Adding pebble edging around concrete base

[bobbytici]

Hello everyone,

We're looking to add a pebble/gravel edging with plants around our new garden office, which sits on a concrete base.

From reading up, our thinking is to dig up the section around the unit and add a membrane (cut holes for the plants) and add the pebbles straight on top.

Could anyone confirm whether that's the best way to go about it? Do we need to add some sort of support on the non-concrete base side or can we get away with not doing that? If so, would you recommend going for some bricks or something like a metal edging.

We're pretty new to gardening and this will be our first major project so looking to keep it as simple as possible. Any kind of advice would be great, thanks!

 

[Deluks]

Dig your shallow trench, about 10cm deep/15cm wide should do it.
Line the outside of the trench with timber, decking works well for this. Fix in place by hammering in some wooden pegs and screw them into these. Line with weed membrane and put your stone in. The plants can be placed in pots sunk level with the stone.
Get some slabs to form a path at the front, the grass there ain't happy.

 

[bobbytici]

Thanks for the response! very helpful tips