Brick/decorative blocks around flowers

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  1. Apr 22, 2012
    JenP

    JenP New Member

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    My aunt just had a brick/block boundary around her flower beds. It looks so great. I am thinking of doing this too. It was decorative brick - she had 3 layers put down. Anyone have anything like this?
     
  2. Apr 23, 2012
    Robbie

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    No, but I have been wanting to do something like this forever! I'm glad to hear you say it turned out beautiful, good incentive! I also would like to do a raised flower bed using this method.
     
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    SuzyD

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    I haven't done this myself but have seen some houses that it was done around the flower beds. I saw one that was around a big Oak tree with lots of flowers inside of it. Looked real nice.
     
  4. Apr 23, 2012
    hammers

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    Oh I love this idea ~ now I'm going to look for decorative bricks to put around my beds. I never thought about putting anything around the trees in the yard. I bet that was pretty cool. I wonder what kind of flowers though - with the roots of the tree being right there.
     
  5. Apr 24, 2012
    Howdie

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    Just be sure you have someone cutting the grass around these things who don't mind the extra work. I find a weed eater works well, but not putting them there in the first place works best for someone who just likes to ride the mower over all the grass surfaces.
     
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    PlushPickens

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    Yeah, Howdie has a good point, and you will need a weed eater or other tools for these borders. We have lawn maintenance, so this isn't a worry for us. They look really nice and add charm to a yard. I love them.
     
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    Yoohoo

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    I love the way brick and stone borders look around a raised bed but I agree that it necessitates a weed whacker to cut nearby grass. I guess you could surround the brick with gravel so the grass doesn't grow right up to the brick and you could use a mower but I don't know how nice that would look.
     
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    Howdie

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    My bud's wife loves flowers, but he won't let her plant them just anywhere. He has given her one big area, surrounded by a gravel circular drive where she can plant to her heart's content. The rest of the yard is off limits. He has a huge yard and uses a tractor to mow the grass.
     

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