Most gardeners want to see their plot aesthetically attractive, when beauty and benefit are inseparable. The article will talk about special border tape, with which you can elegantly decorate beds and flower beds to achieve the appropriate effect.
What is border tape and what are its advantages?
A special strip, which can be used to frame beds in the garden and vegetable garden, can now be found in any garden center. It is made mainly from plastic. You can find a wide variety of colors, but most often they are black, green, brown and khaki.
Advice. If you plan to frame the garden bed inconspicuously, then a brown tone is most suitable. Bright colors are best used as a separate flowerbed decoration.
The width ranges from 10 to 50 cm. The second is ideal for decorating multi-tiered compositions. The thickness is usually about 2 mm. The tape is sold in rolls from 10 to 50 m long. It can be strongly or weakly corrugated in shape, have a carved edge, etc. The direct option is most in demand.
Border tape
The advantages that curb tape provides are as follows:
- The tape is endowed with significant flexibility, so it can be used for beds and flower beds of various configurations, and not just for framing strict round or rectangular shapes.
- Comparatively cheap. Plastic edging will cost much less than edging with other materials, such as metal, wood, concrete, etc.
- It is very easy to install such a border yourself, and it will take very little time. If necessary, it can be removed just as quickly.
- The tape has the advantage of being durable. Plastic is not subject to corrosion and does not fade.
- This type of fencing holds the shape of the garden bed remarkably well. It is environmentally friendly because it does not decompose and does not release harmful chemicals into the surrounding soil.
- Border tape is universal. In addition to its direct purpose, it can be used to protect concrete and stone paths from spreading. It is also used to seal greenhouses and greenhouses.
How to choose the right option and install the tape correctly
When choosing from a large assortment, you first need to decide on the purpose. If you plan to create a stepped composition of flower beds or beds in the form of terraces, then it is better to purchase a wide format. The deeper the tape is dug, the more securely it will hold the soil.
Attention! The highest quality options are those with reinforced edges.
To install the border you will need the following:
- marking tools (tape measure, cord and pegs);
- border tape;
- bayonet shovel.
The actual installation is carried out like this:
- Using a tape measure, cord and pegs, mark the boundaries of the future bed.
- Using the markings, dig a groove of a certain depth. For example, if the width of the strip is only 10 cm, then the soil at the installation site can simply be loosened well. With a border of 25 cm, you will need to deepen it at least 20 cm.
Advice. It is better to limit a bed with perennial plants to wide ribbons.
- A strip is installed in the groove. With the narrow version, it is simply stuck into loose soil. At the same time, there should remain from 2 to 5 cm above the ground surface.
- The border is well tensioned. To do this, pegs are installed in the corners and bends.
- If you need to connect the edges, they overlap each other.
- The fence is vertically leveled and sprinkled with soil on the sides. Finally, the soil around is well compacted.
Advice. If you need to connect sections of the strip, this can be done using a soldering iron or burner.
How to decorate beds with a border and how to care for it
The simplest option for decorating beds is a piece of ribbon sewn into a ring. They do it like this:
- The required length is stapled into a ring.
- They dig into the ground.
- The resulting side is pulled well at the corners using pegs.
Similarly, you can use edging tape to create raised beds. However, in this case you will need a frame made of wooden or metal pegs. The tape itself is dug into the ground at least 10-15 cm.
Organizing uniform watering of beds located at an angle is also possible using a border made of plastic tape. To do this, you will need to dig a wide (20-30 cm) ribbon along the edge of the ridges and strengthen it with wooden stakes, metal or plastic pipes. You can also divide the sloping bed into small sections with tape. As a result, water will be retained and distributed evenly throughout the soil.
Based on the opinions of gardeners and the photos they attached to the reviews, we can conclude that using border tape you can easily frame flower beds, alpine slides, ponds, paths, etc. Equipped in this way, they always keep their shape and are not washed out by water. And the trunk circles of trees and shrubs decorated with plastic immediately give the garden a neat, well-groomed appearance. The border does not require any special care. It is resistant to frost and heat, and is not afraid of high humidity during prolonged rains.
The only thing you need to do after installation is to monitor the load. For example, it is extremely undesirable to step on the frame with your feet or run over it with a lawn mower. This can cause the plastic to go very deep into the ground or simply break, which will disrupt the overall picture.
Border tape is a universal material, so the popularity of its use is growing every day. With this simple and inexpensive device, you can quickly create the desired composition and transform the entire area.
How to use border tape in the country: video
Modern horticultural culture involves not just cultivating the land to obtain the greatest harvest, but also creating an aesthetically attractive garden in which beauty and benefit are one whole. A well-groomed area with beautiful paths, garden sculptures and shaped beds is an ideal example of designing a summer cottage. All this beauty requires constant care, so any summer resident will need small tricks and modern materials to make the task easier. One such material will be discussed in the article. Meet: border tape for beds. What is it useful for, what types of garden border strips are on sale and how to install this device correctly?
A neat strip of durable plastic will clearly outline the boundaries of the flower garden
Colors and texture
The width of the strip varies from ten centimeters to half a meter. High borders are used to form multi-tiered structures. The thickness of the material is from one to two millimeters.
The thicker the material of the tape, the stronger it holds the bulk soil.
Border tape for beds is packaged in rolls. The footage can be from ten to fifty meters. The texture of the stripes also varies. You can find a ribbon with waves or corrugated, like an accordion; there are options with a figured and carved edge. The simplest and most common texture is the usual straight line. Borders come in green, brown, yellow, gray and black.
Pegs are used to securely fasten the strip
Brown ribbon looks most natural. It is not conspicuous and neatly limits. White, green and yellow specimens will be very noticeable, so they are used if a flowerbed with a special decoration is planned.
Benefits of use
What are the benefits of using border tape for beds?
Arrangement of flower beds of complex configuration | The tape is extremely flexible; it can be used to decorate not only square or round flower beds, but also flower beds of complex shapes |
Low installation costs | Plastic is inexpensive, especially in comparison with concrete, brick and metal curbs |
Easy to install | To install the tape, you do not need to involve specialists; you can simply install it yourself in a matter of minutes. If necessary, the tape can also be easily and quickly removed |
Durability | Plastic borders do not rot, do not fade and keep their shape well for many years |
Use for different purposes | Plastic strips can be used not only for decorating vegetable plantings and flower beds. They are installed to protect paths and building formwork from moisture, and they are used to seal greenhouses. |
Installation and installation of plastic borders
How to install curb tape is not difficult to understand, especially if you watch the video at the end of the article. Installation is performed in two ways. The type of installation is determined by the purpose of use. Installation happens:
- Ground;
- Recessed.
The above-ground installation method will be required to create multi-tiered flower beds and raised beds. Fixation is carried out using polymer pegs. The product is cut to size, can be closed in a ring, and the edges are secured with a stapler. Then the ring can be installed in the chosen place and secured with pegs, which are installed in increments of 0.5 m. All that remains is to fill the resulting structure with soil and begin planting.
Recessed equipment is necessary if you need to limit space, for example, to edging a lawn or to create tree trunk circles. In this option, you need to dig a trench. Place the fence there and dig it in, leaving only a small part (about 2 cm in height) on the surface.
Valuable recommendation! To save money, it’s easy to build a border with your own hands from any available materials.
Where can you use decorative borders for flower beds?
Flower beds of various structures, including multi-tiered structures, are created from corrugated plastic strips.
Advice! To create a stepped flower garden, create levels step by step.
First, the first tier is fenced off with tape, then a new border is made in the center of the tier and filled with earth. For these purposes, strips from twenty centimeters to half a meter wide are used.
Formation of a multi-tiered flower bed
Places of application of plastic borders:
- Flower beds. With the help of tape, clear boundaries are created and the flowerbed does not spread out after rains.
Flower garden with plastic fence
- Rock gardens and multi-tiered flower beds and beds. The tape is indispensable if it is necessary to raise the soil level. Thanks to its flexibility, multi-level structures look very natural.
Using tape, clear boundaries are drawn for the colored backfill.
- For fencing lawns. The clear boundaries of the green area, outlined with green plastic tapes, look attractive and neat.
An example of using a fence on a lawn
- For decorating beds. On hot days, the soil dries out so much that when watering, water spreads beyond the plantings without having time to be absorbed into the ground. The fence will help retain moisture within the garden bed.
Decorating plantings in the garden with plastic
- Paths. Decorating paths with tape will not only make them neat and beautiful. The tape will prevent gravel or other decorative topping from extending beyond the path. In addition, it will protect the paths from weeds.
Example of design of an embankment path
- Other household needs. Using plastic, you can close the cracks at the bottom of the fence, make compost, and raise garden strawberries above the ground.
The scope of application of the tape is very wide. You can buy borders for flower beds at any garden store.
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Where to buy border tape for beds
The widest selection of materials is presented in large stores such as Leroy Merlin - however, even there there is not all the variety.
Such chains operate on the principle of supermarkets - they carry different, but mostly budget products that are not of high quality. There are exceptions, but they are rare.
For this reason, it is recommended to contact specialized gardening stores. Many of them offer customers the purchase of goods to order.
Attaching border tape for beds
You can find any product on the Internet without leaving your home. The only negative is paid delivery in most cases.
Attention! When buying something in online stores, you should use the services of applications such as Yandex Market, which will help you compare prices and find the best ones. It is better to look for basic information about a product not on selling sites, but on manufacturers’ sites.
WPC fencing for garden beds looks very beautiful
How to choose the right one
When choosing a border strip, the following parameters are important:
- Width – determines the depth of burial in the ground. If there is a compost layer on the beds, less than 28 cm should not be considered.
- Length - the fewer joints, the better the water will be retained, and the more beautiful the tape will look.
- Thickness – decorative polymer tapes will be no thicker than 0.5 mm. For separators, you should not take anything thinner than 2 mm. For other materials the indicators will be different.
- Flexibility - depends on how steeply the beds are outlined.
- The shape is a big disadvantage of flat polymer tapes - literally after a year they lose their original shape, becoming wavy. Therefore, it is worth purchasing corrugated dividing curb tapes. Metal and other materials discussed above do not have such problems.
- Color and texture - everything is at the discretion of the buyer.
- Material - depends on goals and financial capabilities.
- Manufacturer - not everything cheap is bad, but you should avoid buying Chinese goods with an unpleasant odor.
How to choose garden border tape
Before you buy garden border strips, you should decide for what purpose you plan to use them. The width of the stripes is 10, 15, 20, 28-50 centimeters. To create stepped compositions, it is better to purchase wider strips; the deeper they are dug into the ground, the more securely the tier will hold.
Stripes for decorating flower beds are produced by Chinese, Polish, German and Russian manufacturers. According to users, Chinese and Polish material is too soft and does not hold the borders of the beds tightly. Domestic plastic is not of good quality and can be fragile. German curbs with reinforced edges are considered the highest quality.
All borders are resistant to precipitation and can withstand temperature changes from minus to plus fifty degrees. Their material does not decompose and releases toxic substances into the soil
Consumer Reviews
Irina, 32 years old, Nizhny Novgorod: “I’ve been using plastic tape for a long time, I’ve made good flower beds. the structures do not require much maintenance. Sometimes you have to wipe away dirt after precipitation, but in general everything is very simple and convenient. The pleasure is incredible and the beauty indescribable. I use different colored restraints, which make the environment more fun and carefree.”
You can make a border for your garden beds yourself. Read the article “Do-it-yourself border for garden beds.”
Watch the video! Border tape
How to properly install plastic borders for flower beds
The plastic tape is extremely elastic. It can bend, repeating the most intricate shapes. Quite thin, it can be easily cut with ordinary household scissors. The strips can be fastened together by welding with a regular soldering iron or even a burning device.
You can install the tape alone, but it is much more convenient to do it with a partner
Installation algorithm:
- Using a tape measure, cord and pegs, the future flower garden is marked.
- A groove is dug along the marking lines to the required depth. If the tape is narrow - 10 centimeters, there is no need to dig a groove, just loosen the soil along the contour. A flowerbed with perennials should be limited by a border at least twenty-five centimeters high, twenty of which should be buried in the ground.
- The tape is installed in the prepared trench. The narrow strip is simply stuck with its edge into the loosened soil. To properly tension the strip, use stakes. They are installed at bend points. The edge of the strip should protrude above the surface by two, maximum five centimeters.
- After installation, the tape is sprinkled with soil. If the flowerbed is round, the edges of the border are placed one after the other, making an overlap.
Installation of plastic fencing
If you buy borders for garden beds made of plastic with one reinforced edge, when installing it, it is placed on top.
How to properly install border tape for garden beds
Installing curb tape is easy. You will need a flat cutter or a half-moon shovel. In the absence of such, you can get by with the usual one.
Rigid dividing structures are driven into the ground. For this you need a rubber mallet, a tape measure and a building level if you need to install it horizontally.
Step-by-step work with soft polymer tape:
- The first step is to mark the contour of the flower bed. To do this, use any bulk material, for example, river sand.
For marking, the summer resident uses old millet - Using a flat cutter, dig a trench of the required depth along the entire perimeter. You will have to deepen the tape, focusing on its width. In any case, it is recessed to a depth of at least 5 cm, but better yet, 10 cm.
Digging a trench with a flat cutter - Laying border tape. In the case under consideration, a flexible polymer version was used. It simply unwinds as it descends into the trench. When looping a product, it must be cut off. A sharp knife will do – the material can be cut easily.
Installing border tape for flower beds - The tape is sprinkled and compacted on both sides with earth. This can be done with your hands or any convenient tool.
Sprinkling the tape with soil
Caring for borders for plastic beds
Caring for the tape is not difficult. It is resistant to temperature changes and immune to humidity. Flexible plastic is stored in rolls. Care must be taken to ensure that the tape does not break during storage.
Although the plastic border is not afraid of frost, in winter it is better to sprinkle it with snow along with the flower bed. This way you will protect both the fence and the perennials from freezing. German manufacturers offer lawn mower resistant tapes. But it’s better not to take risks and carefully trim the grass in the area where the fence is located. Try not to step on the tape; it may become too deep under your weight or simply break.
How to decorate beds with a border and how to care for it
The simplest option for decorating beds is a piece of ribbon sewn into a ring. They do it like this:
- The required length is stapled into a ring.
- They dig into the ground.
- The resulting side is pulled well at the corners using pegs.
Similarly, you can use edging tape to create raised beds. However, in this case you will need a frame made of wooden or metal pegs. The tape itself is dug into the ground at least 10-15 cm.
Organizing uniform watering of beds located at an angle is also possible using a border made of plastic tape. To do this, you will need to dig a wide (20-30 cm) ribbon along the edge of the ridges and strengthen it with wooden stakes, metal or plastic pipes. You can also divide the sloping bed into small sections with tape. As a result, water will be retained and distributed evenly throughout the soil.
Based on the opinions of gardeners and the photos they attached to the reviews, we can conclude that using border tape you can easily frame flower beds, alpine slides, ponds, paths, etc. Equipped in this way, they always keep their shape and are not washed out by water. And the trunk circles of trees and shrubs decorated with plastic immediately give the garden a neat, well-groomed appearance. The border does not require any special care. It is resistant to frost and heat, and is not afraid of high humidity during prolonged rains.
The only thing you need to do after installation is to monitor the load. For example, it is extremely undesirable to step on the frame with your feet or run over it with a lawn mower. This can cause the plastic to go very deep into the ground or simply break, which will disrupt the overall picture.
Border tape is a universal material, so the popularity of its use is growing every day. With this simple and inexpensive device, you can quickly create the desired composition and transform the entire area.
Alternative: galvanized border for garden beds
Galvanized metal is known to be corrosion resistant and highly durable. Products made from it can last twenty to thirty years. The only drawback of this material is that in an aggressive environment, zinc interacts with other chemical compounds and its sulfate gets into the soil, and then into the plants.
To avoid such a reaction, modern manufacturers produce galvanized curbs, additionally coated with a polymer compound. The material protected in this way is not afraid of fertilizers and acidic soil.
The polymer coating can have any color: from yellow to black
You can choose a border with a polymer coating that imitates wickerwork, stone or wood. On average, the service life of such material is about forty years.
Advantages of galvanized curbs:
- long service life;
- compactness;
- height from 20 centimeters;
- ease of installation;
- great appearance.
A galvanized border will become an insurmountable barrier for rodents along the perimeter of the greenhouse and will protect the area from the penetration of small animals under the fence. You can safely attach watering hoses to it and fix geofabric.
Classification of decorative fences
The fencing manufacturer offers many product options that differ from each other in size, color and other characteristics.
The following materials are used for manufacturing:
- plastic;
- wood;
- natural stone;
- concrete;
- metal;
- brick;
- pergons.
Popularity of plastic tape
Plastic fencing is very popular among gardeners. They are flexible tape with many decorative options.
Advantages of plastic products:
- easy installation. If necessary, the tape can be quickly dismantled, without additional tools;
- a large assortment allows you to buy plastic fencing in various colors and create your own unique design on your personal plot;
- due to its flexibility, the tape can be used to create flower beds and beds of unusual shapes, wavy or clear geometric lines;
- the material is not susceptible to corrosion and deterioration, or direct exposure to the sun. The products retain their given shape well;
- low price;
- lightness, which facilitates installation and transportation;
- long service life;
- high safety margin;
- versatility;
- reusable, material is fed to cutting.
Disadvantages of plastic products:
- some tapes are made from plastic, which does not withstand low temperatures;
- thin walls can stretch under the weight of the soil;
- high quality causes the product to be expensive.
Types of plastic borders
Most often, such products are sold in hardware stores. The range includes several varieties:
- Garden tapes are PVC-based borders. They are used to separate paths, lawns and flower beds. These products form beds up to 50 cm high. The tape has average flexibility, rigidity and holds its shape well. Available for sale only in rolls.
- The Garden Board panel is a very beautiful border that is easy to install. Its design imitates wooden boards with increased rigidity and strength. The products are popular for creating multi-tiered sandboxes, flower beds and raised beds. The panels can reach 3 meters in length and 15 cm in height. They have a special design that allows the panels to be increased in height or length.
- The “Labyrinth” border is a low-height plastic border that imitates stone. The product has a textured surface with holes and protrusions that allow you to mow vegetation from lawns using lawn mowers close to the product. Perfectly keeps weeds from entering the flowerbed or garden bed.
- Decorative border - products of various colors and shapes. They can imitate a picket fence or a wrought iron fence. Decorated with ornaments and patterns.
- A garden constructor is a fence with a flexible structure that consists of several elements. Flower beds of unusual shapes are created from it.
Features of use
Borders for a site can be installed in two ways. Installation depends on the intended purpose. Installation of the tape according to the type of installation can be buried or above ground.
Ground-based equipment is used to create raised beds and multi-tiered flower beds. Special polymer pegs are used for fixation. For this purpose, the tape is cut according to the size of the bed, installed in a ring, and the edges are connected with a stapler. The ring is installed in the ground with the end part and fixed in position using pegs. The form is filled with soil and plants are planted there.
Recessed technology is used when there is a need to enclose a space, for example, to edge a lawn, create clear boundaries of a path, or form tree trunk circles. For installation, a ditch is made, a curb is placed in it, which must be dug in with earth. Part of the tape will protrude above the soil.
Reviews and price of border tape for beds
As already mentioned, you can buy plastic borders for garden beds at any garden store. The cost of a roll depends on the footage and width of the tape. Here are the average prices for rolls of 10 meters:
10 | To limit embankment paths and platforms, create upper tiers in flower beds, and form landscape compositions | 320 |
15 | To delimit beds and create alpine slides | 470 |
20 | Zoning of landscape compositions, limiting the growth of the root system by seedlings of trees and perennial plants | 620 |
30 | Formation of multi-tiered structures, installation along the fence to prevent the penetration of small animals and weeds | 930 |
Many gardeners have been using border tape for their beds for a long time. Reviews of this material note positive and negative aspects of use:
Irina, 34 years old, Rostov-on-Don: “I have been using plastic tape for flower beds on the site for a long time. It doesn’t require any special care; I wipe it down from time to time, especially after rain, but otherwise no hassle.”
Yana, 40 years old, Tver: “I didn’t like the use of plastic tape. We often mow the lawn with a trimmer. We touch it all the time, the edges crumble, it doesn’t look good. I had to remove it completely and replace it with a brick border.”
Olga, 26 years old, Kaluga: “We bought the dacha relatively recently, and I just started creating flower beds. At first I made them small, and then gradually increased them. Everything is simple with the tape - take it out of the ground and grow it to the required size. I can’t even imagine how much of a hassle it would be with a brick or concrete curb.”
Susanna, 37 years old, Belgorod: “I used ribbon for planting tulips. There were some rodents in the area and they ate almost all the bulbs. I planted each onion in a ring of ribbon. This is the second year that all the tulips are blooming.”
Choosing a border strip
In total, there are about 10 types of border tapes, differing in material and method of processing. The choice of the desired option is based on the assigned tasks.
If you need quick installation and equally quick dismantling, plastic tape is the best option. When the bed is high, that is, the soil will put a lot of pressure on the sides, a metal product will do.
Plastic border tape for beds
Due to their low price, such curb tapes have become widespread. They are taken by those who want to quickly separate garden paths, flower beds, beds, flower beds (see the link for options for planning a garden).
Straight border tape
The length of a roll of such border tape is from 10 to 50 meters - it is possible to continuously fence large areas. Height from 10 to 30 centimeters. Wide ones protect crops well from moles, rats and mole crickets.
They are buried along the fence or along the perimeter of greenhouses and beds (read the article on how to place a greenhouse on a site).
Advice! The country of origin plays a big role. Good goods come from Germany. Their service life is up to twice as long as products from Russia and China. The price is higher, so low-quality, but cheaper models are also popular.
The leader in the production of garden products is the German company Gardena.
Gardena's range of border tape In Russia, these products are popular for the following reasons:
- The company offers three options for tape: 9, 15 and 20 cm. The length is the same - 9 meters.
- The tape has a wavy decorative profile.
- The average price per roll is about 1,400 rubles.
- The material is high-quality PVC, the service life of which in the absence of mechanical damage is 15 years. By this time, the material begins to fade, but performs its function properly.
- The operating temperature range is -40 - +60 degrees Celsius. Once the minimum threshold is reached, it becomes very fragile. When heated, it can lose its shape, becoming very elastic.
Corrugated border tape
The price of border tape from domestic manufacturers for a 10-meter roll is 200-300 rubles. The distance is large, but the difference in quality is comparable.
Low-quality recycled plastic is used here, the service life of which is no more than 5 years. The tape will begin to fade within a couple of years.
After installation, the beds will also look neat. It is better to use for complete burial in the ground to protect against pests.
You can learn about plastic fencing for beds and flower beds from the article on our website.
Galvanized curb strips
Those who are looking for high reliability should choose metal strips made of galvanized steel.
Steel lawn divider
They are long plates. They are inflexible, like plastic models, so they are placed along medium and large radii. The system includes sharp pegs, through which the tape is driven into the ground.
How to make a border for a flower bed with your own hands: photo ideas
You can fence a flower garden without plastic tape. There are several options for arranging a fence:
- The edges of the flower bed are decorated with a groove . It is dug to a depth of ten centimeters, cleared of roots and debris and covered with decorative material: colored chips, pebbles, shells. Such a fence must be constantly maintained.
To decorate flower beds, you can choose colored material
- Mosaic fencing . You can use fragments of colored bottles and broken plates for it. To secure parts of the mosaic, a cement-sand mixture is used.
Mosaic design of a mini-flower bed
- Stone fencing. To create it, just find flat stones and dig them around the perimeter of the flowerbed. This border looks very natural and is suitable for any type of flower garden. You can fence the flowerbed with marble, granite, sandstone and limestone. The stones do not have to be fastened with cement, but it will help firmly fix the elements of the fence and prevent soil from spilling through the cracks.
Large stones will give the flower garden a special flavor
- Weaving. Fences made of willow twigs look very colorful. It's not difficult to do. You need to drive wooden pegs into the ground at equal distances from each other. Then simply intertwine them with willow twigs. To prevent the ends of the vine from sticking out in different directions, they are tied together or fastened with small screws. To preserve the structure for a long time, it can be varnished.
Wicker fences look like baskets
- Living fence. You can also fence a flower bed with tall plants with a hedge. It is formed from low plants, up to forty centimeters high. They are planted in a dense row. The composition looks beautiful, contrasting with the main plants in the flower garden.
Lavender, boxwood, hostas, and carnations are planted as a living fence.
Making your own border for a garden bed from scrap materials
The main requirement in decorating a flower bed is well-groomed. Orderly planting completely changes the look of the garden. If lumber remains after construction, it can be used to fence plantings. The remaining boards can be cut into equal lengths or joined together.
Covered with stain or paint, such fences will reliably strengthen the walls of the garden bed
If desired, you can use old solid brick for this purpose. It must first be thoroughly cleaned. To make the bricks look aesthetically pleasing, they can be painted one color or made multi-colored.
Flowerbeds made of old bricks
Another building material that is often on hand is slate. Its segments are installed so that the edges are at the same level. For an elegant look, the edges of the slate can be painted.
Example of using slate
Rubber from car tires. Small flower beds can be made directly in the tire by filling it with soil. If you cut off the rubber strip, it can also be used for shaped beds.
Flowerbed of car tires
You can use leftover polycarbonate to decorate your garden beds. It is cut into strips of the required width. Polycarbonate is not as soft as plastic tape, but it can be used to enclose plantings of the correct shape.
The most easily accessible material for country crafts is plastic bottles. They usually end up in the trash, but it turns out they can be used for garden beds. The containers should be filled with sand and placed neck down in one row.
This border can be painted in any color.
Advice! Do not use pieces of sheet metal for fencing. You can accidentally cut yourself with it, and, in addition, without a polymer coating, the iron will quickly rust. The sun's rays reflected from shiny metal can cause burns to the delicate foliage of plants.
Model bed
Neat design of the garden bed already makes it attractive. Plastic curb tape is a cheap material that is easy to install yourself. Such a fence will last quite a long time if you use a lawn mower carefully and cover the bed with snow for the winter.
A strip of plastic is an inconspicuous and reliable fence
An alternative to plastic tape can be curbs made of galvanized steel with a polymer coating. You can make fences from available materials: old tires, scraps of lumber, slate and brick. Give free rein to your imagination and turn a boring vegetable garden into a park area!
Kinds
Corrugation
A corrugated border will help create an aesthetically pleasing appearance of your garden plot. Like other flexible fencing, the edging will serve not only as a decorative, but as a practical component of the lawn - it will help protect the garden from weeds, save water and fertilizers.
Rovnaya
When using an even flexible edge, you can get protection from weeds and pests, and make the beds even and well-groomed. Often garden plastic borders are made from impact-resistant ABS plastic. It is simply installed and easily dismantled due to its evenness. However, in winter, it is necessary to remove the border into a heated room so that it does not begin to crumble and deform.
PVC coated
Borders with the addition of polyvinyl chloride are characterized by medium strength and excellent flexibility, resistance to low temperatures, ultraviolet radiation, moisture and external loads when working in garden plots.
These plastic border strips are used to separate lawns, paths or flower beds. PVC edges can last more than five years.