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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Edging your Bets


Everybody knows to plant the flowers in garden should be in beds. The traditional way is to make some soil a bit higher. And then we put some stones as a ‘fence’.

Now, a company, Boral Besser, produces garden beds and paths or build a retaining wall up to a meter high. The product is Garden Wall bricks. So, the newest, quickest way to edge comes.

The bricks are moulded in concrete with a roughened surface. Each brick has a lug at the back which locks into the next, giving stability for not much weight.

The bricks are not exactly like the real thing, Garden Wall blocks have a pleasing symmetry to make an architectural feature in themselves. The products are available in Sandstone, Limestone and Bluestone Brown.

The wall in the picture here is a strong focal point in courtyard renovation. The owner of the garden devised a year-round plan of blue, white and yellow (salvia, ageratum, petunias, alyssum), plus pots of the pretty pale pink Federation daisy called Sugar and Ice. In the background, are ficus Baby Ben, tree ferns, golden cane and scented Florida gardenia. 

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