Do you have any creative ideas for flower bed borders?

I've used the store-bought kind (once), and you have to shell out some cash to get the good quality stuff.





I've thought about board, small rocks, big rocks, and cutting landscape timbers into one-foot lengths and partially burying them upright, kinda like a fence.





I want something that won't fall over, or rot , and can stand up to a few occasional bumps from a mower. It doesn't have to look great, cuz I'm in a rural area, so a rustic appearance is okay.





I know I'm asking a lot; just curious if there are unique ideas out there.

Do you have any creative ideas for flower bed borders?
well hear are a few sites that you can check out, my kids are home school so we all looked these sites up for you, hope this help and take care of yourself ok





http://homes.gmnews.com/news/2003/0416/G...





http://www.backyard-landscape-ideas.com/...





http://www.essortment.com/home/flowerbed...





http://flowers-and-garden.blogspot.com/2...





http://springhillnursery.com/category.as...


(this one shows you pictures that you can copy and makes your own )








hope this will give you some ideas have a wonderful day :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Reply:Rural usually means you have rock readily available. Use big rocks on the bottom and smaller ones placed on top but only over 1/4 of the bottom rock. I would recommend using 3 tiers. Depending on how big you want your garden. I've even made it so I could plant in between tiers. Good luck!
Reply:Well, rocks look great and don't rot so if you have access to them for free I'd go with them. I've found that they're pretty spendy if you have to purchase them. Along the lines of wood, I tried boards once and wasn't too pleased. You have to go to some lengths to stabilize them and I ended up removing them because it was annoying to maintain them. I'm in zone 4 though so frost heaves are a problem, it may be different somewhere with milder winters. The landscape timber thing actually works great. Here's a similar idea if you have access to deadfall wood; just cut logs to the desired length and half bury them vertically. They can be all different sizes around and it's really easy to folow curves. If you don't go too small they're just as stable as the timbers and they look nicely organic. I helped a friend do this and they've held up really well for years. Some of them are all mossy and it just looks cool. Free, too! I suppose they'll rot eventually but they haven't yet. We used dead oak, maple, butternut and walnut. You'd probably want to stay away from birch and pine and other soft woods.

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