Building a garden wall is a little daunting for some people but it is not a difficult job if you take your time and follow a few simple basic instructions.
Building a garden wall.
Call 811 to check for buried utility lines before you dig.
Step 3 creating the block garden wall.
Building a block garden wall is easier if you use surface bonding cement instead of mortar.
Garden barriers need a strong foundation to stand year after year.
A bed that s at least 6 inches high provides ease of access and gives roots plenty of room to grow.
The absolute minimum thickness of a foundation used anywhere on in or around a property is 150mm 6 inches.
Firstly a garden wall foundation must not be taken lightly.
Remove blocks and reset on 1l8 inch bed of.
Garden wall foundation and materials.
Watch our short film and discover how to build a garden wall.
Building the garden bed.
These instructions describe building a 4 foot by 6 foot by 10 1 2 inch bed with 2 x 4 untreated.
Luckily despite involving some heavy lifting they re relatively easy to create in your own outdoor space.
While these walls are built from bricks or concrete.
The bed frame can be as simple as 2 x 4s on top of the ground or even patio retaining wall blocks.
The size is up to you.
Add liquid cement color to surface bonding cement and mix so that it hangs on trowel held at 90 degree angle.