27/04/2026
🌱BARGAIN BORDER FOR LESS THAN £10/meter🪵
This mammoth of a garden is going to cost me a fortune I swear, but I’m always looking for ways to landscape it on a budget.. from an upcoming crazy paving patio project from old slabs, to this spur of the moment idea, I’m on a mission to transform this garden into one of dreams, but of course, have it cost me as little as possible!!
Now I’ve cleared the logs and levelled the soil last year, I didn’t want to just leave this “football pitch” area of the garden blank. So to add some privacy screening on my neighbour’s side, pretty it up a bit and attract more bees and birds, I cut up a pile of spare fence posts I had from into random lengths - the shortest at 21cm, longest at 31cm with a couple lengths between. I then sealed all the cut ends with cut end preserver, and dug a 10cm deep trench a little wider than the blocks before adding some gravel for drainage with a shallow bed of postcrete, and began stacking the blocks on their ends, ensuring a completely random arrangement of tall and short blocks. I added more postcrete to the front and back, and watered until it wouldn’t absorb any more water. Finally, i backfilled with soil and began planting my flowering bushes, shrubs and low growing pollinator friendly plants before topping with compost.
I love how this FREE project has turned out, especially as it would cost less than £200 to recreate (excl plants) but saved myself over £700 by not buying precut border blocks 🙌🏼
Would you recreate this for your flower beds? LMK in the comments!
Large growing Flowering Bushes used for privacy: Euphorbia Ascot Rainbow, H**e Celebration 🐝 🐦⬛, Syringa Flowerfesta Pink 🐝🐦⬛, Ceanothus Repens🐦⬛, Griselina Littoralis🐦⬛, Spiraea🐦⬛, Vibernum Tinus🐦⬛, Berberis Florence🐦⬛, Weigela Mix🐦⬛🐇.
Existing plants: Syringa Vulgaris 🐝🐦⬛, Symphoricarpos Albus 🐝🐦⬛
Low growing flowers - Nepeta Walkers Low🐦⬛, Lavender Fairy Wings Purple 🐝🐦⬛, Lavandula Regal Splendour 🐝🐦⬛, Lavandula Hidcote 🐝
