The typical garden bed is rectangular, at most square, with clean borders. If that's too boring for you, try out completely different shapes: Curved stripes, triangular beds or semi-circular planting areas - the effect will be different immediately!
Wavy flower beds are rare and a real eye-catcher
Round beds
Round beds, known as island beds, are perfect for marking the center of a larger area. Therefore, circular flower beds fit beautifully in the middle of a lawn or as the median of an ornamental garden that all paths lead to. Round beds can be viewed from all sides and therefore invite you to skilfully stage special perennials. Place high-growing plants in the middle of the bed, while the perennials get lower and lower towards the edge. In this way, the eye always has an unobstructed view of the planting. Incidentally, if the bed is laid out in the middle of a lawn, you should definitely use curb stones - otherwise the grass will soon grow over into the bed.
Curved shapes
Gently curved, narrow or wider bed strips attract everyone's attention. Such beds are particularly impressive if they are laid out on a larger lawn and run through it in a snail or wave shape, for example. Strip beds should only be planted with a few species, otherwise they will quickly appear overloaded. Three to five different perennial species that are coordinated and planted alternately have the best effect.
More shapes
In other areas of the garden, on the other hand, it makes sense to create the following bed shapes:
- Semicircular or triangular beds: in front of boundaries such as walls, fences, hedges or the house wall
- quartered beds: fit beautifully in right-angled garden corners
- L or U shaped beds: perfect for edging a patio or seating area
- O-shaped beds: as a narrow, round strip that breaks through a lawn
Incidentally, semi-circular or triangular beds do not have to be laid out individually. Instead, you can simply create several triangular or semi-circular beds next to each other along a fence, for example, instead of the usual rectangular bed strips. The free spaces in between can be covered with stones or grass, in front of which a dead-straight path leads past.
tips
The shape of the flower beds and their design should match the style of the rest of the garden and, of course, the house. A strictly linear Japanese garden, for example, does not go well with a country house in the English cottage style - or with a farmhouse from the 19th century.