Make bed surrounds out of concrete yourself

• a lawn edge made of poured concrete or
• a border made of concrete slabs

make yourself, you will find out in this article.

Bed border made of poured concrete

Edges made of poured concrete are ideal for curved beds with tight curves. As in Flower bed surrounds made of stone you must first dig a trench 25 to 40 centimeters deep.

• Fill this halfway with gravel and compact the material well.
• Here comes finer Grit,(€ 49.99 at Amazon *) which is compressed again.
• Attach a sturdy casing.
• This is now being filled with concrete on the terrace.
• Compact concrete, for example by hitting the material with the flat trowel.
• Let it dry for at least three days before you remove the boards.
• On the lawn and bed side with Topsoil backfill.

Bed border made of prefabricated concrete slabs

You can cast concrete slabs yourself at low cost, which has the advantage that you can get these in individual dimensions. Simply build a square frame out of slats and sprinkle the shape with fine sand. Pour in concrete, compact and allow to dry well. Alternatively, you can of course use concrete slabs from the hardware store.

Then proceed as follows:

• Dig a trench that should be at least 25 centimeters deeper than the part of the concrete slab that protrudes into the ground.
• Fill with a 10 centimeter thick layer of gravel that is compacted.
• Fill in the same amount of grit and also compact it.
• Lay out a bed of mortar ten centimeters thick.
• Put stones in, align and tap with the rubber mallet.
• Mortar bed towards the bed and the lawn bevel.
• Let it dry well and fill it with topsoil.