Building a raised bed

Cheers JWK,

Would I need to add concrete in a little trench before adding the paving?

Regarding soil bed, I am fairly open to suggestions. Mostly thinking about colourful flowers and shrubs that are easily maintained.

 

for shrubs that are easy to maintain and that offer flowers and are evergreen i would go for hebes.

Hydrangeas, lavender and buddleias are also very easy to maintain with pruning only once a year.

Sedums are also easy and drought tolerant and hardly need any attention

 

Cheers! I will probably use nice paving squares with the rounded edges. I only want to do it once so hardcore and mortar it will be! Will do a bit of research over the next week or so and start planning it.

 

@Sirius it works very well as long as you have a good depth of soil. I have at least 18 inches of soil and currently I'm enjoying some lovely Carrots which have been growing in this bed. I have enormous Parsnips in it too. I certainly wouldn't be planting any type of tree or deep rooted shrub in a bed like this 1 but it's fine for vegetables. While raised beds can look quite good in the right situation, isn't it very difficult to mow the grass when the wooden edge is at a higher level? To me it's so much easier to have edging at the same height as the grass so you just mow over it.

 

Just one thing to bear in mind, if your lawn is mossy then it's likely that certain areas of the garden are quite shady, so you should choose appropriate plants depending on the aspect

 

@Zola I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!