Almost every home today has a terrace, which often adjoins the living room and practically extends it into the garden. In fact, it is a living space that is moved outside and needs to be visually integrated into the garden. To avoid an abrupt transition between the terrace and the garden, you can surround the seating area with one or more flower beds. The design options are extremely diverse.
How to design a flower bed in front of the terrace?
A flower bed in front of the terrace can be created as a ground-level, L-shaped or U-shaped bed, which looks visually appealing from the terrace. Planting varies depending on location and soil factors, so perennials, boulders or pebbles can be incorporated.
Framing the terrace with a flower bed
For example, the terrace can be framed with a ground-level flower bed, which does not necessarily have to be rectangular. L-shaped or even U-shaped beds are ideal at this point. If you like it more playful and romantic, choose a curved, semicircular or triangular bed shape, several of which can be placed next to each other. When it comes to planting, the location and soil factors decide which perennials go into the bed. Other decorative elements such as boulders, pebbles, gravel, etc. can also be integrated into the flower bed in a visually appealing way.
Use the flower bed as a privacy screen
However, you can also use the flower bed as a privacy screen instead of a hedge. This works if you plant raised beds - for example made of wood or stone - densely with tall growing perennials. These should be around 120 to 140 centimeters high, which, together with the average raised bed height of around 80 centimeters, results in a beautiful, flowering and easy-to-maintain hedge. Very suitable for this purpose are the perennial sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus), the bushy purple bush (Eupatorium), the impressive giant scale head (Cephalaria gigantea) and, planted in between, species such as yarrow (Achillea), larkspur (Delphinium), flame flower (Phlox), cranesbill (Geranium) or Indian nettle (Monarda).
Flower bed on the terrace
However, the flower bed can be placed not only in front of the terrace, but also on the terrace. There are also many nice ideas for this, starting with a potted flower bed made up of many individual plant pots, a table raised bed, large pots, a planted wheelbarrow or a zinc bathtub. However, you can also integrate the bed directly into the terrace covering, which works particularly well on tiled (e.g. wooden tiles) surfaces. To do this, all you have to do is leave out or take out a few tiles and place them in shallow planting trays (€35.00 on Amazon) and plant them instead.
Tip
To keep the perennial bed easy to care for, you can cover the ground with bark mulch or even pebbles.
