Willow edging enhances your garden both visually and practically. In addition, the border can be easily built from the natural material yourself. In this article you will find understandable step-by-step instructions as well as many answers to possible questions about the care and use of such a willow bed edging.

Willow is cheap and versatile

What is a bed edging for?

Bed edgings made of wire or painted wood do not always look right in the garden. Even braided willow fences, on the other hand, look very harmonious and natural. The easily manufactured walls also prove to be very versatile. In the garden they fulfill the following uses:

  • Stabilizing the soil in a raised bed
  • optical enrichment
  • demarcation from the lawn
  • Climbing aid for young plants

Build bed edging out of willow yourself

If you would like to benefit from the advantages of a bed edging, you can either spend a lot of money in the garden center or simply make a willow fence yourself. Here's how to do it:

  1. cut several branches of a willow depending on the desired height
  2. You can find the free-standing deciduous tree in many places, just keep your eyes peeled
  3. soak the cut canes in water for several days
  4. place sturdy sticks spaced apart around your bed
  5. now braid the willow rods around the stakes
  6. place the rods alternately in front of and behind the sticks
  7. once you have reached the desired height, cut off the protruding ends

Does a willow bed edging have to be maintained?

This question depends entirely on your aesthetic requirements and the material used. If you have braided your bed border from young willow rods, they will still sprout. This feature looks beautifully natural and adds color to your garden. However, if the later greening shoots become too long, you should remove them. Otherwise, willow twigs are a very weather-resistant natural material that makes no demands on renewal. Only strong winds or landslides due to heavy rainfall could buckle your bed edging.

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