A flower bed edging should fit the style of your garden, but also meet your personal requirements. A concrete edging, for example, is stable and easy to maintain and, with a little skill, you can plan and create it yourself.
How can I create a concrete bed border?
To concrete a bed border, dig a trench, fill it with sand or gravel and pour concrete into it. For an all-concrete border, pour directly into the trench. To encase wood or stone in concrete, place these elements in the wet concrete. This creates a stable, weather-resistant and easy-care bed border.
Here you have various alternatives. On the one hand, you can cast the edging directly from concrete yourself, but on the other hand, you can also set edgings made of wood or stone in concrete so that they are more stable. This makes particular sense where you want to prevent your plants from growing from one area to the other, for example on the lawn or with rhizomatous plants such as bamboo.
Advantages of a concrete bed border:
- particularly long lasting
- weather-resistant
- easy care
- is suitable as a rhizome and/or root barrier
- clean finish
How do I make a bed border using only concrete?
If you want to make your bed border entirely out of concrete, then consider whether the border should be at ground level or raised. For a ground-level border, dig a trench at the edge of your bed of the desired length and width. Pour a layer of coarse sand or fine gravel about five centimeters thick into the trench, then pour in the poured concrete.
In principle, you proceed in the same way for a raised bed border. However, you must create formwork before pouring the concrete. It should be slightly higher than the desired bed border and can easily be built from old boards. After the concrete has dried, remove these boards and fill the gap between the bed and the border with soil.
How do I concrete a bed border?
It is not absolutely necessary to encase bed borders in concrete, but it can improve durability. If you would like to attach a wooden bed border or stones with concrete, then you should also dig a trench, put sand or gravel in it and then the concrete. Place the stones (e.g. paving stones or granite stones) or wood of your choice in these. The concrete must still be wet for this. After drying, your edging will be stable and resilient.
Tip
A concrete bed border is ideal as a rhizome or root barrier for your lawn or a bed with bamboo.
