Imaginative house gardeners have discovered the raised bed as a decorative element for the front yard. We have compiled the most beautiful raised bed variants for a representative design for you here with tips for decorative planting.

A raised bed with seating is an absolute highlight in the front yard

Beautiful raised bed kits from elegant to rustic - a selection

There are suitable raised beds for every garden style as kits that you can easily assemble yourself. We looked around at the multifaceted range and discovered the following premium models for you:

  • Stima raised bed made of fine Douglas fir wood in round shapes for the elegant country house front garden
  • Feliwa raised bed made of woven willow with pine wood for the rustic front garden in cottage garden style
  • Raised bed made of gabions by Beckmann in various sizes for modern front garden design
  • Raised bed in the form of a trough by Poetschke made of FSC softwood, ideal for the small front garden

You can easily build a raised bed for eternity yourself with a complete construction kit from Steinwerk Gerwing. Natural stones in beautiful colors from sand-beige to shell limestone to black-red can be assembled in your front yard with the help of construction adhesive to form an attractive raised bed.

This is how the raised bed becomes a floral stage - tips for planting

In the raised bed, the plants are in an exposed position that draws everyone's attention. Therefore, use this stage to demonstrate the desired style with selected types and varieties. The following ideas show how it works:

  • Mediterranean flair: lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), pelargonium (Pelargonium) and oleander (Oleander nerium)
  • Romantic mood: peonies (Paeonia), hydrangeas (Hydrangea), hollyhocks (Alcea), mulleins (Verbascum nigrum)
  • Modern ambience: boxwood (Buxus sempervirens), bearskin fescue (Festuca gautieri) and white anemones
  • Shade bed: shadow bells (Pieris japonica), hostas (Hosta) and purple bells (Heuchera)

If you design your front garden as a cottage garden, the raised bed is perfect for vegetables and herbs with particularly beautiful flowers. Zucchini (Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) is just as much a part of it as the gorgeous flowering chicory (Cichorium intybus) or spiked strawberry spinach (Chenopodium capitatum).

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Resourceful garden designers turn the raised bed into a spectacular fence. Depending on the height and planting, the construction made of wood, stone or gabions serves as a decorative privacy screen. This is easy to do with integrated trellis, on which ivy, clematis or Virginia creeper keep prying eyes away.

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