Flower beds

Flower gardens on the site cheer up. To make the bright islands even more spectacular, gardeners equip stylish borders for flower beds. Even a novice gardener can cope with this issue. There are a lot of options for framing the beds with flowering plants. The garden will be transformed by decorative concrete, stone, brick miniature fences. Before you start creating works, you should know the basics of landscape design. Only in the case of a competent combination of the elements of the flower garden and the surrounding environment, the gardener will achieve harmony.

Basics of landscape architecture

Designers draw up a plan before starting to work on a specific land plot. Sketches are applied to the paper, which will subsequently be implemented to transform the garden area. When creating a project, specialists strictly adhere to the basics of landscape design. If an ordinary person takes this information into account, he will independently give the garden a beautiful, ennobled look. Among the basics of landscape architecture stand out:

Decorative concrete, stone, brick miniature fences will transform the garden

• style community;
• designation of dominant places;
• expressive simplicity.

Common style means the unacceptability of mixing styles. Everything should be uniform in one garden area. The house, gazebo, green area, bathhouse, entrance lobby, garden borders for paths and flower beds are made in the same style.

The designation of the dominant places in the garden must be approached competently. Bright dominants and accents should be proportionally placed among neutral background elements. Overloading with major components will cause fatigue.

Expressive simplicity gives the garden a quiet joy and tranquility. Simplicity means the absence of overkill in decoration.

What to make a border

A border for a flower garden is an element that gives the composition a finished look. In addition to the aesthetic aspect, the fence performs other functions:

1. excludes the penetration of weeds from the non-refined area into the flower garden;
2. fixes the ground and does not allow the flower bed to collapse.

Based on the functionality, the framing of the flower bed is selected. There are a lot of materials from which it is allowed to make a fence. The gardener can refuse to go to the store and make a structure from materials that are already in the country. Popular are types of framing from:

• wood;
• concrete;
• stone;
• bricks;
• flexible tape;
• living plants;
• improvised items (car tires, bottles, slate).

A fence for a flower bed can be made by hand

Flower bed making guide

Made of wood

A wooden border for a flower garden with your own hands can be made in different variations. The simplest one is to enclose the flower garden with wooden boards. The drawing involves the manufacture of an ordinary rectangular or square box without a bottom, observing the proportions of the flower garden. Further, the structure, which is in the form of four walls, is dug along the perimeter of the garden.The bottom should be larger than the top. Thus, the fence will perform its functions and will last a long time.

Another option for wood construction is a miniature picket fence. Small pegs are dug in close to each other, enclosing the plants. The advantage of this type of border is that it can enclose a flower garden of any shape.

Concrete

Concrete is a durable, sustainable material for flower garden fencing. It's easy to work with him. You can purchase a ready-made curbstone in the store. In this case, the stone is dug into the ground, enclosing the flower bed.

It will not be difficult to fill a low border on your own. In addition, this is a democratic option in terms of cost:

1. First, formwork is prepared from plywood or boards. It represents the form into which the concrete solution is to be poured. The formwork must be made of a size suitable for the curb.
2. The formwork can be installed directly around the perimeter of the flower garden.
3. Next, a concrete mass is mixed from sifted sand, cement, gravel, water with a dye.
4. To make the finished product separate from the mold without problems, it is lubricated with oil.
5. Then the mass is poured into the formwork.
6. For decoration, pebbles, shells, multi-colored glass in the form of a mosaic or chaotically are laid out on the top of the not frozen mixture.

Concrete is a durable, sustainable material for flower garden fencing

Of stone

There are several options for making stone edging. A more reliable method involves the use of cement. Scheme of work:

1. A trench is being dug along the perimeter of the flower bed. Its depth is 15-25 cm. The width can be any, depending on the wishes of the gardener.
2. A strip of waterproofing material, for example, roofing material, is laid at the bottom.
3. Up to half of the trench is filled with cement mortar.
4. As soon as he began to set, large and small stones will interfere with him. Pebbles, limestone, granite, shale, sandstone, etc. will do.
5. A layer of stone is fixed with a new portion of cement and so on up to the highest level.

Brick

Before you make a brick border with your own hands, you should decide on the version. There are several of them. For example, brickwork made with cement mortar against the background of a brick house will look spectacular. It is also allowed to lay out the brick edging dry. In this case, the bricks can be placed not straight, but at an angle.

Brick fences for flower beds do not require special maintenance

From flexible tape

In recent years, flexible curbs have been especially popular. It is made from thin plastic bands. Such a device is easy to lay. The cost depends on the type and quality. There are decorative ribbons for 100 rubles, there are for 1000 rubles. Classic flower beds are surrounded by ribbons. Of these, you can quickly arrange a multi-tier composition in the form of a round pyramid, each tier of which is smaller than the previous one.

From living plants

In this case, a layer of dwarf plants is planted around the perimeter of the flowering plantings, which will contrast with the main crops in the flower bed. Suitable for a live border:

• spurge;
• badan;
• lavender;
• dwarf juniper;
• function;
• thrift;
• ground cover roses;
• saxifrage, etc.

From unnecessary improvised things

You can decorate the garden completely free of charge, using ingenuity and invention. For this, unnecessary improvised things are collected: slate, plastic or glass bottles, pieces of car tires, plates, basins, etc. These elements, which are firmly fixed in the ground, frame the flower area.To make the mini-fence look unusual, bottles, plates, pieces of slate are laid out in the form of patterns or in the form of a checkerboard pattern.

Plastic bottle fencing is the easiest and cheapest option

Curb care rules

Each type of flower garden framing needs individual care. For example, a tree is treated with a new impregnation layer every year, and painted in a timely manner. The edging made of living plants is fertilized, watered, protected from frost, etc. Taking care of the concrete includes treating the structure with a water-repellent agent.

However, regardless of what type of border decorates the site, the gardener must thoroughly clean the miniature hedge in the fall and spring. In summer, it should be protected from excess moisture and mechanical damage.

People who are interested in the topic of growing flowers in a flower bed usually have a creative approach to arranging a fence. Each such design will look unique, regardless of the material chosen. However, in order to perform the framing efficiently, you should be puzzled by the technique of work and know the basics of making a structure with your own hands.