Rain Gutter Raised Garden Bed

Strawberry planting in rain gutters.

Rain gutter raised garden bed.

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

Installing a rain garden isn t difficult if you re willing to dig or you bring in machines to help. Published on apr 15 2020 in this video i show how to make rain gutter planters to use on your raised bed gardens. Gutters are an affordable alternative. The price of installing a gutter garden at home is less than building a raised garden bed or using multiple planters.

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. Learn how to make a rain gutter garden on your yard fence. Ditches can be landscaped as swales that look like creek beds or small meadows. Here s a fun vertical gardening idea.

They can be hanged by the ceilings or can be hanged on different trees and also drilled in the wall. The rain gutter is a great in budget gardening idea. As i ve mentioned our garden beds were needing replacing. These can be attached to any raised bed or elevated planter box and are made.

Enjoy and have fun. Build a dry creek bed and enhance your front yard. And driveways patios and walkways can be constructed of pervious paving that never puddles because water seeps through. 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.

Even if you buy the materials you need you re probably looking at spending around 35 at home depot. This is especially true if you repurpose gutters youhave laying around in storage.