Build a raised flower bed with brick and concrete, to create a durable and attractive integrated garden space in your backyard. Build the structure on top of boulders, stones or other landscaping materials as long as it provides stability.
If you are looking for something easy and affordable to add to your yard, this is the project for you. The raised flower bed is a great way to add beauty and style to your home or garden while providing a source of fresh air, greenery, and privacy. A raised flower pot will enhance your landscape and appearance while also providing a place for beneficial insects to feed on and pollinate flowers that are planted nearby.
There’s nothing more satisfying than a garden full of flowers. And what better way to start one than by building your own raised planter bed? Raised flower beds are easy to build, and they’re the perfect way to grow all those beautiful blooms you’ve been dreaming of.
Step 1: Choose a location
When choosing a location for your bed, you’ll want to consider a few factors:
- The sunniest spot in your yard.
- Easy access from the house (if you’re going to be watering frequently, this is important).
- Easily accessible water source (if not already on site).
- Visibility from inside the house so that you can enjoy it first thing in the morning!
- Space between beds and other structures like fences or trees. This will help prevent crowding and allow for easy maintenance of any weeds or grasses that grow along its edges later on down the line when things get weedy (which they will). It’s also easier to keep track of if it’s clear where everything is planted if there aren’t too many obstructions around it; having lots of open space all around makes taking care of each flower bed much simpler than trying to do so while surrounded by overgrown brush all around as well as tall trees blocking out sunlight/sunrise/sunsets with their branches overhead.
Step 2: Draw an outline
Before you start building, it’s important to know the dimensions of your bed. You’ll need a tape measure, pencil and ruler to get this done.
Measure the width of your raised flower bed by placing a measuring tape at each end of your brick wall (or along each edge). Use those measurements to draw a straight line on the ground with chalk or graphite pencil—be sure to make marks every 6 inches or so along this line so you know how wide your bed will be once it’s built.
Next, measure the length of your raised flower bed by starting at one corner of your garden and placing a piece of string between two corners; make sure these corners are equidistant from each other as well as from any existing buildings in close proximity (you don’t want any lines running through doors!). Once you’ve gotten both ends tied together securely enough that they won’t move around too much once this step is complete, pull them tight across the grass until they meet up again at another corner opposite from where they started out; then lay those strings down flat on top of one another so that their ends stack neatly together without overlapping or bunching up unnecessarily due to additional slackness caused by poor knotting techniques employed during construction efforts earlier on down road here today.
Step 3: Dig out the grass and soil
To dig out the grass and soil, use a shovel to remove the turf, then use a rake to remove as much dirt as possible. If there are any roots remaining in the ground, carefully dig them out with either a trowel or spade. Finally, fill up your trench with about 2 inches of crushed stone and level it off with either a rake or tamper
Step 4: Make level paths with crushed stone
- Use a straight edge to make sure the path is level, and use a spirit level to double-check.
- Trowel the crushed stone into place on one side of the bed as you smooth it with a rake (or trowel) across its width until there are no bumps or depressions left visible in the surface of the path (Photo 3). Repeat for each side of your flower bed; fill any areas that have sunk in or have become too full by heaping more soil on top, then repeat steps 2 and 3 again until all paths are filled with leveled crushed stone.
Step 5: Build the wall
- Build the wall.
You are now ready to build your brick wall! You should consider leveling out the bricks before proceeding, as this will help keep everything even and smooth. Also, it’s important to use mortar between each brick so that they don’t shift or fall over time. This can be done by mixing equal parts sand, cement, and water in a bucket until it has a consistency like peanut butter (not too runny). Use this mixture to spread over where you need mortar between each brick and press them together firmly as you go along. For best results make sure there is no grass or soil underneath whatever area of ground you are working on because they can cause problems when building with bricks later on down the road.
Step 6: Fill it in
- Fill it in.
Now that you’ve got your bed securely built, it’s time to fill it with soil and add mulch. There are many different options for soil; some are better than others depending on what you’re growing and how much money you want to spend. We used a good-quality organic mulch for this project because we wanted something that looked nice, but wasn’t super expensive or difficult to find at our local nursery store.
- Add plants.
Once everything is in place and watered well (don’t worry about drainage yet), pop those plants into their new home! You can add annuals like petunias or pansies, perennials like roses or lavender, herbs such as sage or thyme…or whatever else strikes your fancy.
Use these instructions to build a raised flower bed with bricks.
- Use these instructions to build a raised flower bed with bricks.
- Place a level on the ground where you want your first brick to go, and make sure it is level.
- Using mortar, spread an even layer over the entire surface of the bricks you are using.
- Use a brick trowel to apply the mortar evenly on top of each individual brick. Make sure there is enough mortar between each one so that when you tap it into place with your hammer, it stays put! It should be firm enough that when tapped down lightly with your palm, no extra mortar will come out between them or around their edges (if this does happen, just use some more drywall spackle/mud mix).
Final words
Hopefully these instructions will help you create the perfect raised flower bed to bring life to your backyard and make it stand out.
