How to make a beautiful flower bed with his hands: 55 inspiring photos + instructions

Of stones, logs, flower pots, old chair and other things, you can create something original.

How to make flower beds without railings

To make an ordinary flower bed without any fence, you just need to dig up the ground, to form from it a small hill and planted her flowers.

That's only in this case you will hardly be able to draw perfectly straight edges. Come to the aid of a special flexible curb tape, which can be found in DIY stores.

If you do not want the tape to be seen, digged it completely around the perimeter of the flower bed.

Because of this bed will stand and look neat and natural. In addition, the soil under the colors will not be washed out with water.

How to make a flower bed of stones

Beautiful stone fence can be done in several ways.

1. Stones can simply fenced plot planted with flowers. Then he gains a complete and neat appearance.

2. Before planting flowers, you can dig around the perimeter of the future flower beds and a small trench to put the stones in one or two rows.

3. Very impressive look raised beds with the walls. To create them, also need to dig a trench depth of 20-30 cm on the size of future masonry, and for strength - fill it with concrete or lay geotextile, fill with sand and compacted.

Then you need to put on the bottom of the largest stones that are the foundation of flower beds. The gaps between them filled with earth. Then the remaining stones are laid, which are connected to one another with cement mortar.

How to make a flower bed of wood

This option is good in that you can use the tree in all its form. Even from old planks, poles or sticks, dug into the ground, will receive a beautiful flower bed. Of course, if desired, wooden blanks can be sanded, painted or still somehow modified.

Of the boards obtained laconic stylish beds. You can arrange them in the form of a simple rectangle, but you can make and unusual design.

To do this, you need to saw boards of the correct size and join with each other. To make a multi-tiered flower bed, wood harvesting should be put on each other and to bond with each other. The timber must first lubricate special protective impregnation.

Very original look flower bed of logs. It seems as if the flowers themselves have grown out of an old tree. Furthermore, such a bed can be transferred.

At the core of the logs to be deleted via the saw or other tool, to lay the bottom recess polyethylene and covered with soil. Here's how to do it:

And with such klumbochek children can build a train:

How to make vertical beds

Such beds look impressive and also take up little space. For planting is best to choose the lush flowers, to them it was not visible design flowerbeds.

To create such a flower bed will need a grid, large flower pot or something like PVC film, soil and a few more details. In this video is shown in detail the process of creating a smart vertical beds:

A similar design can be made of plastic tubes. They need to make holes for the seedlings, then insert the pipe into the pot, or embedded in the ground, filled with soil and planted flowers.

How to make beds of flower pots

It is an excellent solution for those who do not want to spend a lot of time on the design of flower beds. Despite the fact that the flowers in pots are strongly associated with many houseplantsThey will look good on the street.

You can just put a few pots next to each other or to bury them, if desired, filling out the space around:

A special decoration of the garden will serve as a bed in a stream of flowers. To do this, at an angle to dig into the ground pot, pour into it the soil and plant in and around low-growing flowers.

How to make a flower bed of tires

This is a classic design of a garden site. not infrequently of old tires cut fancy little animals, huge kettles or unusual coach and use these figures to create flower beds. But because the tires can do and something less extravagant, but no less interesting.

The most concise version - paint tire in bright colors and put on each other and fastened to each other if necessary.

Before painting the tires need to clean off the dirt and primed. They can be painted as the special paints for rubber or any other. Very convenient spray.

If you need some light shades, better pre-paint the tires with white paint.

How to make a flower bed of old things

Wear an umbrella, a worn suitcase or boring dresser does not necessarily throw out. They can be taken out to the garden, covered with soil and plant beautiful flowers.

Original flower bed can make even an old chair:

Connect your imagination and transform your garden!

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