Flower beds designs ideas

You don't have to have a dedicated vegetable garden; combine edibles and ornamentals in the same bed for a pretty and practical garden. Here, tomatoes tumble alongside annuals such as flossflower. Flowers also attract and support pollinators, which is essential for some crops such as squash to form fruit. You even can incorporate edible flowers in your garden design!

Read more: 12 Beautiful Edible Flowers for Decorating Your Dinner Plates

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Add Pollinator Plants

Tall flowering plants, like those found in meadows, are beautiful and support pollinator insects. While it's not practical to transform your entire yard into a meadow, you can convert a small portion, such as a narrow strip along the driveway or a small border area along your property line.

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Make a Statement

Your flower garden is already colorful, but adding an accent piece in an eye-catching hue, such as this sunny-yellow Adirondack chair, puts your personal stamp on it.

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Create Height

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Construct a Gravel Path...

Paths don't have to be expensive; even a simple gravel path adds personality to any flower garden setting. It's also a way to encourage visitors to wander through the flowers to enjoy the experience.

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... Or Make a Natural Stone Path

Don't want to bother with gravel? This path is even simpler to construct: Natural stones are sunk into mulch or lawn to create an attractive and wending path that makes you want to explore the garden.

Read more: 18 Stone Walkways That Will Beautify Your Yard

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Shrink Your Lawn

Instead of a large lawn with a small edge of flowers, consider expanding your beds and leaving just a small portion of lawn to serve as a grass pathway. It looks beautiful, helps pollinators, and with the right blend of plants will actually reduce work: Perennial beds also don't need to be mowed like grass does!

Read more: 25 Best Perennial Flowers and Plants to Make Any Yard Beautiful

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Mount Window Boxes

Window boxes are another way to enhance your flower garden. They're also a great alternative if you don't have the space to plant in-ground. Match them to your home's style, as shown here with this picket fence-styled window box on a cottage window.

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Plant in Patterns

The repetition of plants provides continuous color and flow, which is far more appealing to the eye than one or two plants placed here and there in garden beds.

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Use Unexpected Containers

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Grow a Cut-Flower Garden

Part of the joy of gardening is adding flowers you can snip and bring indoors. Even a single stem makes a difference! You don't have to create a separate space; just plant many different types of flowers, especially those with nice long stems for cutting, such as peonies, coneflowers, zinnias, and cosmos.

Read more: 60 Best Types of Flowers You Should Have in Your Garden

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Add Hanging Baskets

Hanging baskets are another way to provide vertical interest in your garden. They can be mounted to walls, off of decks, or on posts in the garden. Or use a shepherd's hook so you can hang them anywhere you like.

Read more: 16 Best Flowers to Grow in Your Hanging Basket

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Provide Water and Shelter

These garden accents are not only adorable, but they also support local wildlife, including pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and birds. The idea isn't to clutter up the garden, but to use these as practical objects of beauty.

Read more: 12 DIY Bird Feeders That Will Fill Your Garden with Songbirds

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28 Flower Bed Ideas Perfect for Big or Small Yards

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Flower beds can completely transform an outdoor space when used correctly. Putting careful thought into how your flower beds will be organized and arranged in addition to what you want to plant in them can make a huge impact on your landscape and curb appeal. Whether you have an expansive yard or a few square feet of space, these flower bed ideas can help you make the most of your garden to wow visitors.

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It’s easy to define your flower beds and add some dimension with limestone. Simply lay the limestone out along the edge of the garden, stacking two or three stones on top of one another. You can further define the bed by planting shorter flowers along the inside edge of the stone.

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2. Rose-Covered Trellises

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If you’ve ever dreamed of growing your very own rose garden, turn that dream into a gorgeous reality by adding some trellises. Plant climbing roses at the base of each trellis and wait for the spectacular and vibrant display that will follow. Sprinkle a few rose bushes in between the trellises or elsewhere in the garden to increase the rosy charm factor.

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Low-growing succulents can add a nice contrast when placed next to taller plants. Not only are succulents attractive and popular, but they’re also easy to care for. With evolutionary adaptations like thick stalks and fleshy leaves, succulents can survive with very little water.

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You can easily create a natural-looking flower bed by adding a few large stones and smaller rocks into your garden. No flashy decor is needed; the light colors of the rocks will contrast nicely against the vibrant colors of your garden’s plants.

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Grow your own juicy summer fruits by planting watermelon seeds in your garden. Add in some flowers alongside the melon seeds to bring some extra color to the bed. Then, sit back and wait to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

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Adding a birdhouse and bird bath to your flower bed is sure to bring colorful songbirds to your garden, but these fixtures can also give your outdoor space a special feel. This can be especially true if you seek out unusual birdhouses or baths that you can’t find just anywhere.

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If you’re looking to make a DIY raised garden bed that’s one-of-a-kind, why not convert an old tree stump into a flower bed? Carve out the stump a bit (if necessary), add some soil, and plant a few flower seeds to make the most of a stump that would otherwise be expensive or time consuming to remove.

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Using raised garden bed plans, you can add small splashes of greenery alongside your home’s patio, deck, or porch. A raised garden bed next to an outdoor entertaining or dining space can enhance the area and make it all the more relaxing when you have gorgeous flowers and plants to admire.

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If you’re searching for flower garden ideas to add flair around the base of a tree, consider this attractive method. Planting different flower varieties relatively close to each other and incorporating a few large stones will maximize the available space and serve as a nice backdrop for your tree.

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Create a front yard flower bed along the walkway to your home for a classic and timeless option. Lining a sidewalk or stone path with small flowers and plants helps guide visitors to your front door. To illuminate the path after dark, consider also adding a few solar lights.

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Add some springtime cheer by planting flowers along the perimeter of a white picket fence. The bright pinks, yellows, and purples will stand out nicely against the backdrop of the fence. As a plus, lining your fence with flowers further defines your yard and makes a welcoming impression.

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Place your flower bed alongside your lawn where it can benefit from getting watered by your sprinkler system. This will keep your garden healthy while also mixing some extra beauty and color into your turf. Time your sprinklers to water in the early morning to give your grass and flowers the water’s maximum benefit.

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A green-and-purple garden can attract butterflies and other beneficial insects to your flowers. Butterflies love pretty purple prairie flowers, making them more likely to frequent your garden when it’s in bloom. Add some brown mulch to help define the plants and enhance the overall appearance of the garden next to a stone walkway or sidewalk.

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If you’re looking for an unconventional and inexpensive raised garden bed idea, you may have the supplies to make your own sitting around in the basement, garage, or attic. Old tin tubs, buckets, and milk pails can easily be converted to large flower pots or raised flower beds. Before filling the containers with soil, drill a few drainage holes into the bottom of each one to prevent diseases like root rot.

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Another DIY raised bed garden can be built using weathered or rusted sheet metal. When planning your raised garden bed, measure the available space and make a plan. Then, you can create a custom piece for your backyard. Once your beds are laid out and assembled, add soil and seeds or your choice of live plants.

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Incorporating different plants and natural elements into a flower bed can really make an impression. In the pictured example, the large fern, Japanese maple, dwarf bamboo plant, golden koi statue, and slate mulch all work together to create a peaceful and inviting atmosphere. You could even add in a bird bath to encourage birds to visit your garden and further add to the natural elegance.

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If you have a sloped backyard, you may already have a retaining wall in place to prevent erosion. Put this necessary structure to good use by converting the grassy area above the wall into a flower bed. Planting some flowering plants can turn a retaining wall into a your outdoor space’s focal point.

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Bathtubs of all kinds can make for striking raised flower beds. If you’re in the process of a bathroom remodel, consider saving your old tub for this purpose. If you aren’t remodeling, you may even be able to find a vintage bathtub from a local antique shop. When converting a bathtub to a flower bed, drill holes in the base to allow for proper drainage. Once your tub is ready, add soil and plant your favorite flower seeds or bulbs.

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Classic wooden raised garden beds next to your patio or deck allow you to watch your flowers bloom and keep homegrown veggies nearby. This elevated planter, the best patio option in our guide to the best raised garden beds, is constructed from rot-resistant red cedar wood. The taller design makes it ideal for those with back, joint, or muscle pain, all while adding a lovely touch to any outdoor space.

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A flower bed doesn’t have to be filled with greenery, flowers, and mulch to be attractive. There are plenty of ways to introduce a gorgeous rock garden to your space while still improving the overall aesthetics. In addition to possessing a simple beauty, rock gardens tend to be easy to maintain with fewer plants and flowers to tend to.

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Strolling through your yard or garden can bring a lot of joy if you plant colorful tulips and other flowers along the edges of a walkway. The bright and happy colors of tulips on a warm and sunny spring day are enough to bring a smile to anyone’s face.

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Entice beautiful butterflies to visit your flower garden by planting some of their favorite flowers. Some of the top plants that attract butterflies include goldenrod, coneflowers, ironweed, lantana, and asters. If you’re serious about convincing butterflies to stick around, grow host plants where the insects can lay their eggs. Milkweed, violets, asters, and dill are host plant examples, but check with a local garden center to find the preferred flower varieties of your area’s butterfly species.

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Create a custom border around your flower bed without digging using EcoBorder rubber landscaping edging available at The Home Depot. This brown border, made of recycled tires, is easy to install in straight or curved lines to match the shape of any garden bed. Conveniently, the necessary hardware needed to install these 4-foot pieces of rubber edging is included with purchase.

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The staggered 5- and 7-inch heights of this wood log edging available at The Home Depot helps create an intriguing flower bed border. Edging also helps to keep soil and mulch in the flower bed, reducing runoff and waste. The half-logs, finished with an attractive cedar stain, are attached to a flexible plastic backing, allowing for installation around curved and straight garden beds alike.

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Fill your garden beds with verdant green plants and bushes to enjoy stunning spring and summer views. Adding in a few flowering plants can help craft focal points and increase the space’s overall beauty. You may also want to consider adding darker mulch or rocks to the beds to really make the vibrant greens pop.

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Clearly define your garden beds by building a curved stone wall to separate them from the rest of your yard. Bends in the border make the view more interesting and attractive, drawing attention to the flowers growing in the garden. As an example, look at how the white and pink petunias along this curved wall enhance the yard’s appearance overall.

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An excellent raised garden bed idea is to incorporate them into your backyard landscaping and hardscaping design. Adding raised beds along the sides of the steps between higher and lower elevations on your property can add a nice touch and draw attention to the space’s flow. Planting taller flowers along the beds can also help accentuate natural slopes.

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When you’re thinking about adding elevated garden beds to your outdoor space, there are a number of creative ways to make your own. One timeless idea is to convert an old wheelbarrow into a raised bed. Drill a hole in the base of the wheelbarrow, add soil, and plant some flowers for a decorative accent bed.

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TOP of the best do-it-yourself design options, photos and beautiful flowerbed design ideas with a selection of plants

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To obtain aesthetic satisfaction, it is necessary to design flower beds and flower beds. The structures are able to perform another function, which is to visually unite the disparate buildings on the plot into a single whole.

Already photos of the design of flower beds are able to attract attention. Consider the most attractive options in detail.

Contents of the review

• Varieties
• Geometry of flower forms
• Preparing for arrangement
• Determining the soil
• Choosing flower crops
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Varieties of

A flower bed looks original in the form of a flower bed-border. It is elongated in shape, has a width of 50 cm. With the help of a border, any zone is beautifully designed, any garden plot is detailed, an alley or a lawn area is bordered. Low plant crops, not exceeding 40 cm in height, look attractive here. Give preference to perennials.

Rabatka draws attention. For the design of flower beds in the country, the use of flowering plants is shown. With this technique, crops are planted in rows or symmetrical structures.

Many flower growers use mixborders in the form of original elongated flower beds. Flowering plants of different species are used for decoration. Mixborders differ in shape. They can be one- and two-sided. Flowering cultures are attractively combined.

A presentable and elegant decoration of a flower bed with their own hands in the form of a stone garden is often used. You can do this in a variety of ways. It is important to use the terrain correctly. Otherwise, the design will be discordant with other elements of the landscape.

An arabesque-style flower bed is surprising and attractive. The design varies in shape. The asymmetric arabesque is especially beautiful. To equip a flower garden in this stylistic decision, you must have sufficient territory. In a small area, creating an arabesque is difficult.

Many flower growers pay attention to the rock garden. A flower bed can be arranged in various areas. Flower cultures are selected for rock garden decoration, which have different flowering times. It should be considered that the flower bed is pleasing to the eye from April to September - October.

There are also other types of yard decoration with flower beds. They do this depending on taste preferences and territorial capabilities.

Flower Geometry

Floral design can be geometric. The following configurations are commonly used for this:

• Round-oval shapes are often used. They grow original and attractive flower crops. High ones are planted in the center, lower ones are placed at the edges.
• Square designs help to recreate bright and rich floral patterns. The geometry is simple, which allows you to arrange beautiful patterns, while using flowering plant species.
• Designs in the form of blooming stars and triangles are distinguished by originality and unusualness.
• Sometimes the design of a flower bed in the country with your own hands may be of irregular shape. They are used for planting bright diverse plants. They fit perfectly into the landscape, even if the land is inconvenient for growing flower crops.

Preparing for furnishing

First you need to think about what the form will be. To do this, they take paper and draw on it what the flowerbed will be with the size designation. For a flower garden, it is better to select areas with a sufficient amount of sunlight.

In the process of landscaping, grass and weeds must first be removed from the area. Then you need to drive pegs into the ground, pull the cord. After preparation, you can begin to arrange flower beds.

Deciding on the ground

You can arrange a flower bed in any area. Carry out the removal of the upper layer - turf. The next step is to lay the drainage system. To do this, sand is poured, mixing it with pebbles or gravel. On top, the territory is covered with fertile benefits.

Selecting flower crops

To decorate a flower bed beautifully and in an original way, it is necessary to choose long-flowering cultivated plants. The appearance of marigolds, daisies, pansies, salvia and others looks attractive.

To make a flower bed beautiful, it is necessary to make a choice in favor of original schemes. This helps to attract attention, will decorate the site, complement the landscape.

In order for the territory to please the eye for a long time, it is necessary to make a choice in favor of cultures of different flowering periods. They can replace each other.

Surroundings will give the impression of constant flowering. For decoration, make a choice in favor of annuals or perennials. The disadvantage of the first will be the constant landing work.

A simple solution is to choose perennials. They will keep growing.

If you want to regularly change the appearance of the flower beds, you can plant plants in special flowerpots. They are arranged according to taste preferences. You can do this regularly. Such a design decision will not get bored.

Use of unusual flower beds

If the plot is small, you can use any unnecessary thing or object as a flower bed:

1. Often use obsolete vehicles. Flower pots are placed on a bicycle, boat, motorcycle or construction cart.
2. The use of old containers with flowers growing inside contributes to the decoration of the square and the release of obsolete things.
3. The original solution is to use old shoes. They place the product throughout the territory, decorating it beautifully and in an original way.
4. Tires or dry logs are used as a decorative element.

To decorate the territory in an original way, many homeowners use flower beds with subsequent planting of various flower crops in them.

This solution will attract the attention of others and use every meter of the territory.

In a small area, you can also use old items, which will give a new life.

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Dacha is an excellent place for a good outdoor recreation, so the landscaping of the site is of no small importance. Organizing a flower bed with your own hands is a great and inexpensive way not only to add zest to the design of the local area, but also the opportunity to admire and be proud of your own creation. If you approach the matter with imagination, you can build original masterpieces that will undoubtedly arouse the interest of guests and become the joy of the owners of the house.

Getting Started: General Tips

Organizing a flower bed with your own hands is not only interesting, but also quite troublesome. First of all, you need to decide on the place where the flower garden will be located. A good option is to arrange two or three flower beds at once on the site, in which to place crops that delight with their color in different periods. There are many other options too!

Location

Often, lush flower beds are planted at the entrance to the house or near the garden arbor - then they significantly ennoble the buildings. If it is decided to place a flower planting in the depths of the garden (a good option for shade-loving crops), you need to take care of free access to it by designing a path.

Flowerbeds can serve as garden borders, framing paths or separate areas. Flower beds can be of a wide variety of shapes - square, rectangular, round, oval or disproportionately curly. Mixborders are an attractive option, where plants make up a certain pattern.

Beds can also be encircling, enveloping ponds and trees, located in islands (standard options), have a stepped structure, which is a vertical planting. The latter option allows you to save a useful place in a small area, as well as become an amazing unusual landscape decoration.

Technical points

If you are planning to organize a flower bed with your own hands on a site on the site of a lawn, you first need to draw up a plan for its placement and “stuffing” on paper, following which it will not be difficult to plant a flower bed. When the plan is ready, at the site of the future flower garden, you need to remove a layer of top soil, about 20 cm high, and fill in fresh fertile soil. A fence is necessarily formed along the perimeter of the flower bed, which can be designed independently from a wide variety of materials (read about this later in the article).

To make the flowers feel as comfortable as possible, it is better to take care of an irrigation system that will help to evenly distribute moisture and fertilizer throughout the flower garden. To do this, a hose with holes made in advance is laid out throughout the site. If a centralized water supply is connected to the site, the hose can be connected directly to the tap. If there is no supply, a pump must be used.

Rules for choosing colors

Flowers are undoubtedly the best decoration for a summer cottage, but at the same time, they require a lot of attention. It is better for beginner flower growers to start with planting perennials, which perfectly tolerate all the hardships of changing natural conditions and are not demanding to care for.

To choose flowers for planting, you need to familiarize yourself with their main characteristics, rules of maintenance and care. In particular, this applies to the height of the flower, which will determine at what distance to plant plants in the flower garden and in what place.

Flower beds should be placed in an orderly manner. So, in an oval flower garden, the height of the plants varies from the highest in the center to the lower ones towards the edges. Climbing plants are planted along fences, gazebo walls and other small architectural structures. In a flower bed adjacent to the wall of a house or fence, tall flowers will occupy the background, stunted ones in the central part, and ground cover specimens will bloom in the foreground. In this way, each flower will receive enough light and look great without being hidden in the shade of taller crops.

When planting flowers, planting density must also be taken into account so that they can develop normally. Usually, plants are planted more densely along the edges of the flower bed, and less often towards the center. The flower garden should correspond to the landscape design of the site, and the representatives of the flora located in it should be perfectly combined with each other, both in terms of external beauty and care conditions. It is important to pay attention to the compatibility of different cultures so that one of them does not harm others.

Making a flower bed with your own hands

In creating a flower bed on a personal plot, an important role is given to design, thanks to which the most unexpected ensembles are created. Skillful and quick-witted summer residents use a variety of materials for this, starting with brick, stone and ending with elementary improvised materials.

Brick

One of the common materials for creating flower bed fences is brickwork. Most often, red brick is used, which will adequately emphasize the aesthetics of the flower garden. In addition, this option is highly practical - the brick easily withstands the loads, humidity and whims of nature.

To make a fence, you will need bricks and mortar. After laying is completed, it is recommended to plant flowers no earlier than two weeks later.

Stone

Pretty economical material used not only in home gardens, but also in urban areas. For decoration, you can use a wide variety of stones: sandstone, limestone, slate, granite, quartzite. The most common option is pebbles. In order for the fence to stand as long as possible, a cement base is formed before laying the stone. A flower bed made of stone with its unusual appearance is able to perfectly decorate any landscape design.

Metal

Using metal structures, you can create not only a reliable, but also a stylish, expensive looking fence. To maximize the service life, the metal is coated with anti-corrosion compounds and special paints. Structures are made by forging, welding or casting. Often such things are made to order, which makes it possible to obtain the most sophisticated forms. The structures are completely fixed to the concrete base or only the supporting posts are fixed.

Wood

Wooden fences fit quite naturally into the natural landscape. The material will require special processing, as wood is quite picky about the influence of environmental factors. It is not difficult to make a wooden fence yourself. Most often, a palisade, a low picket fence, small logs, branches and a vine are used for this. Wicker fences, which fit perfectly into the ethnic design, have a special attraction.

You don't have to buy anything to create a fence - all the material (pegs and willows) can be collected by yourself near the nearest reservoir. The design process is quite simple: along the perimeter of the flower bed, at a small distance from each other, stakes are driven in, which are braided with rods according to the rules of basket weaving. Each row must be lightly tapped with a hammer to seal the canvas.

Original borders can be made from snags, especially if the landscape includes wooden benches, old rustic items. A small, but very pretty flower bed can be made using the most common stump (deck) left after cutting down a tree on the site.

Handy materials

The simplest, but very interesting design options for flower beds can be obtained using improvised materials. Here, much depends on the presence of unnecessary things and the imagination of the owners. Consider some options popular with gardeners:

1. Tire fence. A wonderful way to design flower beds, used by many gardeners. In this case, you can use any used tires, but imported ones are recognized as more elastic. Before installation, the tire must be cleaned of dirt, washed and painted in the preferred color. With the help of several tires, you can build a vertical flower garden with various kinds of plants. Some craftsmen carve real masterpieces from tires.

2. Plastic bottle border. A wonderful way to get rid of accumulated containers and decorate a flower bed beautifully at no extra cost. For these purposes, you will need to collect the required number of bottles of the same size (usually 1.5 liters). They are installed in a tight row, neck into the ground. The finished fence can be painted or pre-filled with multi-colored pebbles.

3. Furniture. Old pieces of furniture can also be turned into original flower beds. If these are wooden furniture items, they must first be treated with special moisture-resistant solutions. Usually such gizmos are painted with bright colors.

Plumbing fixtures such as bathtubs, sinks, toilets can also be used to create a flower bed. In such designs, it is important to consider compatibility. For example, delicate forget-me-nots perfectly fill the space of a shell bed, imitating soap suds, multi-colored annuals, reminiscent of a motley mound of clothes with their flowering, can be planted in the drawers of an old chest of drawers.

In addition to the do-it-yourself flowerbed design methods mentioned above, you can use various other options. Sometimes the most unexpected objects that have lost their intended purpose over time become flower beds: an old bicycle, a cart, an umbrella, and even a car.

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Creating a flower bed with your own hands is the best option for placing flowers in a summer cottage. An organized planting with a beautiful fence looks much more aesthetic than flowers that grow in a chaotic manner.

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