Creating a herb bed is not only promising for the variety of kitchens, but is also simply fun. There are many different possibilities - we suggest a few classic to innovative options - let yourself be inspired!
The rock garden herb bed not only provides delicious herbs, it also looks beautiful
your design requirements
For the herb bed system, you should first of all keep an eye on your personal requirements for garden aesthetics. If you attach great importance to a coherent, attractively designed oasis of well-being, a practical herb bed is of course not for you. If you focus more on the functional, namely clever growth conditions and high yields, you can focus on the practical.
Aesthetically demanding variants
If you not only want to enrich the kitchen with your herb bed, but also want to beautify the garden at the same time, you are well served with the following systems:
- Classic herb snail
- Freely designed stone herb garden
- Herb sites set into the paving of the terrace
- Gabion raised bed
- plant rings
Classic herb snail
It is the classic for Mediterranean herbs and combines aesthetics with horticultural planting skills. Because the upwardly rising spiral, bordered by boulders, offers southern herbs in particular warming growth conditions, while varieties from more northern regions also thrive in its lower areas. A tip: A small pond at the foot of the spiral also allows you to plant moisture-loving herbs such as meadowsweet or valerian.
Freely designed stone herb garden
The herb snail is too conventional for you? Simply design your Mediterranean herb garden with freely laid natural stone walls according to your own ideas! For example in a curved oval shape or in a figure eight curve.
Herb sites set into the paving of the terrace
If you are creating a new garden, you can leave out areas when laying the terrace paving in which you can put herbs - a truly beautiful sight!
Gabion raised bed
If you like modern chic, you can also create a herb raised bed with gabion borders.
plant rings
Practical and decorative at the same time: the plant ring system that recedes upwards. The advantage here is the heat-storing property of the stone rings and the resulting own planting troughs - so you don't have to worry as much about the herbs in the neighborhood.
Practical variants
If you are more interested in a high yield and a sensible composition, you can consider the following herb bed ideas:
- Simple raised bed
- Ground level bed with separate boxes and paths
Simple raised bed
With a little craftsmanship, you can build a simple, rectangular raised bed out of wooden planks. The practical advantage here is obvious: the planting is easily accessible and can be supplied with a richly lined substrate.
Ground level bed with separate boxes and paths
A bed with sunken boxes and a geometrically clear network of paths can also be created at ground level - this makes care and harvesting easier.
Additional design ideas
The diverse play of structure and color from silvery, deep green to yellowish variegated leaves is already extremely decorative in the herb bed - you can of course also provide your bed with further embellishments. How about, for example, decorative, self-made identification signs? Very appealing between the small-leaved green, they make solid signs made of wood with round writing plates and burned-in lettering.