With a pretty border you not only give the flowers an attractive frame, they also show the lawn in its limits and make mowing work easier. There are various options for edging beds, of which we would like to present the most common ones here, which can also all be realized in DIY.

There are many ways to border a bed

Which materials are suitable?

Depending on which look suits the garden design and how much money and work you want to invest, different materials are available for the self-made border:

  • wood
  • curbs
  • Plants like boxwood
  • brick

The lawn edge made of wood

This bed edging blends in very well with natural gardens and is easy to build. Pre-treated half-round timber (palisades), which are connected on the back, can be driven directly into the ground with a rubber mallet. Also very pretty: braided elements made of willow rods. You can easily build these yourself in the DIY:

  • Tension the guide line (7.13€) and hammer in three to five pegs per meter vertically
  • Weave in rods, paying attention to a harmonious overall picture.
  • Thick parts of the braiding material should always meet thin ones.

Pallet edging

This somewhat more robust border is particularly suitable for the vegetable bed, because you can even attach plant fleece to it. This rather simple and functional bed border is also very inexpensive.

Here, too, pegs driven into the ground provide the necessary support. The long boards of the dismantled pallets are nailed to these. It is advisable to paint the wood beforehand to make it weather-resistant.

bricks or clinker stones

This bed boundary is also very easy to implement in the DIY. You can simply place the stones on the bed as a demarcation. The edge becomes more stable if you put the stones in a concrete bed, which is completely uncomplicated:

  • Dig the soil about 15 centimeters deep.
  • Drive in sticks and stretch a guide line.
  • Fill in sand and gravel and fill with a bed of mortar.
  • Press bricks into this bed, using the guideline as a guide.
  • Let it harden for a few days and then spread the soil up to the edge.

The living bed border

Bed edgings made from plants such as boxwood have been used for hundreds of years. If you don't want to build a wooden frame yourself, you are an attractive option. After planting, this bed border proves to be very easy to care for, because it only needs to be cut into shape occasionally.

tips

The so-called "English lawn edge", the seamless transition between lawn and bed, has many supporters. However, this border is very maintenance-intensive. You'll need to re-sedge the lawn at least every four weeks to ensure the greens don't grow into the bed.

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