Draw clear lines with metal - ideas from modern to nostalgic
A metal border keeps pebbles in check by the nose, creates order and acts as a stylistic device in straight or curved lines. For every garden style there are decorative variants to discover that fit harmoniously into the overall picture:
- Profiles made of aluminum, zinc or steel for the modern garden
- Artfully forged cast iron elements for the nostalgic farmer's or country house garden
- Corten steel profiles for a gravel bed border with wild and romantic charm
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- Stylish delimitation of the front yard - tips for the design
- The right structure for a gravel bed - tips for the perfect structure
- Different ideas for the rock garden border
Metal guide profiles are not only suitable as an external delimitation. Integrated into the gravel bed, molded metal edges create imaginative images that set decorative accents with different colored gravel fillings.
Wooden frame - tips for the nature-loving demarcation
A gravel bed border made of wood skilfully reflects the character of a natural garden design. Since the stone filling does not exert any significant pressure on the delimitation, a wide range of design options is available to you. The following ideas would like to fire your imagination:
- Braided segments made of willow, hazelnut or bamboo with integrated ground spikes
- Wooden palisades, practical in the rollboard version made of pressure-impregnated pine wood
- Mini wooden fence made of wooden posts, nicely arranged in a wave-like arrangement
Gravel bed border for eternity - ideas made of stone
Edges made of natural stone curbs compensate for the additional work required for installation with timeless elegance and almost unlimited durability. The stone edging is particularly recommended if a lawn is adjacent to the gravel bed. Accurate mowing along the lawn edges is child's play.
If creative gardeners are flirting with an inexpensive stone gravel border, the focus is on old clinker. Either laid in a geometrically correct shape or loosened up with standing runners, a rustic border is created that you don't have to dig deep into your pocket for.
Tips
For a gravel bed in the garden with Hillside location the border should be a third higher than the stone filling. In the case of a pronounced gradient, it has proven effective in practice to design the area with a combination of several horizontal levels.
