How to make a multi-tiered flower bed with your own hands?
Every gardener dreams of creating something special and unique on his site. A good solution would be the construction of a multi-tiered flower bed with correctly selected plants. This is an original and at the same time very simple structure, which is a multi-level flower garden made from scrap materials.
Such a flower bed looks very elegant and original, it will be able to embody the individuality of the creator. This fact can be confirmed by multiple photos of multi-tiered flower beds made by hand.
Having successfully selected plants for each level, you can admire the bright flowers all summer and inhale their divine scent. In addition, the construction of such a masterpiece does not require a lot of space and large material costs.
So that a multi-level flower bed does not look flashy and tasteless, before deciding on its creation, it is necessary to carefully consider the entire structure and design. They must fit perfectly into the overall ensemble of the landscape.
What can be used to make multi-tiered flower beds?
For such an element of landscape design as a multi-tiered flower bed in the country, you can use any available material (bottles, old furniture, bricks , wood, car tires etc.) or buy special designs in the store. We will describe several options for constructing a flower bed from scrap materials.
Multi-tiered flower bed made of stone
From stones, you can build a flower bed in the form of a ladder, attaching it to the wall of the house or erecting a free-standing structure. Such a bed is durable and does not require special care. Crushed stone, sand or ordinary construction waste must be poured into the bottom of the prepared compartments. This material will serve as drainage so that the roots of the plants do not suffer from excess moisture. Pour a mixture of chernozem with mineral and organic fertilizers on top, compact the soil well and plant flowers.
Multi-tiered flower beds made of wooden boxes
DIY multi-tiered flower beds can be made of wood. Planks, old boxes, pallets or beams are suitable for this. Almost any shape can be given to a flower garden: square, rhombus, triangle, polyhedron. In general, the flight of imagination in this matter is not limited.
To build such an ensemble, it is necessary to knock down 3-5 boxes, which will differ in size. For durability, it is advisable to paint or treat wood with a special protective compound for wood.
Dig up the plot for the flower bed and level the surface. We put the knocked down frames on top of each other and fill them with fertile soil, not forgetting to lay 2-3 cm of drainage material. To make the plants feel comfortable, complex fertilizers must be added to the soil.
Old tires are an excellent material for a country flower garden
Another material popular among summer residents for flower beds is old car tires. From this material, you can very quickly create a multi-tiered beautiful structure.
The rubber can be easily painted in the desired color. And you can put tires on top of each other in a matter of minutes.If you try and find tires of various diameters, you can make a beautiful cascade structure in which, in addition to flowers, you can plant garden strawberries and strawberries.
We also fill the voids inside the tires with soil with fertilizers, compact it and plant the selected plants.
If you make some effort, then you can make a beautiful garden flowerpot from a car tire, which can easily be decorated with ampelous plants.
How to choose the right plants?
If the decision to make multi-tiered flower beds is final and irrevocable, then you need to carefully consider and select garden plants that would complement each other.
- When choosing a color scheme, you can go in two ways: choose contrasting colors or stick to one tone.
- To make the flower bed look beautiful, you need to choose a suitable plain background for it (green lawn, brick wall or hedge);
- It is extremely important to consider the size of the inflorescences. The ideal option would be when the inflorescences decrease from the lower tier to the upper tier (flowers of the same size on one tier).
- In order for the flower bed to buzz all summer, it is necessary to select flowers that bloom for a long time and very abundantly. It is desirable that all tiers of a multi-storey flower bed bloom at the same time.
- When planting plants, it is necessary to adhere to this principle: the lower the tier, the more moisture-loving the plants need to be planted. At the very top, there should be the most unpretentious flowers for watering, because all moisture after watering will flow from top to bottom.
Whatever flowerbed you create, the main thing is to take care of the planted plants, because they are the main decoration of any dacha ensemble.
Thanks for the great ideas, but this year I would like to lay out a multi-tiered flower bed from decorative granite. I used to make it out of old tires, just drove into a car service and asked - they are happy to give away unnecessary tires. Looks nice when tires of different sizes, for example, large at the bottom and small at the top. The tiers from old buckets, which are dressed on one iron rod, are tilted in different directions, also look beautiful.
We have collected 41 ideas for decorating flower beds and landscape design. Now the main thing is to decide on one thing and start planting flowers and design. I also liked such a garden as in this article, but as for me, there are a lot of plants, they planted rather chaotically, but this is not for everybody, personally my wife likes this approach.
Please tell me how you can make a flower bed like in the first photo at the very beginning of the article?
The flowerbed from the first photo is a welded structure. For work, you need: a large-diameter metal pipe, metal sheets, fittings. The tiers of the flower bed are hollow, without soil. To create a composition, pots of flowers are placed on them. The lowest tier is the widest.
Thank! Very nice!
Please tell me what you need and how to make a flower bed with stones and a lattice (second photo in the article). I'm just a beginner in this business, and I really want beauty on the site ... I will be very grateful!
For the Snail flower bed, you will need a strong metal mesh of different heights. The length and height depend on the size of the designed flower bed. For a small flower bed, you will need 2 plates measuring 20 (height) by 50 (length) cm, 30 by 50 cm, 40 by 50 cm and 50 by 50 cm. Collect 2 stepped plates. Connect them with a wire at the same distance. Roll the snail and install. Make the distance between the plates not wide and fill it with pebbles. You can put rubble inside the snail. Next, pour sand and nutritious soil on top. The higher the wall, the thicker the gravel layer.To prevent the soil from slipping and filling the walls of the snail, use a water seal inside.