Cement raised beds

In this cozy backyard, our clients clients wanted to raise their food production (pun intended), but they didn’t want boxes or rectangular wood raised beds that would need to be replaced. This is their retirement home, and they new they wanted to stay, and they wanted their backyard to be whimsical

There's nothing like growing your own food! A Cinder Block Raised Garden Bed is easy to build and will give you years of use! Need a tomato? Go pick one! Green beans for dinner? You got that too!

Many years ago, our dear neighbour, Ken, gave us the forms he'd made up for pouring concrete raised beds. By the time we'd made 6 beds, the forms had seen their best days, but there was still some life in them so we passed them on to friends. Ken's ingenious plan used long, thin boards, joined by metal corner pieces and kept in true with metal snap ties which had been cut down for the purpose and joined the inside to the outside. U-shaped pieces over the tops kept the sides from bowing out…

The advent of raised bed gardening has been a blessing for the elderly and disabled as the designs mean they can now weed, plant and care for flowers and vegetables on their own without needing assistance. Learn how easy is it to build a concrete raised bed garden on which the disabled can rest while they work.

Stone is one option for a naturally sourced building material for raised bed kitchen garden that's as beautiful as it is durable.

Stone edges and raised beds built with rocks, bricks or decorative concrete stones add charming accents to backyard landscaping and garden design

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With plants spilling over the edges of it, concrete takes on a whole new feeling. Here are ten examples of built in concrete planters bursting with life.