Walls play an important role in the vertical design and thus the structure of the garden. The path, lawn and bed can be visually separated by a low wall. At the same time, this type of bed border makes garden maintenance easier, as grass growing into the bed is guaranteed to be a thing of the past.
What types of wall borders are there?
Bed borders made of walls can be designed as dry stone walls, cyclopean walls, layered walls, quarry stone walls, field stone walls, ashlar walls or gabions. They provide visual separation and make garden maintenance easier by separating lawns from beds.
Various variants to suit the garden design
Brick bed borders are available in a wide variety of designs, so that you can match them perfectly to the look of your green space:
| Art | Execution | Suits: |
|---|---|---|
| Drywall | Layered up like mortar without binding agents. | Looks very natural and goes well with natural gardens. |
| Cyclops Wall (polygonal masonry) | Uncut quarry stones of different sizes are stacked irregularly but at the same height. | This bed border looks very natural and is also suitable for beds on slopes. |
| layer wall | For example, made of brick backfilled with mortar. | Adapts visually to almost any garden. |
| quarry stone wall | Is backfilled with mortar or topsoil. | Found in many gardens and vineyards in earlier times. Fits well in natural but also modern green spaces. |
| Fieldstone and boulder wall | Layered and backfilled with mortar. | Exudes a very original charm. |
| ashlar wall | Often made of artificial stone (concrete) set in mortar. | Looks straight and modern. |
| Gabion (metal elements filled with stones) | Easy to set up. | Low variants are well suited as borders for raised beds. |
The dry stone wall as a bed border: execution
- Create foundation and fill with sand.
- The base is made of stones that are as long as possible.
- Place large stones on top and tilt them firmly with smaller stones to create a stable bed border.
The bed border built with mortar
To do this, follow these steps:
- Mark the course of the wall with a rope frame, chalk or sand.
- Dig a trench about twice as deep as the height of the stone.
- Pour in a layer of gravel or sand as a base and compact it.
- Then spread a sand-cement mixture in the trench.
- Place the stones and carefully tap them into place with a fist.
- Check the correct position of the stones with the spirit level.
- Apply a second and possibly third row of stones.
- Let it dry thoroughly and fill the base with topsoil.
- Walls used to border beds are generally not plastered.
Tip
Gabions are currently very trendy. These are also available in low versions, which are ideal for bordering beds, for example for modern raised beds.
