How to use it effectively

Prevent strangers from seeing with a raised bed

With a raised bed, you can also prevent strangers from looking at it with plants that are too low in a normal bed. A seat can be elegantly, beautifully or comfortably furnished - if you don't have a barrier to protect you from prying eyes, you don't feel safe.

Which plants are suitable as privacy screens in raised beds?

At the seat there are tall growing beds for planting the raised bed Herbs such as lavender, rosemary, hyssop, sage and oregano. They not only smell aromatic, but can also be used to season the kitchen. Perennials with a long flowering period are also suitable, for example the Indian nettle (Monarda) or tall, upright grasses such as the gardenRiding grass or the little zebra reed.

Privacy protection with fruit trees

Fruit trees - berry bushes and small fruit trees - can also be cultivated as privacy screens in raised beds. Suitable types are mainly currants, gooseberries, and cornberries

Cultivated blueberries. If raspberries are to grow on the raised bed, you should attach a post to each of the two narrow sides of the bed and pull a few tension wires between them. You tie the long raspberry rods to this. Espalier fruit planted in rows (e.g. ballerina apple trees) are also very suitable.

Use high walls to build raised beds

Everywhere that one Wall If desired or necessary, it can be converted into an easy-care raised bed with a second, placed in front of it. High walls no longer appear too massive, and you also use the heat-storing effect of the stones for the plants. Compact privacy screens made of gabions or wooden sleepers can also be loosened up in this way. The same applies to high, bare walls in residential and outbuildings. Don't always have them there enough sun for useful plants, but also many climbing and ornamental plants feel good in raised beds. Raised beds are particularly suitable for creating additional green spaces in sealed courtyards and on paved surfaces.