Colorize your garden with flower beds: 10 examples to draw inspiration from

If you live in a house with a garden, you will certainly have wondered how you can make it more beautiful. Of course, it is wonderful to have a green area available; it allows you to relax when life becomes stressful; it gives you a little peace and quiet - especially when the pace of the city overwhelms us. But how can you make this area more pleasant and inviting? The answer is two words: flower beds.

Don't know where to start? Have no fear! Take a look at the photos below to get some ideas: you will be inspired to build your flower beds (and it won't cost an arm and a leg either).

Flower bed in a barrel

Do you have an old vat or barrel in your garage and you don't know what to do with it? You can reuse it creatively to make a flower bed; placed on it's side on the ground, it can mimic spilled paint using strategically placed flowers!

Flower bed using a vase or amphora

A large, old vase or amphora can also serve this purpose. And how about using stones to mimic the spill?

Flower bed with evergreen plants

For a colorful flowerbed all year round, use evergreens: they do not bloom in summer, but they never lose their charm!

Flower bed using mulch

Using mulch will help reduce the need for weeding.

Flower bed using a wheelbarrow

Old wheelbarrows can be reused to create flower beds, standing upright or placed on their sides. Create this wonderful focal point in your garden!

Flower bed using tires

Do not throw away old tires next time you change them: they can become very attractive borders for flower beds!

Flower beds using pebbles and stones

If having a green thumb is not your strong point, you can go wild making designs using colored stones and pebbles!

Flower bed with buried flower pots

How about a flower bed with buried flower pots surrounded by white pebbles? A lively but elegant and neat effect!

Flower bed using old, salvaged objects

Almost any old object can get a new life in the garden... use them to create a fantasy world!

A love-seat among the flowers

For diehard romantics, place a bench in the center of a flower bed, and woo your loved one surrounded by flowers.

It doesn't take much to liven up to your garden ... Which idea do you prefer? What materials can you dig out of your cellar to do this?