A vegetable garden not only has to be useful and practical, it can also be beautiful. This does not even require a lot of effort: A real garden gem can be created simply by cleverly arranging several raised vegetable beds - for example as a frame for a terrace.
A raised bed on the terrace is a beautiful design element
Integrate raised beds harmoniously and practically into the garden
If you mainly want to grow vegetables, you should create several raised beds if possible - especially if you want to provide yourself and your family with as many home-grown vegetables as possible. However, to ensure that these raised beds do not look like randomly placed boxes in the garden, a well thought-out and harmonious grouping is recommended.
Frame the terrace with raised beds
Particularly attractive and at the same time practical are two or three raised beds that you position in an L or U shape relative to each other and use one or more sides as a boundary to a terrace or a seat. The beds can be planted with vegetables - extremely practical if the patio door is near the kitchen - or as a privacy screen with appropriately tall trees or perennials. Berry bushes or low fruit trees, for example, are very suitable - you and your family can snack on fruit fresh from the bush over your afternoon coffee.
Terrace culture with raised beds
Another very clever idea is the staggering of raised vegetable beds of different heights or the combination of raised beds with vegetation of different heights. Beds with tomatoes, runner beans or berry bushes stay in the background and are positioned in front of walls, walls or fences. One floor below are lower raised beds or those with lower-growing vegetables such as cabbage, leeks or zucchini. However, think of the necessary space between the beds - otherwise you can neither cultivate nor harvest the rear bed.
Build a suitable raised bed for the terrace yourself
If you only have a small garden but a lot of terrace, you can place the raised bed or beds directly on the terrace without touching the ground. Table raised beds, for example, are very suitable for this, but “classic” raised beds that are closed at the bottom can also be set up. One problem in this case, however, is the lack of a drain for excess water and rainwater: If you want to build such a terrace raised bed yourself, you have to find a form of drainage somehow - for example by placing perforated boxes in the bed boxes (e.g . Plastic shopping baskets). These are best placed on bricks so that the water can drain off and the plants don't get "wet feet".
tips
Beautiful, level planting areas can also be created from hillside gardens by terracing and using raised beds.