Raised garden beds

Mohi Uddin Ahmed

2 years ago

hi, what would be the most cost effective way of making these raised white garden beds? thank you

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Echinops Garden Design
2 years ago
Hi thanks for your email. The most cost effective way is from concrete blockwork on a concrete footing. Blockwork is then rendered and painted, and waterproofed in the inside if a raised bed.
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I like Marinas suggestion. It would be much more cost effective if you can do it yourself. I would say that you need to realise that until it goes off, the concrete will be much heavier than the same amount of water. So your shuttering forms need to bear a huge force, especially at the bottom. Making a footing which holds some chunky timber uprights in place would be a good approach to making sure everything goes well. They could then be sawn off afterwards and the section on the footing sacrificed. Waste timber, like the good top section of old fence posts, would be good to keep costs down for your formers/shuttering.
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Raised garden beds

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