Raised Flower Beds - A Smart Option for Your Garden

If you’re looking forward to the warm summer months when you can spend more time in your outside space, you’re likely to have gardening plans on your mind right now. If you’re looking for a low maintenance, high impact solution, raised flower beds are a great option.

Raised flower beds look really stylish and, with the right planning, can be really easy to maintain. If you’re searching for a low maintenance garden that looks fantastic, it’s well worth checking out raised beds because they create less work and are the perfect addition for modern landscaping.

Here are just some of the reasons why we’re such big fans of raised flower beds at Innes Timber and Building Merchants:

Comfort and control

Compartmentalising planting space means there’s less chance of flower beds getting out of control. And what’s more, because they’re raised, any weeding and dead-heading that you do have to do is less strenuous on your back. In many ways, raised beds are one of simplest landscaping ideas to consider, but are also incredibly effective if you plan them right.

Structure and style

A great way to create structure in your garden and become a feature in a way that normal flower beds won’t, raised beds aren’t just practical, they’re bang on trend too. Particularly when raised using our timber sleepers.  And when it comes to flexibility, the only limiting factor is your imagination. Even though this article is about raised flower beds, there’s no reason why you don’t use raised beds for planting ornamental grasses, vegetables or even small shrubs. This way of using raised flower beds means that you can cut your maintenance to the absolute minimum and achieve a great looking result. And if you choose pretty vegetable plants like rhubarb and artichoke, you can even eat the fruits of your labour.

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When you’re planning your raised beds, it’s important to think about the end result you want to create. Maybe you want your beds to divide garden areas, or to create privacy or even to act as a focal point by adding a statue? Whatever your plans are, you need to make sure that you create the right size and height of flower bed. Be particularly careful not to make your beds too high or too wide. Why? Because raised beds that are too wide are a real challenge to maintain and beds that are too high mean you’re forever on a stool or step to gain access for watering and occasional maintenance.

At IBT, we’re great lovers of raised flower beds and have helped lots of local clients transform their outside space by including this option in their overall plan. If you’re transforming your garden and need help, the team at IBT is here to help you. The best thing to do is start by checking out the landscape area of our website for inspiration. You can come and visit us in-store for advice and supplies anytime, or to look around our in-store landscape display area for inspiration.