Hi, I'm looking to construct approximately 55 meters of flower bed, 1 foot high and need some advice on what looks good and is a good material to use to build the edginf keeping costs in mind.
One side of the garden is 20 meters long. There is a wire fence running behind where the flower bed will be and so I will need to close this off so that the soil does not fall out of the back.
The other side of the garden is 22 meters long and has a brick wall behind where the flower bed will be and so I just need to construct the front part of this flower bed.
The rear of the garden is about 13 meters wide and again there is a brick wall behind where the flower bed will be.
I'd rather not use wire/plastic or that sort of an edging. Ideally, I'd like the look of a brick built edging approximately a foot high but this works out to be too expensive.
I've also looked into using railway sleepers but at around £27 for one, I'd need about 90 of these to do the job - again quite expensive.
The timber merchant advised me to use some 6"x2" treated wood which by my calculations would cost me around £500. The 2" side would sit on the ground and stacking 2 lengths on top of each other would give me the 1 foot in height that I want.
I would join the lengths to the ground using 6 inch wooden stakes.
My question is would this be strong enough to hold the soil? Would stacking the lengths on the shorter edges weaken them too much for this much soil?
Also what sort of treatment should be used for the stakes as they will be pushed into the soil?
Lastly, what would be the life of something like this? After all, it is wood which is not waterproof?
Many thanks.
(Other ideas for flower beds are also welcome - just want it to be as cheap and easy to construct as possible).
One side of the garden is 20 meters long. There is a wire fence running behind where the flower bed will be and so I will need to close this off so that the soil does not fall out of the back.
The other side of the garden is 22 meters long and has a brick wall behind where the flower bed will be and so I just need to construct the front part of this flower bed.
The rear of the garden is about 13 meters wide and again there is a brick wall behind where the flower bed will be.
I'd rather not use wire/plastic or that sort of an edging. Ideally, I'd like the look of a brick built edging approximately a foot high but this works out to be too expensive.
I've also looked into using railway sleepers but at around £27 for one, I'd need about 90 of these to do the job - again quite expensive.
The timber merchant advised me to use some 6"x2" treated wood which by my calculations would cost me around £500. The 2" side would sit on the ground and stacking 2 lengths on top of each other would give me the 1 foot in height that I want.
I would join the lengths to the ground using 6 inch wooden stakes.
My question is would this be strong enough to hold the soil? Would stacking the lengths on the shorter edges weaken them too much for this much soil?
Also what sort of treatment should be used for the stakes as they will be pushed into the soil?
Lastly, what would be the life of something like this? After all, it is wood which is not waterproof?
Many thanks.
(Other ideas for flower beds are also welcome - just want it to be as cheap and easy to construct as possible).
