You don’t need to think that a multi-level flower bed will take up a lot of space on your site. Everything is in your hands - you can create either a compact composition or allocate a substantial plot of land for such a flowerbed. However, keep in mind that a large composition may look too bulky, so it is better to create several small ones. The best background for such structures will be greenery - a green lawn, a hedge or a wall of bushes. Don’t forget about the rest - try to make your site diverse.
Think in advance what flowers you will plant. The same structure can look completely different if it is planted with the same type of flowers one year, and the next year you prepare seedlings from flowers of different sizes, shapes and shades. Take note of the designers' advice - you should not use plants of different sizes in the same tier. Another tip concerns the arrangement of flowers - the composition will look organic if you plant flowers with large, luxurious inflorescences in the lower tier, and plants with smaller flowers in the upper levels. A flowerbed planted with plants of the same size flowers will also look good.
Most designs of multi-level flower beds are designed in such a way that water, after watering, gradually flows from the upper tiers to the lower ones. This feature must be taken into account when selecting plants - for the lower level, where there will always be high humidity, early primroses are suitable, which will be replaced by violets, forget-me-nots, and May buttercups. In the summer, geraniums will also get along at this level, but at the end of the summer season they can be replaced by astilbes.
For the upper levels, it would be correct to choose drought-resistant flowers. These include Iberis, annual aster, marigolds, nasturtium, and cosmos. Just because they are drought-resistant doesn't mean they won't need watering at all.– water your “pupils” at least once a week. Try not to plant perennials unnecessarily - you will have to constantly disturb them and replant them, which will not have the best effect on the plants.
In the manufacture of a multi-tiered structure, you can use both available materials and specially purchased ones, or you can do without them altogether. In the first case, unnecessary boxes and pallets will be useful to you - from them you can create a base, constructing the desired structure. It could be a pyramid, a ladder or a tower. The higher the structure, the more securely it needs to be secured.
A flowerbed in the form of a staircase is quickly made. To make it you will need boards, a hacksaw, a hammer and nails, and a plane will also come in handy. From the boards, put together the most primitive ladder, which can be leaned against a wall or other support at an angle of 45°-60°. Just three or four tiers are enough - these can be either just boards on which you will display pots of flowers, or containers for soil in which flowers can be planted.
If it is not possible to quickly hide such a structure under a canopy during rain, coat all parts with a water-repellent primer or varnish with the same properties.
Bright spots of flower beds and flower beds on the site are not only a way to decorate the site. They perfectly distract attention from some problem areas. By the way, this can also be used as a guide when choosing a location. We’ll talk further about how to make flower beds and flower beds with your own hands at the dacha, in the courtyard of a private house. This is not an easy task, of course, but it does not require knowledge of higher mathematics.
First of all, let's find out what the difference is between flower beds and flower beds. The flowerbed has clear boundaries and shape: circle, oval, square. Most often it is separated from the rest of the area and raised above it. We most often see this type of landscape design in parks and on the streets.
This is a flowerbed. It has a clear, strictly defined shape and geometrically correctly located plants
A flower garden is any place where plants of any shape are planted. Sometimes it comes with a fence, sometimes it doesn’t. Boxes with flowers hanging on a fence or wall are a flower garden, plants planted in old galoshes are also a flower spot on the lawn and a ribbon along the path are all flower beds.
Let's understand the terms a little. Now about what they are. They are distinguished primarily by flowering time:
Depending on the type of plants planted, there are annuals, perennials, and mixed ones. In some, only one type of plant is planted. They are called monoflowers or monoflowers.
They can be raised, they are also called high, and they can be multi-tiered. Their construction consists of several stages: first of all, a fence is built, then soil is poured into the finished form and plants are planted.
That's all with theory, let's move on to practice. Let's start with where you can make flower beds and flower beds with your own hands.
When the yard is spacious it’s just great. Find the most visible place and plant a flower garden there. What to do if the entire territory has already been developed, but you want to plant flowers? You can always find a place. For example, near your house the area is concreted or lined with slabs, stone, etc. You can make an excellent raised or even multi-tiered flower bed with your own hands against the wall of your house. And there is no need to break the coating. A fence made of brick or stone is built right on it. It is advisable to lay them on the solution, and then cover the inside with waterproofing impregnation (bitumen mastic) so that when watering, water does not flow onto the path. Then you can fill in the soil and plant flowers.
They plant flower beds along the fences. This is a common way to decorate, for example, a long driveway to a house. But this can also be done in different ways. Here, as well as near, a high flower bed looks better.
A high flower bed made of boards. Construction will be inexpensive, and the appearance will be solid
You can plant a flowerbed in front of the gate. Outdoor flower beds must be durable. That’s why stone fences are usually used to implement them: just in case. If desired, you can make tiered flower beds. They are more difficult to build, but much more attractive than flat ones.
Outdoor multi-tiered (multi-level) flower bed of complex shape
Even if the yard is surrounded by walls on all sides, you can still find a place for flowers: Hang on the walls, in pots or in the form of a flowering wall, put up a stand, etc. You can make flower beds in the courtyard of a private house with your own hands from anything and anywhere. It is only important not to make a mistake with the style: it must coincide with the design of all buildings. Some ideas in the photo gallery.
You don't need a lot of space and can be moved. A portable flower garden is convenient
You can make a flower garden in your dacha near a tree. They already belong to the category of garden ones. Don't want it to be banal? Come up with an interesting fence.
The most common fencing for flower beds is brick, wild stone, boulders. You can make a structure out of brick in a strict “ceremonial” manner. Boulders and wild stone are more intimate, non-standard fences.
Since they have a decent weight, a foundation is often made for a brick or stone fence for a flower bed. Not if one or two rows are laid, but if there are four or more rows. If the device is being installed on a concreted area, you can do without a foundation at all, but if you are planting a flowerbed on a lawn or soil, then it is advisable to do so.
It is not even necessary to fasten two rows of stone or brick with mortar. They can simply be laid one on top of the other, covered from the inside and covered with earth. Brick flower beds made using this method will have to be adjusted frequently: the bricks can “move” out of place
First of all, remove the turf from the marked area. If you plan to make a high flower bed, dig a groove around the perimeter, about 20 cm deep, and 5-10 cm wider than the planned fence. This ditch is filled with crushed stone, compacted, and poured with liquid cement-sand mortar. For 1 part of M400 cement, take 4-5 parts of clean sand, mix and fill with water until it becomes sour cream. This semi-liquid solution is used to pour crushed stone. When the concrete has set - you need to wait a few days - you can lay out the border for the flower beds.
Do-it-yourself flower beds and flower beds made within a fence of stone and brick are the most expensive to build, but also the most durable. They will last for several years without any problems.
Stones or bricks are placed on a cement-sand mortar, similar to the one used to fill the crushed stone, but thicker. There should not be much mortar between the bricks - 5-8 mm. If you are laying cobblestones or natural stone, it is easier to first lay them “dry” by selecting the dimensions, and then relay them with mortar.
A few ideas on how to design stone borders for flower beds and flower beds in the photo gallery below.
This is a border for a cobblestone flower bed. A different technique was used - a roller is formed from a semi-dry solution, small stones are stuck into it
If you don’t need to raise the plantings that much, and you only want to mark the boundaries of the area planted with flowers, but you are afraid that if you just dig a brick in, it will fall, then you can dig a trench, fill it with crushed stone, and insert flagstone into the crushed stone (stone sawn into plates , it can be found in the section that sells materials for exterior decoration of the house) or standing to lay bricks. Spill liquid cement-sand mortar around the installed fence elements. After two or three days, when the concrete has set, you can continue working: fill in the fertile soil, but you can’t load the curb or step on it for about another month: that’s how long it takes for it to gain strength.
Using the same principle, you can frame a flowerbed with your own hands from slate or tiles cut into strips. A flower bed can be made from metal or asbestos slate. There are scraps left after installing the roof - use them. Here's what might happen.
Photo of a flower bed made of slate - such a fence looks good
It’s easier to make a fence for a flower bed out of wood: it doesn’t weigh that much. On the other hand, it is less durable. Flowerbeds and flower beds made with your own hands from wood can last for several seasons. Then you will have to restore or remodel them. It is used very rarely for ceremonial flower beds, but in a dacha or near a private house, a flower garden fenced with a wooden border is original and stylish. Especially if it resonates with the design style of buildings on the site.
Wood in any form can be used to decorate garden flower beds. Flowerbeds are made from boards, small-diameter round timber (small logs), block house (boards convex on one side, similar to a log) and any other wooden remains. You can even cut a dead tree into logs, bury/hammer them into the ground, making such an unusual flower bed.
Birch logs - an excellent fence for a flower garden. An interesting idea for a high flower bed - a well is made from scraps of logs. Two pieces of a block house, installed one on top of the other - and in front of you is an excellent country flower bed.
How to make a wooden border? Find a log of small diameter, cut it into logs of different lengths and split them in half. You will get blanks like in the photo on the left. They are laid on a flat surface with the convex side down, one next to the other. Take a flexible thick wire and use staples from a construction stapler or bent nails to attach the wire to the flat side of the pieces of wood. One wire is nailed at the bottom, the second at the top. The result is a flexible wooden border that can be used to enclose a flower garden of any shape (pictured on the right).
To prevent the wood from losing its attractiveness and rotting, it is treated with protective impregnations. They can simultaneously give it color, or they can be colorless. From such pieces of wood gathered into a ribbon, you can make flower beds of any shape with your own hands. You dig a shallow ditch, a little wider than your fence, insert a fence for a flower bed there and cover it with soil, compacting it.
In our country, wood is one of the most inexpensive building materials. That’s why they build a lot and often from it. They also make a fence or fencing for flower beds from wood. The easiest way to fence a flower bed is with boards. For support you will need several bars - not very thick, but wide. Approximately 50*150 mm and edged board 20 mm thick. Choose its width yourself so that several pieces installed on the edge will give you the required height.
Impregnate the wood with protective impregnations, when it dries you can begin work. First, the support bars are installed. They can be sharpened at one end and carefully hammered in without damaging the upper surface (put a piece of a block and hit it), or you can dig a hole about 50 cm deep, install a block in it, bury it and compact the earth around it. The bars are installed in increments of 1-1.5 meters, depending on how wide the flower garden is. The wider and higher it is, the greater the mass will have to be supported, which is why supports are installed more often.
Boards are nailed to the exposed supports. They can be stuffed from the inside and then the support beams will be visible, or they can be filled from the outside. In the second option, only the wall of boards will be visible. The joints of the boards should be on the beams.
Flowerbeds from boards can be made in a variety of shapes. Even in the form of a pyramid. There are some interesting ideas below.
And this is how to make a flower bed in the form of a pyramid 
There are many types of ready-made fences for flower beds and flower beds made of plastic or resin. They have special legs that sink into the ground along the edge of the planted area.
But we are not talking about them, but about flower beds made from scrap materials. For example, you can make a decent fence for a flower bed from plastic bottles.
They are selected by volume and color. This will make the fence look better. Then they cut off the necks at the same level and stick them into the ground. This is one mounting option for creating a low curb. The second one will be much higher. It can be used when fondanting taller plants. In this case, they take a wooden beam and nail the caps to it at a certain distance, so that the bottles are close to each other. Bottles are screwed into the caps. To make such a plastic fence for a flower garden more stable, it is pierced through with wire closer to the bottoms and closer to the narrowing point at the neck. The finished fence section is installed and fixed on the ground.
Despite the fact that the material is waste, if everything is done carefully, such a fence looks decent, pleasant, and attractive. Photos of fences for flower beds and flower beds made of plastic bottles are in the photo below.
We couldn’t pass by... a fence made of old bicycle wheels. Original flower beds can be made from any junk. If you have talent, of course...
Old bicycle wheels can decorate your dacha. How? Make a fence out of them for a flower garden. A flower bed made of wheels is cool...
Sometimes you’ll be amazed at how people manage to make original, unusual, and, most importantly, beautiful things. The same applies to the design of flower beds. Well, I would never have guessed that an old chest or galoshes or a hat could be turned into a flower bed or plant pot. See for yourself - the photos don’t lie.
Completely unattractive car tires are turned into beautiful flower beds. The tires are cut, the edges are sanded using a grinder with an emery attachment. The resulting flowerpots are washed with soapy water and dried: the plants will not develop well if you do not wash out the engine oil, gasoline and other similar substances that get inside.
After drying, it is painted. You can paint a tire (tire) with regular oil paint, but the surface must be grease-free, dry and clean. It lasts for several years. There are special paints for tires. They cost much more - they are made for styling tires. After the paint has dried, you can install the finished tire flower bed, fill it with soil, and plant plants. How you can make a flower garden from tires with your own hands, or rather, how to design it, look below (the photo gallery scrolls automatically, if you need to stop, click on the picture).
It's not hard to guess why multi-tiered flower beds are popular. They look beautiful and well-groomed, involuntarily attract the eye, and save space on the site. Design features give a lot of scope for imagination in landscape design. Several tiers allow you to create alpine slides for flowers and achieve an aesthetically pleasing and neat composition.
What types of multi-tiered flower beds are there?
Forms of flower beds There are different types: triangular, square, hexagonal or octagonal. The matter is not limited to this. The number of tiers is also adjustable at will and is limited only by your imagination. It is only important to take into account the characteristics of the plants that will grow in the flower garden. It is recommended to plant flowers with tall stems and large inflorescences on the lower tier of the flowerbed, and smaller and stunted plants on the upper tier. Since moisture flows from the upper tier to the lower one, it is better to place more moisture-loving flowers below.
Choosing flower garden fencing, pay attention to flower beds made of galvanized steel with hard ribs. They will help you achieve a neat appearance and install a multi-tier structure of almost any shape. After a simple installation procedure, you can begin filling the space with soil and planting plants. Another noticeable plus Delta Park company's flowerbeds- it will retain the shape of the flower bed for a long time, preventing the soil from spreading. The floral arrangement is reliably protected from weeds.
Advantages of Delta Park multi-tiered flower beds:
The Delta Park company has been producing durable beds and flower beds since 2009, made from Russian galvanized steel from the largest metallurgical plants. During this time, our products have undergone a number of improvements, and are now most suitable for use on city streets, in a summer cottage, and in the garden.
Our beautiful flower beds of the tiers provide ample space for the implementation of bright design projects. The same stiffening ribs are used in production as for beds. The main advantages of multi-tiered galvanized flower beds:
The best decoration for a summer cottage is, undoubtedly, flowers. They fill the space with bright colors, alluring aromas and the warmth of home comfort. These can be spontaneous flower beds, alpine slides, and decorated flower beds. In addition to flower beds and flower beds of ordinary shapes, multi-tiered flower beds look very original on a summer cottage. If you approach the issue of choosing flowers for such a flower bed wisely, it will delight you with its blooming appearance throughout the spring and summer. It is possible to build a multi-tiered flowerbed with your own hands even without large material costs.
The first and very important stage in arranging a site with flower beds and flower beds is the general layout and zoning of the entire territory. Don’t be afraid that such a flowerbed will take up a lot of space. It is better, on the contrary, to avoid bulky forms. When choosing the design of a flower bed and the materials from which it will be made, be sure to take into account the general design style of your summer cottage and the main buildings.
What can you use to quickly and inexpensively build a multi-tiered flower bed? If you have a rich imagination, then from anything:
Multi-tiered flower bed made of boards The main materials for multi-tiered flower beds are wood and stone. These natural, eco-friendly materials will fit perfectly into any design and landscape.
You can use new boards and bars, or you can use old pallets or boxes. Flower beds made of wood can be square or rectangular, or in the form of a diamond or triangle. The flowerbed itself is a pyramid of several tiers of boxes stacked on top of each other. The lower tier will be the largest, the upper - accordingly, the smallest in diameter. The best option for such a flower bed is 5 tiers, each about 30 cm high.
Flowerbed steps made of wood We perform exactly the same actions with all subsequent levels of the flowerbed. Before starting work, it is recommended to add complex fertilizers for flowers to the prepared soil and moisten it.
Advice. To extend the life of wood, it is necessary to treat it with an antiseptic or paint.
Multi-tiered flower beds made of stone are no less beautiful and impressive. In addition, flower beds made from such materials are more durable and unpretentious to any weather conditions. And at the same time, it does not matter at all what kind of stones the flowerbed will be made of: large or small, even or fragments, broken brick or specialized decorative stone. Using all your imagination, you can make an interesting flower arrangement from any option.
Multi-tiered flower bed made of stone Attention! Each layer of stones laid out on cement must dry thoroughly.
The big advantage of a multi-tiered flowerbed made of stone with your own hands is the endless variety of design options: both in appearance of materials and in shape. In addition to strict geometric shapes, such flower beds can be round, semicircular, oval, or with multiple soft curves. Such forms of flower beds fit very harmoniously into the natural landscape and landscape created by nature itself.
Tires still don't go out of style! The fastest and easiest way to build a multi-level flower bed is from car tires. If possible, it is better to use tires of different diameters in this design. Those with a larger diameter will serve as the base, those with a smaller diameter will serve as the next tiers of the flowerbed. And of course it is recommended to paint them in bright colors. You can also involve little helpers, children or grandchildren, in such an event. It's more fun to build together!
Tire flowerbed We fill the empty space inside the tires with fertilized soil and compact it. A bright and original flowerbed is ready.
Most multi-tiered flower beds are designed so that after watering, part of the water flows from the upper tiers to the lower ones. This is a very important feature that should be taken into account first when choosing plants and flowers for a flower bed.
Thus, for the lower layers of our flower arrangement, we choose plants that feel comfortable in high soil moisture.
A summer cottage is a place that is filled not only with beds of vegetables and berries. It also houses flower beds, luxurious flower beds, and a rock garden. Multi-level flower beds look quite impressive in the backyard. In order for the composition to delight with decorativeness in spring and summer, it is necessary to choose the right flowers for it. Arranging a multi-tiered flower bed is a simple task that a novice gardener can handle. Moreover, its creation does not require serious financial investments.
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Before you start creating a flower bed, you will have to work on the layout of the site and divide it into zones. A flower garden of this type will not clutter up the area. When choosing the design of the composition and materials for its creation, take into account the style in which the summer cottage is decorated and the buildings that are located on it.
To create a flower garden consisting of several rows, various materials are suitable, namely:
For flower beds of this type, it is advisable to use natural materials in the form of wood and stone. They are not only environmentally friendly, but also fit harmoniously into any design of a dacha area.
If you decide to build a composition out of wood, you can use new boards or take unnecessary boxes or pallets. The flowerbed can be given a rectangular shape or made in the form of a rhombus or triangle. The flower garden itself is a kind of pyramid, which consists of several tiers of boxes that are stacked on top of each other.
