Build this raised garden bed 26.
Making a raised garden bed with sleepers.
Having seen the types of raised beds railway sleepers make you might decide that they are a little heavy for your garden.
If it s a raised garden you ll need a higher retaining wall meaning more sleeper layers.
Raised sleeper beds create a focal point full of colour and foliage in any garden and are relatively easy to make.
On their wide side or on their narrow side.
How to build raised beds using wooden railway sleepers for herbs etc.
From that line mark the width of the sleeper on the wall.
Using new or used railway sleepers to make raised beds are great alternatives to using bricks concrete or stone.
Find out if a raised bed is right for your garden with nbsp our lowdown then follow our step by step guide 1.
There are other options.
Does it need to be in the sun or the shade.
Besides a diy project can t get too much easier than this.
Hold the sleeper up against the wall and mark it off.
A clean look that is sturdy and functional.
When you re building your raised garden bed up against a wall take into account the thickness of the sleeper that will be attached to your support posts.
1 chose where you want to put the raised bed consider where the raised bed will be positioned and whether you can stand or sit.
Making the sides of a longer sleepers raised bed measuring the position of the dowel.
How to build a raised bed with railway sleepers constructing a raised bed out of railway sleepers is amazingly straightforward.
This is a creative diy project that uses recycled railroad ties or sleepers as a frame for your new garden bed.
Work out where you want your sleeper bed or beds to sit in your garden dependant on what you re planting.
Do you want to make a raised bed out of railway sleepers but unsure how.
Think lego or wooden building blocks.
If you prefer a lighter raised bed design we have an alternative project for you here.
Repeat this process for the other end of the raised garden bed.
Check out these imaginative and inventive raised planter projects using railway sleepers.
There are two ways to lay down the sleepers.