It is impossible to imagine the design of a summer cottage without the presence of flowers. All kinds of flower beds, front gardens, and flower beds enhance the appearance of the garden and create a positive mood. A special role in floral polyphony is given to vertical flower beds, which have properties useful for the site. Located on the wall, such a flower bed can hide defects in the structure, decorate a fence, and veil the ugliness of individual objects.

A pyramidal flowerbed is appropriate for a small area

Places where you can build a multi-tiered flower bed with your own hands are selected as necessary. Materials, shape, size are determined according to financial capabilities, creative imagination and skills in constructing such objects. If you decide to place a vertical structure on the site, you can place it:

• directly on or near the wall;
• install on the ground;
• hang from a fence, tree or veranda crossbar.

Let’s make a reservation right away: there are options for making tall, pyramidal and multi-tiered flower beds from wood, brick, stone and a variety of available materials. We have devoted separate articles to structures of this kind. Let's look at how to build a simple vertical flowerbed with your own hands of an original design.

Hanging pyramid flower bed

Why are vertical flower beds so beautiful?

The main advantage of a vertical flower bed stems from its design, which allows significant savings on the congestion of the area. One of the advantages appreciated by owners of small summer cottages is the compactness and originality of such a flower bed. In addition, these types of flower beds allow you to:

• give the structure a different shape, enhancing its decorative effect;
• care for the plants growing on them with all amenities;
• protect plants from pests.

A vertical flower bed can be made from special containers

Variety of shapes and materials

An undoubted advantage of a multi-tiered structure is the variety of shapes and materials from which it can be made. A flower arrangement can be built on the basis of:

• plastic or metal pipes;
• containers stacked in tiers;
• various available materials arranged in the form of a pyramid;
• hanging paintings (blocks, panels on the wall);
• wire balls (wire can be twisted into squares, rectangles and other geometric shapes);
• using the roofs of terraces and gazebos.

Old and new ideas

In addition to the usual improvised materials, summer residents use all kinds of household items and devices under tiered structures. An old bicycle, a children's swing, a fence, fruit boxes, crib backs - all this magically adapts to unique and amazingly beautiful floral creations.

Look around your site, perhaps somewhere in a secluded corner lies a structure that can turn into a worthy and exclusive decoration of your garden.

A flowerbed can also be made on a cart

Compositional solutions for a vertical flower garden

The vertical composition is open to the eye, and the selection of colors in it should be taken seriously. Agree that it is not enough to just plant flowers, you need to create a composition of them so that it pleases the eye and brings aesthetic pleasure from its contemplation. There are simple rules to help create a creation that is harmonious in all respects:

1. The background of a vertical flower bed should be made in light green shades. Florists advise using parterre lawns and hedges as a decorative wall for vertical flower beds.
2. When choosing the color scheme of the composition, choose flowers in contrasting or monochromatic shades, avoid clumsiness, when the flowerbed is perceived as some kind of motley spot.
3. For the decorative design of a multi-tiered flower bed, the size and shape of the inflorescences are important. For example, plants with small inflorescences are placed on the upper tier of a pyramidal flower bed, and large-flowered varieties grow in the lower block.
4. The lower tier should be filled with moisture-loving varieties: during rain, moisture flows down the vertical wall, accumulating at the base of the structure.

Choosing plants for a vertical flower bed

When building a vertical flower garden with your own hands, you need to understand which flowers are suitable for such a design. Original and beautiful multi-tiered and pyramidal flower beds require a special approach to compositional solutions. The selection rules are:

• plants with dark inflorescences are planted on the lower tiers of multi-level flower beds;
• plant varieties are selected so that they have a simultaneous flowering period.

Popular plant species

If you look closely at the diverse range of flowers in multi-tiered flower beds, you will notice what types of plants are used. For a pyramidal flower bed, garden geraniums, petunia, calendula, pelargonium, pansies, and low-growing varieties of marigolds are suitable. Most of them are placed in the middle and upper parts of the flower bed. The bottom row is decorated with chamomile, astilbe, dicentra, primrose and daylily, which are unpretentious in cultivation and do not require greenhouse conditions.

Decoration with ampel views

It is obvious that a vertically standing structure by its very shape gravitates towards hanging types of plants. Flowers intricately curling or hanging in voluminous clusters look airy and elegant. To design a vertical flower bed, choose ampelous types of vegetation, which include:

• lobelia;
• nasturtium;
• dichondra;
• matthiol;
• pelargonium;
• fuchsia;
• begonia;
• minitunia.

Fuchsia and other hanging plants will look good in a vertical flower bed

If you have adapted containers for a multi-level composition, you should also select special plants for them that can create a bright contrasting look for the flower bed. An unusual play of color and shape will be provided by combinations of plants such as catharanthus, viola, verbena, allisum, Laurentia, and diascia. The colored material of the containers will help enhance the decorative effect.

Flowerbed-pyramid from edged boards

Flowerbed made from edged boards

A pyramid of boards is a simple but surprisingly beautiful solution for arranging a multi-tiered flower garden. It’s quite easy to make a flowerbed with your own hands. The frame is made of edged boards with a section of 20-30x100mm. Determine the length of the boards at your discretion. Please note that the bottom boards should be 10cm longer than the dimensions of the future flower bed. Step-by-step instruction:

1. Cut grooves with a height of 5cm and a width corresponding to the thickness of the board at a distance of 5cm from both edges.
2. Similar grooves are cut out on opposite sides of the boards in those places where the top row will be joined and at a distance of 20 cm from the grooves on the bottom side. We cut out and chip the cutouts with a chisel.
3. In order for everything to be assembled properly, you need to consistently carry out a test assembly and mark the next row of boards in place.
4. If you want to decorate a flower garden and extend its life, you need to clean the boards and then cover them with antiseptic and paint.
5. At the last stage it is necessary to assemble the pyramid using grooves. Fill the flower bed with soil. You can plant flowers.

Flowerbed-ladder made from flowerpots

For a tall ladder-like structure, several design options are available. The most obvious one is to turn an ordinary staircase into a floral charm:

• We stock up on boards, put together a staircase of several steps from them, place it at an angle against the wall, and secure it;
• we fill the steps with pots or other flower beds;
• if flower containers are made of wood, for example, boxes; we cover the latter with impregnation or paint.

Hanging flowerbed-ball

Using the frame, you can make any shape for a flower bed, for example, a ball

The visually complex arrangement of a flower bed-ball is actually quite simple. If you have thick and thin wire, you can build such a flowerbed with your own hands. The ball is formed from wire, lined with film inside, and soil is poured in. Plants are planted in 7cm increments. All that remains is to water the seedlings and hang the ball with flowers in a well-lit place in the garden. The composition with primrose and begonia looks great.

If you find it difficult to install a suspended structure, you can choose a ground-based version of such a ball, which looks no less elegant.

Mesh for vertical flower beds

Donkey flowerbed made of mesh

High verticals composed of hanging plant species become an exquisite decoration of the site. Such original decorations are made from mesh, transforming it into towers, balls, cubes, and animal figures. The phased equipment of the tower looks like this:

1. We insert four wooden posts of the height you need into the ground.
2. We form a cylinder of mesh with geotextile around the posts. We secure its edges with wire.
3. We place two irrigation pipes with holes made in them in the center of the flowerbed. We make holes in the tubes in a checkerboard pattern.
4. We fill the created form with soil supplemented with raising agents (perlite or vermiculite).
5. Add sfangum moss or industrial cotton wool to the soil.
6. Having filled out the form, we make holes in the geotextile where we will plant our seedlings.

To save money, polyethylene can be used instead of geotextiles. A simplified version of a flower bed can be built by inserting a net into a large flowerpot and ensuring its stability. When choosing plants, we will focus on the varieties of petunia “Opera” or “Rambler”. Remontant ampelous strawberries and nasturtiums look very beautiful. The berries contrast with the flowers, making the tower unusual and visually attractive.

A small flowerbed made of mesh can be easily moved to any place in the garden

Wall flower bed-painting of fresh flowers

A special place in landscape design is occupied by paintings of fresh flowers, for which the “green wall” becomes the canvas. The grass background is ideal for creating a floral canvas; it perfectly emphasizes the beauty of plants. The process of creating such a picture is deeply creative and relies not only on the author’s imagination, but also on knowledge about plant types, shapes and sizes.

What plants are suitable for “painting” a picture of fresh flowers?

Experienced gardeners, who have already managed to create more than one picturesque canvas on their site, give preference to ground cover plants and succulents. This solution is associated with the root system of these species, which grows not in depth, but in width, thereby securing the living carpet to the wall. The young plant, which has amazingly beautiful and embossed leaf baskets, looks impressive in such a picture.

A picture of fresh flowers will give a special unique atmosphere

How to plant plants to maintain verticality?

The secret of a vertical composition on the wall lies in the design of its base. The picture frame is made from a wooden tray, equipped with a plywood bottom. The bottom is additionally covered with geotextile, and the frame-tray is filled with earthen mixture. Then the soil must be watered and carefully covered with wire mesh so that there is no deflection. The mesh should have large cells where the seedlings are planted.

Composition solutions with succulents and ground cover species

When planting perennials, select them in advance according to the shades of leaves and inflorescences. Your task is to achieve an organic combination of plants and obtain the desired pattern or ornament. The center and edges of the picture can be highlighted by planting plants with bright colors. Multicolor in living paintings is not encouraged; three to five shades are enough to get an expressive pattern. Succulents are introduced into the flowerbed using a stick, placing them in the cells of the grid.

Caring for a painting of flowers

Considering that the basis of the flower picture is made up of succulents that do not require constant watering, caring for the garden canvas on the wall consists of spraying the soil once a month. In addition, you will have to monitor the condition of plant leaves and remove wilted or dried parts in a timely manner. The final cleaning of the flower bed is carried out at the end of the season, removing elongated shoots and leaves that have lost color.

A flower bed made of vertical pipes resembles birch trees

Making a flower bed from pipes

Country craftsmen have learned to adapt the most unusual materials to their needs. Why not make a vertical flowerbed from the remains of heating and water pipes, they thought, and brought the idea to life. A few hours of work - and the exquisite floral screen is ready. All you need to do is close the drainpipes with side plugs, make hanging fastenings from ropes - and the frame of the flowerbed is ready. We fill the hanging containers with soil and plant flowers.

It’s very easy to give your patio a cozy and attractive look. A small flower garden near the path and an alpine hill on the lawn behind the house will create a unique charm for the country estate. And in order to show individuality and realize your creative potential, it is better to create a flowerbed with your own hands. But landscaping requires a thoughtful approach, so you should be well prepared!

The main principles of creating a flowerbed with your own hands

City dwellers, breaking free into country life for the first time, often have no idea how to properly design their plot. Fortunately, mistakes in gardening are not terrible - you can always replace plants you don’t like. But why add hassle and financial expenses to yourself if everything can be done right?

Landscape plan of the site

Even a small yard requires a carefully thought out landscaping plan. Otherwise, it will turn from a work of art into a lush but tasteless flowerbed. You can contact professionals who will prepare a landscape design project based on specific data on the location and size of the site.

In the latter case, you should adhere to the main principles of landscape design:

1. Equilibrium. All sides of the yard should be equal, without preponderance in any part. In practice, this means not crowding the center of the front lawn with a multi-tiered flower bed, leaving the far corner of the yard empty.



2. Harmony. The garden should be liked, first of all, by its owners. But you shouldn’t try to fit a pond, a fountain, a sundial and a rockery into it - unless the plot is the size of a hectare. There must be free space so that the abundance of plants does not create “pressure” on vacationers.



3. Moderation. The number of flower beds should not clutter the area, but only zone it. Thus, it is better to divide a narrow courtyard into several zones so as not to create the effect of a long corridor with a path in the middle. In a square garden, round flower beds and curved lines will be appropriate.
4. Seasonality. The garden should look beautiful not only in summer, but also in winter. The lush greens or ocher colors of autumn leaves will make any area attractive. But bare branches and black empty flower beds will evoke melancholy. Therefore, it is necessary to include in the composition evergreen trees and bushes with bright, non-falling foliage - barberry, juniper and boxwood.



5. Color combination. Bright colors should be interspersed with calm greenery, and you should not combine more than three primary colors in one flowerbed. The abundance of flowering plants, arranged chaotically and without a well-thought-out scheme, evokes associations with the floral layout at the market.
6. Points of attention. Every garden should have several interesting objects that will attract the eye. This could be a flowerbed made from an old chest of drawers or a secluded gazebo hidden in a corner, woven with wild grapes. The main thing is that such objects should not immediately catch the eye, but attract attention and arouse the desire to examine them.

   

When the approximate plan of the site is ready, you need to take the time to study the conditions of maintenance and the mature appearance of the selected plants. After all, even a rock garden created by professionals will require constant and proper care, which an amateur gardener definitely cannot handle.

And a mast pine tree on three hundred square meters is not a very good choice.

Basic rules for flower beds

Once the locations for the flower beds have been chosen, you can begin by planning their composition. This also has its own characteristics:

• plants are selected according to soil type;
• conditions of care and maintenance should be similar;
• the use of commensal plants is allowed - when one plant benefits from the existence of another, but does not harm it;
• The flowerbed should look beautiful all year round.

Thus, plants that love acidic and alkaline soils should not be planted in the same flowerbed with common soil. On the other hand, flowers that require highly acidic soil can grow in moderately acidic soil, although they will appear somewhat weaker. For example, in a flowerbed with alkaline soil you can plant maples, hawthorn, rowan, decorate it with barberry, boxwood and meadowsweet shrubs, and plant low flowering plants at the edges - snapdragons, carnations or cornflowers.

Flowers in the same flowerbed should love the same conditions - humidity, sun and overhead or root watering. Thus, mosses and lichens require constantly moist soil and grow best in the shade. Azalea also loves moisture, and can burn in the open sun. So they perfectly complement each other and can be planted along the fence or under the canopy of a spreading catalpa.

At the same time, roses do not tolerate overhead watering, so it is better to plant them separately from all other plants and water them individually, pouring water directly under the bush.

If you want to combine tall and short plants, you can plant low-growing evergreen trees, and under them - primroses, aquilegias and polemonium. The spreading crown will create sufficient shade even in the middle of the yard, while the flowers will add variety with bright colors.

If you are planning a high flower bed at the entrance, you need to think about how it will look at any time of the year. Annual and wildly flowering plants are suitable here: in spring and summer, sulfinias and petunias delight the eyes, in autumn - chrysanthemums, and in winter you can decorate the flowerbed with a low artificial Christmas tree or place decorative figurines.

Mistakes of novice gardeners

Those who have not made mistakes have never designed their garden on their own. But you can learn from other people's mistakes! So, what a novice gardener should not do:

1. Don't try to fill the void in your flower beds with only perennial plants. The young garden will constantly grow and in a few years five barberry bushes, interspersed with juniper, will fill the entire flowerbed. It is better to fill the free space with annual flowers - their number can be adjusted every year depending on need.



2. There is no need to plant plants chaotically, without a clear idea of ​​the future picture. Firstly, it creates a sloppy look, and secondly, some flowers will simply get lost against the background of the rest. For example, rose bushes planted in pairs - white with pale pink or red with dark burgundy - look very advantageous. In addition, roses create an excellent background for low-growing flowers.



3. You can’t choose flowers only based on the shape of the inflorescences you like. So, dahlias look beautiful in a bouquet, but in a flowerbed they definitely need to be tied up and planted in a distant line. Asters and chrysanthemums also need to be chosen according to the shape of the bushes, but petunias and carnations can be safely chosen according to their flowers.



4. It is highly undesirable to make flower beds from color mixtures of one plant. It is better to choose several colors and make interesting patterns. In this case, it is advisable to avoid straight lines - winding, round or geometric shapes will look more original.

Very often, flower beds are planted with plants that bloom during one period. It is better to avoid this situation by choosing the composition in such a way that the plants can bloom from early spring to late autumn.

For example, snowdrops appear first, then the tulip period begins, and after them the leaves of daylilies and peonies bloom.

And in order for the economic hand to be visible, the flowerbed must be regularly thinned, removing faded and dead parts. A few yellowed inflorescences on a hydrangea are enough to make the flower garden look untidy. If regular care is problematic, it is better to focus on evergreens and conifers.

Simple flower beds made from scrap materials

Financial restrictions are not a reason to deny yourself a beautiful flower garden. After all, it can be made from literally anything! All you have to do is use your imagination and sort out the piles of rubbish in the shed.

Bottle fencing

This option is suitable for unpretentious summer residents and city residents who want to decorate their local area. A low border will protect the flower garden from the encroachments of unscrupulous dog owners - animals are much smarter than people and often do not try to step over even such low fences. And the very fact of the presence of a border indicates that this flowerbed is being looked after.

For the bottle fence you will need:

• glass or plastic bottles, preferably 1.5 liters;
• garden shovel or hoe;
• sand (if the site has insufficiently loose soil);
• paint – paint the finished border if you come across bottles of different sizes.

The procedure is quite simple, you can even involve children in it to cultivate hard work in them:

Tall flower beds made from bottles look original. They are laid on a thick cement solution, the first layer should be placed in a recess or on the base - so that the bottles do not move apart. Each tier is filled with concrete from the inside so that the neck is in the solution. And to prevent concrete from flowing inside the circle, internal formwork is made. The only disadvantage of this solution is that it is quite difficult to find identical glass bottles.

Tire basics

Tires are the most popular bases for country and city flower beds. Strong, durable and unnecessary. Their appearance is quite unpretentious, but with a little imagination, you can create really interesting yard decorations.

Multi-tiered flower beds made up of several tires look good. In this case, you can take tires of different diameters, radii and widths. If you want to add some variety, you can paint the old wheels, but it is better not to get carried away with colorful colors, choosing white or green. This way the base of the flowerbed will not distract attention from the flowers themselves.

Original compositions from old things

What some consider unnecessary trash, summer residents can turn into real works of art! For example, an old chair makes an excellent vintage flowerpot stand. By complementing the composition with the rest of the set, you will get an original flowerbed. Definitely no other housewife has one like this!

Any old things will be used. Even a suitcase without a handle can come in handy again.

If you have an old chest of drawers at home, you should never throw it away! It will be an excellent decoration for a blank stone wall in the far corner of the garden.

But when breathing new life into old things, it is important to carefully treat them with antiseptic solutions that prevent rotting. And then the original flower beds will become the hallmark of the house!

Beautiful and versatile flower beds

Complex flower beds look much more advantageous on any site. But even if you don’t want to bother with capital construction, you can make beautiful vertical flower beds from pots.

To do this, you will need the pots themselves and one metal rod. The pots begin to be strung on it through the drainage hole and themselves take the desired slope.

Another type of convenient and simple flower bed is a column of petunias. It can be moved on a stand with wheels throughout the entire territory, and can be simply disassembled for the winter. For the device you will need a net, a large pot, black spunbond, a cable tie and a lot of petunias or sulfinia seedlings.

Creating a brick fence

A brick flowerbed allows you to advantageously zone the space and is suitable for both large and small courtyards. This is also a great option for flower lovers who don't want to waste their time mowing the lawn.

Making such a flower bed is not difficult, but it takes a long time:

A brick fence for a flower bed can be assembled without mortar. But it does not look so neat, and there is a greater chance that such a structure will collapse over time.

If you don’t want to mix concrete, you can frame the flowerbed with low stone edges.

Laying stone borders without mortar

To do this, a small ditch is dug around the perimeter of the flower bed and bricks are laid in it. The advantage of this solution is that the flowerbed can always be enlarged or its shape changed. When, after a couple of years, the border begins to be overgrown with grass, it is easy to remove it, clean it and lay it again.

To prevent the stones from moving, it is still better to fix them with a small amount of cement. But it’s quite possible to do without it. Such a border is placed on the ground from which the top layer of grass has been removed. The rows are laid gradually, and the evenness of the masonry is determined by the stretched twine.

To ensure that it lies securely, the lower large stones are placed in a previously dug trench. The second layer of stones begins to be laid after the soil is poured inside the flowerbed. It will fix the already laid stones and allow you to install the top ones.

Their design is quite simple: you can buy ready-made cages and fill them with stones or assemble the base yourself. To do this, you will need to dig a trench 25 cm deep, cover the bottom with geotextile, install a strong mesh of the required height and fill the trench with gravel and sand. To prevent the gabions from wobbling, reinforcing rods are dug in every 50 cm. And the mesh sections are treated with an anti-corrosion compound.

You can purchase them or make them yourself from stiff wire. Ready-made gabions are closed cages, which is why they got their name. Self-made flower beds can be left open by simply pouring heaps of stones.

A flowerbed can even be made from waste corrugated sheets after installing a fence! The video shows a simple and quick way to create a beautiful two-tier flower bed:

Flower lovers create various compositions to please themselves and surprise their neighbors. Why not try creating a multi-tiered flower bed? This beautiful multi-level flower bed is created quite simply, the main thing is to put your hands in the right direction. You can create it from scrap materials that are found in almost every household plot.

In order for a flowerbed to look beautiful, you must first draw it on paper, and then paint in what shades of colors the gardener would like to see on it. This will save time and money, since you won’t have to build unnecessary frame parts and buy unnecessary ones.

You can use crushed stone or other stones that may have remained after construction. Shape and size don't matter at all. To get a two-tier composition, you need reinforcement with the help of which a double frame is rolled up in a shape reminiscent of a snail’s house, in which the distance between the inner walls is filled with stones. Then the voids are filled with nutritious soil and flowers are planted.

It can also be made from bricks, using them to construct an almost flat staircase. It can be decorated with stones. Such a flowerbed will last quite a long time and will delight others with its beauty. Flowers can be placed on it in different containers:

• in an old watering can;
• in basins that are not needed on the farm due to old age;
• in various plastic containers.

Moreover, all containers can be painted with acrylic paint to create various compositions.

You can create flower beds using boards knocked together in a box (like a sandbox). To do this, the knocked down box is filled with nutritious soil, and a slightly smaller box is placed on top of it. And so on…. You can place a square above a square, or you can rotate the next square by 45 degrees. There is no limit to the gardener's imagination.

In order for the boards to last as long as possible, they should be painted or varnished on both sides.

All the soil with which the forms are filled must be fertilized and in the process of flower growth it must be fertilized. Also, multi-tiered flower beds are created from waste car tires.

They are easy to paint in the desired color, and if you take them of different sizes and put them together one on one, you will get a beautiful cascading composition in which different varieties of petunias will look great.

If you decide to create a multi-tiered flower bed, you need to plan in advance what plants will be planted on it:

1. You can create a one-color composition, or consisting of two colors, or a variegated one, on which there will be a complete rainbow of different shades.
2. It will look good against a plain background, be it a brick wall or a green lawn.
3. When planting flowers, you need to select the size of the baskets in their full bloom. The larger the flower, the lower it is planted. Plants in the form of lobivia will look good at the very top.
4. Flowers should also be selected according to the blooming period, so that she can delight others with her blooms all summer long.
5. You also need to know that moisture-loving flowers are located at the bottom of a multi-tiered flower bed, and at the top there should be plants that tolerate drought quite well.

When creating a multi-level flower bed, you must remember to pay attention to it throughout the summer and do not forget to water it, otherwise the plants planted on it may die.

What multi-level flower beds can be made near the house video

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Bright spots of flower beds and flower beds on the site are not only a way to decorate the site. They perfectly distract attention from some problem areas. By the way, this can also be used as a guide when choosing a location. We’ll talk further about how to make flower beds and flower beds with your own hands at the dacha, in the courtyard of a private house. This is not an easy task, of course, but it does not require knowledge of higher mathematics.

What are there

First of all, let's find out what the difference is between flower beds and flower beds. The flowerbed has clear boundaries and shape: circle, oval, square. Most often it is separated from the rest of the area and raised above it. We most often see this type of landscape design in parks and on the streets.

This is a flowerbed. It has a clear, strictly defined shape and geometrically correctly located plants

A flower garden is any place where plants of any shape are planted. Sometimes it comes with a fence, sometimes it doesn’t. Boxes with flowers hanging on a fence or wall are a flower garden, plants planted in old galoshes are also a flower spot on the lawn and a ribbon along the path are all flower beds.

Let's understand the terms a little. Now about what they are. They are distinguished primarily by flowering time:

Depending on the type of plants planted, there are annuals, perennials, and mixed ones. In some, only one type of plant is planted. They are called monoflowers or monoflowers.

They can be raised, they are also called high, and they can be multi-tiered. Their construction consists of several stages: first of all, a fence is built, then soil is poured into the finished form and plants are planted.

That's all with theory, let's move on to practice. Let's start with where you can make flower beds and flower beds with your own hands.

Where to do

When the yard is spacious it’s just great. Find the most visible place and plant a flower garden there. What to do if the entire territory has already been developed, but you want to plant flowers? You can always find a place. For example, near your house the area is concreted or lined with slabs, stone, etc. You can make an excellent raised or even multi-tiered flower bed with your own hands against the wall of your house. And there is no need to break the coating. A fence made of brick or stone is built right on it. It is advisable to lay them on the solution, and then cover the inside with waterproofing impregnation (bitumen mastic) so that when watering, water does not flow onto the path. Then you can fill in the soil and plant flowers.

They plant flower beds along the fences. This is a common way to decorate, for example, a long driveway to a house. But this can also be done in different ways. Here, as well as near, a high flower bed looks better.

A high flower bed made of boards. Construction will be inexpensive, and the appearance will be solid

You can plant a flowerbed in front of the gate. Outdoor flower beds must be durable. That’s why stone fences are usually used to implement them: just in case. If desired, you can make tiered flower beds. They are more difficult to build, but much more attractive than flat ones.

Outdoor multi-tiered (multi-level) flower bed of complex shape

Even if the yard is surrounded by walls on all sides, you can still find a place for flowers: Hang on the walls, in pots or in the form of a flowering wall, put up a stand, etc. You can make flower beds in the courtyard of a private house with your own hands from anything and anywhere. It is only important not to make a mistake with the style: it must coincide with the design of all buildings. Some ideas in the photo gallery.

You don't need a lot of space and can be moved. A portable flower garden is convenient

You can make a flower garden in your dacha near a tree. They already belong to the category of garden ones. Don't want it to be banal? Come up with an interesting fence.

What and how to make a fence from

The most common fencing for flower beds is brick, wild stone, boulders. You can make a structure out of brick in a strict “ceremonial” manner. Boulders and wild stone are more intimate, non-standard fences.

Since they have a decent weight, a foundation is often made for a brick or stone fence for a flower bed. Not if one or two rows are laid, but if there are four or more rows. If the device is being installed on a concreted area, you can do without a foundation at all, but if you are planting a flowerbed on a lawn or soil, then it is advisable to do so.

It is not even necessary to fasten two rows of stone or brick with mortar. They can simply be laid one on top of the other, covered from the inside and covered with earth. Brick flower beds made using this method will have to be adjusted frequently: the bricks can “move” out of place

First of all, remove the turf from the marked area. If you plan to make a high flower bed, dig a groove around the perimeter, about 20 cm deep, and 5-10 cm wider than the planned fence. This ditch is filled with crushed stone, compacted, and poured with liquid cement-sand mortar. For 1 part of M400 cement, take 4-5 parts of clean sand, mix and fill with water until it becomes sour cream. This semi-liquid solution is used to pour crushed stone. When the concrete has set - you need to wait a few days - you can lay out the border for the flower beds.

How to make a border from brick or stone

Do-it-yourself flower beds and flower beds made within a fence of stone and brick are the most expensive to build, but also the most durable. They will last for several years without any problems.

Stones or bricks are placed on a cement-sand mortar, similar to the one used to fill the crushed stone, but thicker. There should not be much mortar between the bricks - 5-8 mm. If you are laying cobblestones or natural stone, it is easier to first lay them “dry” by selecting the dimensions, and then relay them with mortar.

A few ideas on how to design stone borders for flower beds and flower beds in the photo gallery below.

This is a border for a cobblestone flower bed. A different technique was used - a roller is formed from a semi-dry solution, small stones are stuck into it

If you don’t need to raise the plantings that much, and you only want to mark the boundaries of the area planted with flowers, but you are afraid that if you just dig a brick in, it will fall, then you can dig a trench, fill it with crushed stone, and insert flagstone into the crushed stone (stone sawn into plates , it can be found in the section that sells materials for exterior decoration of the house) or standing to lay bricks. Spill liquid cement-sand mortar around the installed fence elements. After two or three days, when the concrete has set, you can continue working: fill in the fertile soil, but you can’t load the curb or step on it for about another month: that’s how long it takes for it to gain strength.

Using the same principle, you can frame a flowerbed with your own hands from slate or tiles cut into strips. A flower bed can be made from metal or asbestos slate. There are scraps left after installing the roof - use them. Here's what might happen.

Photo of a flower bed made of slate - such a fence looks good

Made of wood

It’s easier to make a fence for a flower bed out of wood: it doesn’t weigh that much. On the other hand, it is less durable. Flowerbeds and flower beds made with your own hands from wood can last for several seasons. Then you will have to restore or remodel them. It is used very rarely for ceremonial flower beds, but in a dacha or near a private house, a flower garden fenced with a wooden border is original and stylish. Especially if it resonates with the design style of buildings on the site.

Wood in any form can be used to decorate garden flower beds. Flowerbeds are made from boards, small-diameter round timber (small logs), block house (boards convex on one side, similar to a log) and any other wooden remains. You can even cut a dead tree into logs, bury/hammer them into the ground, making such an unusual flower bed.

Birch logs - an excellent fence for a flower garden. An interesting idea for a high flower bed - a well is made from scraps of logs. Two pieces of a block house, installed one on top of the other - and in front of you is an excellent country flower bed.

How to make a wooden border? Find a log of small diameter, cut it into logs of different lengths and split them in half. You will get blanks like in the photo on the left. They are laid on a flat surface with the convex side down, one next to the other. Take a flexible thick wire and use staples from a construction stapler or bent nails to attach the wire to the flat side of the pieces of wood. One wire is nailed at the bottom, the second at the top. The result is a flexible wooden border that can be used to enclose a flower garden of any shape (pictured on the right).

To prevent the wood from losing its attractiveness and rotting, it is treated with protective impregnations. They can simultaneously give it color, or they can be colorless. From such pieces of wood collected into a ribbon, you can make flower beds of any shape with your own hands. You dig a shallow ditch, a little wider than your fence, insert a fence for a flower bed there and cover it with soil, compacting it.

From boards and timber

In our country, wood is one of the most inexpensive building materials. That’s why they build a lot and often from it. They also make a fence or fencing for flower beds from wood. The easiest way to fence a flower bed is with boards. For support you will need several bars - not very thick, but wide. Approximately 50*150 mm and edged board 20 mm thick. Choose its width yourself so that several pieces installed on the edge will give you the required height.

Impregnate the wood with protective impregnations, when it dries you can begin work. First, the support bars are installed. They can be sharpened at one end and carefully hammered in without damaging the upper surface (put a piece of a block and hit it), or you can dig a hole about 50 cm deep, install a block in it, bury it and compact the earth around it. The bars are installed in increments of 1-1.5 meters, depending on how wide the flower garden is. The wider and higher it is, the greater the mass will have to be supported, which is why supports are installed more often.

Boards are nailed to the exposed supports. They can be stuffed from the inside and then the support beams will be visible, or they can be filled from the outside. In the second option, only the wall of boards will be visible. The joints of the boards should be on the beams.

Flowerbeds from boards can be made in a variety of shapes. Even in the form of a pyramid. There are some interesting ideas below.

And this is how to make a flower bed in the form of a pyramid

Made of plastic

There are many types of ready-made fences for flower beds and flower beds made of plastic or resin. They have special legs that sink into the ground along the edge of the planted area.

But we are not talking about them, but about flower beds made from scrap materials. For example, you can make a decent fence for a flower bed from plastic bottles.

They are selected by volume and color. This will make the fence look better. Then they cut off the necks at the same level and stick them into the ground. This is one mounting option for creating a low curb. The second one will be much higher. It can be used when fondanting taller plants. In this case, they take a wooden beam and nail the caps to it at a certain distance, so that the bottles are close to each other. Bottles are screwed into the caps. To make such a plastic fence for a flower garden more stable, it is pierced through with wire closer to the bottoms and closer to the narrowing point at the neck. The finished fence section is installed and fixed on the ground.

Despite the fact that the material is waste, if everything is done carefully, such a fence looks decent, pleasant, and attractive. Photos of fences for flower beds and flower beds made of plastic bottles are in the photo below.

We couldn’t pass by... a fence made of old bicycle wheels. Original flower beds can be made from any junk. If you have talent, of course...

Old bicycle wheels can decorate your dacha. How? Make a fence out of them for a flower garden. A flower bed made of wheels is cool...

Original and unusual flower beds and flower beds

Sometimes you’ll be amazed at how people manage to make original, unusual, and, most importantly, beautiful things. The same applies to the design of flower beds. Well, I would never have guessed that an old chest or galoshes or a hat could be turned into a flower bed or plant pot. See for yourself - the photos don’t lie.

Tire flower beds

Completely unattractive car tires are turned into beautiful flower beds. The tires are cut, the edges are sanded using a grinder with an emery attachment. The resulting flowerpots are washed with soapy water and dried: the plants will not develop well if you do not wash out the engine oil, gasoline and other similar substances that get inside.

After drying, it is painted. You can paint a tire (tire) with regular oil paint, but the surface must be grease-free, dry and clean. It lasts for several years. There are special paints for tires. They cost much more - they are made for styling tires. After the paint has dried, you can install the finished tire flower bed, fill it with soil, and plant plants. How you can make a flower garden from tires with your own hands, or rather, how to design it, look below (the photo gallery scrolls automatically, if you need to stop, click on the picture).

The best decoration for a summer cottage is, undoubtedly, flowers. They fill the space with bright colors, alluring aromas and the warmth of home comfort. These can be spontaneous flower beds, alpine slides, and decorated flower beds. In addition to flower beds and flower beds of ordinary shapes, multi-tiered flower beds look very original on a summer cottage. If you approach the issue of choosing flowers for such a flower bed wisely, it will delight you with its blooming appearance throughout the spring and summer. It is possible to build a multi-tiered flowerbed with your own hands even without large material costs.

The first and very important stage in arranging a site with flower beds and flower beds is the general layout and zoning of the entire territory. Don’t be afraid that such a flowerbed will take up a lot of space. It is better, on the contrary, to avoid bulky forms. When choosing the design of a flower bed and the materials from which it will be made, be sure to take into account the general design style of your summer cottage and the main buildings.

Materials for the construction of multi-tiered flower beds

What can you use to quickly and inexpensively build a multi-tiered flower bed? If you have a rich imagination, then from anything:

• tree trunks;
• stones;

Multi-tiered flower bed made of boards

• dilapidated furniture;
• old tires;
• dishes;
• wooden pallets;
• drawers from a closet or chest of drawers;
• boards, bars.

The main materials for multi-tiered flower beds are wood and stone. These natural, eco-friendly materials will fit perfectly into any design and landscape.

Do-it-yourself multi-level flower beds made of wood

You can use new boards and bars, or you can use old pallets or boxes. Flower beds made of wood can be square or rectangular, or in the form of a diamond or triangle. The flowerbed itself is a pyramid of several tiers of boxes stacked on top of each other. The lower tier will be the largest, the upper - accordingly, the smallest in diameter. The best option for such a flower bed is 5 tiers, each about 30 cm high.

Flowerbed steps made of wood

1. We install the box on the prepared soil.
2. Place a 2-4 cm layer of drainage on the bottom.
3. Fill it to the top with soil and compact it well.

We perform exactly the same actions with all subsequent levels of the flowerbed. Before starting work, it is recommended to add complex fertilizers for flowers to the prepared soil and moisten it.

Advice. To extend the life of wood, it is necessary to treat it with an antiseptic or paint.

Multi-tiered flower bed made of stone

Multi-tiered flower beds made of stone are no less beautiful and impressive. In addition, flower beds made from such materials are more durable and unpretentious to any weather conditions. And at the same time, it does not matter at all what kind of stones the flowerbed will be made of: large or small, even or fragments, broken brick or specialized decorative stone. Using all your imagination, you can make an interesting flower arrangement from any option.

Multi-tiered flower bed made of stone

1. We choose a place for a flower bed, dig a hole 25 cm deep in this place.
2. Fill the hole with sand to 10 cm.
3. We lay stones at the bottom of the resulting recess; for the strength of the entire structure, this is done using liquid cement mortar.
4. Then we put 2-4 cm of drainage on the bottom, and the rest is fertilized soil.

Attention! Each layer of stones laid out on cement must dry thoroughly.

The big advantage of a multi-tiered flowerbed made of stone with your own hands is the endless variety of design options: both in appearance of materials and in shape. In addition to strict geometric shapes, such flower beds can be round, semicircular, oval, or with multiple soft curves. Such forms of flower beds fit very harmoniously into the natural landscape and landscape created by nature itself.

Multi-tiered flower bed made of tires

Tires still don't go out of style! The fastest and easiest way to build a multi-level flower bed is from car tires. If possible, it is better to use tires of different diameters in this design. Those with a larger diameter will serve as the base, those with a smaller diameter will serve as the next tiers of the flowerbed. And of course it is recommended to paint them in bright colors. You can also involve little helpers, children or grandchildren, in such an event. It's more fun to build together!

Tire flowerbed

We fill the empty space inside the tires with fertilized soil and compact it. A bright and original flowerbed is ready.

Selecting flowers for a multi-tiered flower bed

Most multi-tiered flower beds are designed so that after watering, part of the water flows from the upper tiers to the lower ones. This is a very important feature that should be taken into account first when choosing plants and flowers for a flower bed.

Thus, for the lower layers of our flower arrangement, we choose plants that feel comfortable in high soil moisture.