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Garden Border Ideas

On this page you'll find thoughts, advice and photos all about border ideas. Everything you find here comes from real gardens and gardeners who are part of the Grows on You community.

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Latest photos of border ideas

  • Size of Olive tree (centre of border) planted 3 years ago.
    Meadowland
  • Mostly greens.
    Meadowland
  • Birdbath, Lavender, Lady mantle and friends (Alchemilla mollis)
    Klahanie_
  • One end of a border ... for my records.
    Shirley_tulip

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We have 421 photos of border ideas

These photos are from real gardens by real gardeners! Just click on one to start exploring in slideshow format, or you can browse 16 at a time.

  • A garden flower photo
    Heron
  • back border
    Steve
  • THE WISHING GARDEN
    Terratoonie
  • Summer Border
    Dottydaisy2
  • View of the back garden June 08
    Spritzhenry
  • Upper border 31 May
    Fourseasons..
  • Front garden 2 - 26th June 2007
    Andrewr
  • bizzy lizzies around acer
    Sanbaz

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Gardeners' thoughts

Winter hedging.

I do love a hedge, I must admit! However, hedging can be quite boring through winter, I guess. Unless it’s evergreen, it’s...

28 comments

kate123

11 Jan, 2022
Kate123

Diversity of GOY members marvelous gardens- Part1

Little bit of nostalgia. I thought I will do this blog of early entries to GOY website which caught my eye at one time or...

25 comments

klahanie_

19 Dec, 2021
Klahanie_

Low maintenance border - spotted as I drove past.

Driving through one of the villages yesterday, I spotted this low maintenance border, on the edge of a driveway. Loved the...

22 comments

kate123

30 Nov, 2021
Kate123

Some more random photos!

I haven't made a very good plan of succession this year ... plenty of plants looking GREEN, which should be flowering in...

23 comments

sheilabub

28 May, 2021
Sheilabub

Reshaping the Lawn/Borders

Hi all just thought I would do a blog about what we are up to in the garden at the moment. The lawn was desperate for re-shaping...

12 comments

daylily

5 May, 2021
Daylily

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Questions & advice on border ideas

If you can't find the answer to your gardening question here, feel free to ask our friendly community. Just ask in the form on this page


Less labour intensive borders

12 replies

pennyfarthing

11 Jul, 2018
Pennyfarthing

i have a very long frount garden on slope where can i put boarders?

2 replies

guest

30 Jun, 2010
Guest

planting a new borders a complete beginner

5 replies

appy1963

4 May, 2010
Appy1963

Edge of border ideas?

3 replies

aitchw

28 Apr, 2010
Aitchw

plants for a herbaceous border to provide late summer interest

3 replies

guest

5 Dec, 2009
Guest

i have a space along my fence its about 14meters long an about 400ml wide then it is concrete it get part sade part sun

6 replies

hjm

24 Nov, 2009
Hjm

Box Hedge Beds

3 replies

Scotkat

22 Sep, 2009
Scotkat

When can i move My Perennial Plants in My Borders

7 replies

jacque

22 Sep, 2009
Jacque

ideas on how to fill a circular border left from conifer tree felling.

31 replies

rookiegardener

13 Sep, 2009
Rookiegardener

Now what shall I plant in here??

4 replies

Janey

29 Mar, 2009
Janey

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