Brick Raised Garden is a creative solution for people who like to put some extra art into their garden. Brick raised garden design is quite popular and a lot of people can create nice raised garden with bricks in their backyard or even at home. With brick you can put flowers on the brick wall, or put plants in a pot so the whole area looks really beautiful and cozy.
Brick is a great material for use as an alternative to concrete in building a raised garden, as it offers the same level of support, but is much lighter. You will also find that brick walls are easier to build and can be fully customized for your space.
There’s a lot to love about having your own garden, including the joy and satisfaction of sowing seeds, tending plants as they grow, picking fresh fruits and veggies at their peak ripeness, and preserving them in a variety of ways. However, if you’re like many homeowners and gardeners, you might be unsure how to start—or how to create a space that makes it easy for your garden to thrive. Fortunately, one of the keys is an easy-to-build raised garden bed. Here are step-by-step instructions.
Lay the first course of bricks onto your landscape fabric, so that they make a square.
Lay the first course of bricks onto your landscape fabric, so that they make a square. Make sure they are level, straight and touching each other. You’ll have to use some muscle here—if you can’t push them into the ground with your hands, use a mallet or hammer! They should all be the same height and size; if one is shorter than another, slide it underneath until they all match up with each other.
Mark the corners with stakes.
- Measure the area you would like to build your raised garden with bricks.
- Use a piece of string and stakes to mark each corner of the area that you will be building on top of.
- Make sure that you have measured accurately and that all four corners align properly before moving on to step 4 below.
Dig out the area inside the squared marked by your bricks.
- Buy some shovels and pickaxes.
- Get some gloves, too, because that ground is hard.
- Dig out the area inside the squared marked by your bricks. You’ll want to dig a trench about 2 feet deep in all directions from where your bricks will go. This means you’ll need to dig out an area about 4 feet wide by as long as you have planned for your garden bed (which would be about 8 feet long). The depth of this hole will vary depending on what type of potting soil or compost you’re using: If it’s lightweight stuff like peat moss or coconut coir fiber (often used in hydroponic gardening), then only dig down one foot; if it’s heavier material like regular potting soil or composted manure, you should probably go down two feet instead. You can always add extra fill later if needed after planting begins; just make sure not to cover up any of those landscape fabric layers with dirt or mulch.
Now you’ll fill it in with gravel.
Gravel is the best option for drainage. It’s inexpensive and available in many different sizes, colors, textures, and shapes. There are three types of gravel to choose from: crushed stone; river rock; and pea gravel. All three will work just fine for this project — it’s just a matter of aesthetics and taste.
Lay out more bricks on top of your first layer, making sure to fit them tightly together and keep everything level as you go along.
For the second layer, just repeat what you did with your first layer. Again, use a spirit level to check that everything is level, then lay out more bricks on top of your first layer, making sure to fit them tightly together and keep everything level as you go along.
If there are any gaps between the bricks after you’ve laid them down (which is likely) use a mallet or hammer to tap them in place firmly. To fill any small gaps between the bricks (such as where one brick meets another), use a trowel or putty knife to spread some mortar over it—this may take several passes depending on how big the gap is—and then press down on it with your fingers until it dries (which should only take about 10 minutes). Once all of this has dried completely (about an hour), use a garden hose with water pressure set at high pressure to wash off any dirt from inside of your raised bed or garden box
Now lay down another layer of bricks on top of this one, again keeping track of corners and edge lines.
Now lay down another layer of bricks on top of this one, again keeping track of corners and edge lines. The only difference is that you will be laying out the bricks in a different pattern than you did for the first two layers.
The third layer will have bricks laid out so that they form squares or rectangles in each row and column, as seen above (the blue lines are just to help illustrate what kind of pattern we’re using). This makes it easier to keep your rows straight when you fill in with dirt as well as making sure your garden has nice square edges around its perimeter.
You need three additional layers.
Now that you have the framework, you need to continue laying bricks until you have a bed that is at least 18 inches high. You can use brick or pavers for this layer and if you don’t like how they look, don’t worry – it will all be covered with soil and plants soon enough.
If you plan on growing vegetables or flowers in your garden, use pavers for this top layer because their rough texture will help keep weeds from growing. They also make it easier to work with when planting seeds as opposed to having loose dirt on top of them… which I learned after planting my first ever vegetable garden last year! It was pretty funny watching how much work it took me just trying not to fall over while trying not to step on any plants while breaking apart the ground around them so they could grow properly. If only someone had told me then what I am telling everyone now: use pavers instead of just dirt.
Raised-garden beds are an ideal way to grow produce at home if you have poor soil quality or limited space.
Raised-garden beds are an ideal way to grow produce at home if you have poor soil quality or limited space. Called hugelkultur beds by those who build them, these gardens are created by making a mound of organic matter, such as wood chips and leaves, directly on top of the earth. When your plants’ roots grow into this organic matter they can access nutrients they would not be able to find in regular garden soil.
Raised-garden beds can be built with bricks or wood and filled with composted materials like straw, leaves and grass clippings.
Final words
Raised garden beds are a great way to grow your own food at home, even if you don’t have the best soil or a lot of space. While they may require more investment up front, they can save time and money in the long run by maximizing productivity while minimizing maintenance costs. Raised garden beds can also help keep pests away from your crops because their height prevents them from reaching plants that grow within it. Happy gardening.
