Rain Gutter Raised Garden Bed

Build a dry creek bed and enhance your front yard.

Rain gutter raised garden bed.

Gutters are an affordable alternative. These can be attached to any raised bed or elevated planter box and are made. By building a rain garden you can divert your gutter water into an attractive planting bed that works like a sponge and natural filter to clean the water and let it percolate slowly into the surrounding soil. You can do landscaping around downspout which will look even more beautiful when the rain water will come down and pass through the decorative drainage.

As i ve mentioned our garden beds were needing replacing. If you are on a low budget and space then simply use unused rain gutter add some soil in it and then plant some seeds of those plants which don t require much area to grow. Ditches can be landscaped as swales that look like creek beds or small meadows. Last season we had some wood rot and termite problems insome of them but we got through one more season with them and they served their purpose and got us through one more year.

Published on apr 15 2020 in this video i show how to make rain gutter planters to use on your raised bed gardens. 2 27 16 host casey hentges shows viewers how to create a raised bed garden from pallets. This is especially true if you repurpose gutters youhave laying around in storage. Installing a rain garden isn t difficult if you re willing to dig or you bring in machines to help.

And driveways patios and walkways can be constructed of pervious paving that never puddles because water seeps through. How landscape drainage works. Which brings us to this season. Here s a fun vertical gardening idea.

Strawberry planting in rain gutters. They can be hanged by the ceilings or can be hanged on different trees and also drilled in the wall. Learn how to make a rain gutter garden on your yard fence. Even if you buy the materials you need you re probably looking at spending around 35 at home depot.

For full project details click here. Gutter water can flow into rain gardens that provide a habitat for butterflies and birds.