Planting
Kitchen garden & raised beds
A weed-choked corner cleared and rebuilt as a productive kitchen garden with timber raised beds and gravel paths.
Location
Elm Street
Build time
2 weeks
Garden size
75 m²
Completed
2025
The transformation,
side by side
Before
After
Project story
The brief
A weedy, unused corner against a brick wall. The owners wanted to grow their own vegetables without bending down and without the whole plot turning into a chore.
What we did
We cleared the ground, laid weed membrane and gravel paths, and built four timber raised beds at a comfortable working height, filled with a rich topsoil and compost blend. A water butt feeds a simple drip line.
The result
A tidy, productive kitchen garden that grows salads, herbs and summer vegetables, with paths that stay clean and beds that are easy to weed and water.
Project highlights
Four timber raised beds
Gravel paths on weed membrane
Topsoil and compost growing mix
Water-butt-fed drip irrigation
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We picked our first salad six weeks after they finished. The beds are so easy to look after.
Tom & Ruth Ellis
Elm Street
