Customer Feature: Geoff's Herb Pyramid Raised Bed

Step One: 

Decide where you would like to build your creation and clear a level space. If placing on a lawn you may wish to lay anti-weed fabric to stop weeds coming up through the centre of the bottom layer.

Step Two 

Slide together the bottom layer and place.

Step Three 

Fill the centre of the bottom layer with soil ensuring it's well compacted and cover with gravel. 

Step Four

Place 8 small bedding trays (shown here in green) around the inside of the central bottom layer and fill them with soil.

Optional: If you're planning on having herbs in the centre of the very top layer, sink a small flower pot filled with soil in the bottom layer to provide good root access to the herbs above.

Step Five

Use small sheets of polystyrene or wood on top of the gravel in the bottom layer . Ensure they are cut to a suitable shape which will provide a platform for the top layer to sit on.

Note: Leave a hole if you are sinking a plant pot as mentioned in step four.

Step Six

Slide the top layer together and place. Fill centre of top layer with soil if you plan to plant herbs in the very centre of the top layer.

Step Seven

Fill planters with soil and plant your herbs.

Step Eight

Either plant a herb in the centre of the top layer (as per the optional step above), or perhaps plant a herb in a pot (pictured: bay tree) and place that on the very top to create a third layer.

Finish off with topping up each planter section with gravel.

Geoff’s Top Tip

Put sun-loving herbs on the top and south facing side, and those that prefer shade on the north side.

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