11 great ideas for demarcating flower beds with elegant and unique borders

Whenever a portion of the garden is reserved for the cultivation of some particularly decorative plant - perhaps along the walkway, close to the house or even in the middle of the lawn or some other paved area - there is always the need to demarcate it: flower beds are, in fact, nearly always surrounded by some type of border - and if this border is not made up of some type of plant, special materials are typically used.

In addition to certain classical choices, like bricks of various types or large stones lined up around the flower bed, other solutions can also be used: not only various types of wood and stones can be used (and different methods in positioning them) but even using recycled objects can be considered. Check out the ideas below:

A material which can be exploited with a DIY project are wooden railway sleepers: they are square, long and thick wooden beams of wood - which may have seen better days, but which can still be restored. They can also be purchased online. With these, you can create a border of any height you want. 

The same type of thick beams can be arranged vertically: appearing like square fence posts driven into the ground. They are very beautiful when a strip of gravel or other type of stones is left between the border and the other areas of the garden (whether it is lawn or paved area).

By using thinner boards instead, such as those from wooden pallets, you can create a thinner border.

And what about considering creative recycling? There are those who use old ceramic or porcelain plates as border elements. This is an excellent idea for mismatched crockery (or even those pieces which are broken or cracked).

Similarly, there are those who use glass bottles instead.

Even PVC pipes can be used as posts driven into the ground to create borders as if they were miniature fences. And in addition to the borders where all the pieces are positioned side by side, it might be nice to space them out in pairs, so as to create a slightly more open border.

Instead of reeds laced onto wooden poles, use old garden hoses woven onto metal or PVC poles. A great idea for recycling.

The ultra-modern and geometric solutions that can be obtained by using concrete are not completely lacking in charm.

If you find large stone blocks, they can also be stacked on top of each other: using just two rows, as if they were large bricks, you can create a very attractive border.

Even these small and flat rock flakes can be arranged in a stacked row to become a low border.

To use round boulders for the borders of raised flower beds, iron or wire gabions (cages) can be used.

The shape that is formed with these borders can also make them more interesting.

Which method do you prefer to create flower bed borders?