A vegetable garden not only has to be useful and practical, but it can also be beautiful. This doesn't even require a lot of effort: just by cleverly arranging several raised vegetable beds - for example to frame a terrace - you can create a true garden gem.
How do you integrate a raised bed into a patio?
A raised bed on a terrace can be harmoniously integrated by arranging it as a border or staggering beds of different heights. Table raised beds or closed raised beds with perforated boxes for water drainage are suitable for a terrace.
Integrate raised beds harmoniously and practically into the garden
If you mainly want to grow vegetables, you should create several raised beds if possible - especially if you want to provide yourself and your family with as many home-grown vegetables as possible. However, so that these raised beds do not look like boxes randomly placed in the garden, a well thought-out and harmonious grouping is recommended.
Frame the terrace with raised beds
Two or three raised beds that you position relative to each other in an L or U shape and use one or more sides to demarcate a terrace or seating area are particularly attractive and practical at the same time. The beds can be planted with vegetables - extremely practical if the patio door is near the kitchen - or as a privacy screen with tall trees or perennials. For example, berry bushes or low fruit trees are very suitable - you and your family can snack on fruit fresh from the bush while you have your afternoon coffee.
Terrace culture with raised beds
Also a very clever idea is the staggering of raised vegetable beds of different heights or the combination of raised beds with vegetation of different heights. Beds with tomatoes, runner beans or berry bushes are in the background and are positioned in front of walls, walls or fences. One floor below there are lower raised beds or those with lower-growing vegetables such as cabbage, leeks or zucchini. However, think about the necessary space between the beds - otherwise you will neither be able to care for nor harvest the back bed.
Build a suitable raised bed for your terrace
If you only have a small garden but a large terrace, you can place the raised bed or raised beds directly on the terrace without touching the ground. Table-top raised beds, for example, are very suitable for this, but “classic” raised beds that are closed at the bottom can also be set up. One problem in this case, however, is the lack of drainage for excess irrigation and rain water: If you want to build such a raised terrace bed yourself, you have to somehow find a form of drainage - for example by placing boxes with holes in the bed boxes (e.g. B. Shopping baskets (€63.00 at Amazon) made of plastic). These are best placed on bricks so that the water can drain away and the plants don't get “wet feet”.
Tip
Beautiful, flat planting areas can also be created from sloped gardens by terracing and using raised beds.
