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Garden Bed Landscaping Ideas

Design beautiful flower beds and garden borders with layered plantings for year-round interest.

Real Budget Breakdown

What you can actually achieve with garden bed at different price points.

🌱Weekend Project
$150-400
Foundation Refresh

Rejuvenate existing beds with fresh plants and defined edges.

What you get
  • Crisp bed edging
  • Weed and thin existing plantings
  • 3-5 new perennials to fill gaps
  • Fresh mulch (2-3 inch layer)
  • One statement plant for focal point
The result

"The beds look intentional again. Neighbors assume you hired someone."

🌿Solid Investment
$800-2,500
Design Upgrade

Redesign the bed with proper plant combinations and structure.

What you get
  • Remove tired or overgrown plants
  • Proper soil amendment
  • 10-20 new plants in a cohesive design
  • Evergreen structure (at least 30% of plants)
  • Drip irrigation for the bed
  • Landscape fabric under mulch where appropriate
The result

"A real garden bed with year-round interest and professional polish."

🌳The Dream
$3,000-8,000+
Showcase Border

A destination garden bed with layered plantings and four-season appeal.

What you get
  • Full bed redesign by designer or professional
  • Premium soil preparation
  • Larger specimen plants for instant impact
  • Spring bulb layer under perennials
  • Integrated lighting
  • Automated irrigation
  • Professional planting and mulching
The result

"A garden bed worth photographing. You plan your day around checking on it."

* Costs are estimates for a typical suburban lot. Your mileage may vary based on location and existing conditions.

The One Thing That Makes or Breaks It

"The secret to a great garden bed is the 'three to four' rule: every bed needs plants at 3-4 different height levels (groundcover, low, medium, tall) AND plants blooming or interesting in at least 3-4 different seasons. Without height variation, beds look flat. Without seasonal interest, they're boring most of the year."

Look at your bed from a distance. Can you see distinct layers? If it's all one height, it needs more structure.

AI Design Prompts

AI Prompts for Garden Bed Landscaping

Use these prompts with DreamzAR's Chat with AI feature to design beautiful garden bed areas. Copy a prompt and paste it in the app!

1

Design a layered flower bed with plants arranged by height for year-round interest

2

Create a low-maintenance garden bed with evergreen structure and easy perennials

3

Transform my bare foundation with beautiful shrubs and flowering plants

4

Show me a pollinator garden bed design with native flowers for bees and butterflies

5

Design a mixed border garden bed with shrubs, perennials, and ornamental grasses

6

Create a cutting flower garden bed so I can have fresh bouquets all summer

7

Transform my sunny garden bed into a colorful cottage-style border

8

Design a shade garden bed for under my trees with hostas and ferns

9

Show me how to create a four-season garden bed with something always in bloom

10

Create a formal garden bed with geometric shapes and repeated plantings

Design Your Garden Bed

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