenty of room to grow. While planning a flower garden layout certain criteria should be considered like location yard space adding flower beds finalizing flowering plants and design tips. Dig it out by using a shovel to get under the grass and roots and pull out the top layer of grass. In a flower border remove weeds and amend the soil.

Other ideas include a garden of single color flowers a patriotic mix of red white and blue blooms a pastel flower bed or a moon garden planted entirely in white flowers. Depending on its location size and whether or not containers are used starting a flower bed often begins with the removal of grass there are several ways to accomplish this dig it out apply herbicide make this one a last resort or smother it with cardboard or newspaper. Decide where the garden bed will go and draw a plan on paper. Remove the grass if you have it.

The size is up to you. And to make your project simpler make a rough sketch of the layout including the plant placement and color pattern. Then you ll need to clean up the area so the soil will be easier to work. For a less labor intensive route place layers of cardboard all over the area.

If this is a new bed put down a layer of landscape fabric to block weeds and top with six inches or more of garden soil or top soil. Raised garden beds need a special mix of organic material and nutrients. Creating a new garden bed can time consuming but with good planning and some muscle it ll be worthwhile. Buy a raised garden soil or mix your own from ingredients at the garden center.

The soil covering should be at. Once you know how to create a flower bed you re ready to build it. Meet some other interesting flowers. These instructions describe building a 4 foot by 6 foot by 10 1 2 inch bed with 2 x 4 untreated lumber.