Cheer up your backyard with raised garden beds and garden edging

Raised beds offer several practical benefits, including the ability to more easily control soil composition and easier access to your plants. But raised beds can be as stylish as they are functional. The only real rule of raised bed gardening is to use your imagination to create raised beds that complement your landscape. You can purchase raised bed kits that are easy to assemble or build your own raised beds that cost little money.

The above example of a raised bed or vegetable garden shows the orderly, formal design that these beds can bring to a setting. Simple wooden frames made from rot-resistant lumber ensure years of growing success. Raised beds are suitable for intensive gardening techniques such as interplanting, successional planting and square meter gardening. Keep checking out more raised bed ideas.

Raised bed gardens are a popular way to create a garden. Proper raised bed garden design helps maximize the productivity of the available space. A well designed raised bed garden also adds beauty to your yard.

The soil mix you fill the beds with will ensure the best growing conditions for gardening from the start rather than having to deal with existing soil problems like rocky or compacted soil.
Drainage issues improve as the growing area is above ground and water drains easily.
Raised beds warm up earlier in the spring, allowing you to start planting.