How to Build a Stone Raised Bed

Stone raised beds can be a permanent part of your garden. Gardener Scott shows how he builds a stone bed using flagstone and offers tips on building stone raised beds. (Video #518)

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[auntiereeses]

One might say you're off to a rocky start with this one, Mr. Scott, but I'll never take you for granite. May the quartz be with you! 😉

[FlockingAroundKC]

Midwestern here with a load of limestone and others dug up over the years. Using those rocks to build a bed similar to this ❤

[heidiclark]

That is a wonderful looking stone raised bed. Thank You for the idea and instruction.

[nadinehansen]

One reason I like watching your channel is that your yard looks so much like mine here in Southern Utah. For years I have focused on my vegetable garden and now I am working on some flower and shrub beds. I am eager to see what you plant in your new raised bed. I stacked rocks for a raised bed about 15 years ago, though I didn't have flagstone. I just gathered rocks from the yard and the surrounding BLM land. It is about a foot high and has held up pretty well. I need to replant it as weeds have taken over.

[haroldnicholos]

See now that's more my style something that lasts a really long time and looks good it doesn't rot you don't have to worry about digging it out and repainting it or none of that it doesn't rust.

[eliandkate]

Absolutely love it. Thats a very traditional site all around here, loads of the walls around the fields here are built this way.

[simplifygardening]

A great looking bed Scott. exactly how I built my herb bed. Great video mate as always

[Danilo-uzcv]

i think you are becoming raised beds addicted

[bowtielife]

Now THAT'S a bed I can get behind! Nice job! I always love organic shapes.

Another option for securing stones together that I use a lot is landscaping adhesive. It is applied with a caulk gun, and it can be pryed apart if you want to make changes down the road.

[Beefinator]

This is great! It looks formal enough that i don't think my HOA would complain about it.

[Oktopia]

Awesome! I want get a hold of some stones now :D

[hmzbqng]

From the perspective of having built dry-stack retaining alls, this is an excellent how-to video and you did great job. Most people don't have the patience to do the prep work or keep their rows level.

[johnc]

Nice bed Scott, it will also give a habitat to wildlife so its a win win

[EvaNichols]

It’s beautiful, but a lot of heavy work, not to mention expensive.
I just bought a pallet of flagstone for my front yard conversion of lawn to a pollinator/ wildflower meadow cost $1125 for the flagstone alone.

[mags]

I did exactly the same thing in my front garden over 20 years ago and planted flowers in it. Only difference was that mine was kidney shaped 😊

[ethabehrmann]

This looks fabulous! I wonder if it would work built into a hillside.

[matttree]

Hi Gardener Scott, I'm a first year gardener with so far 1 big raised stone bed so this video was helpful for future expansion. It's nearing the end of the growing season here and I have a thick layer of wood chip mulch on my bed which has been awesome but I'm wondering how I go about doing fall soil amendment with the mulch layer "in the way" thanks! I appreciate your videos

[HomeSweetHomewithKaren]

Great demo! I’m planning to build one of these. How did you calculate how many of the slabs you needed?

[JoyoftheGardenandHome]

What's keeping the sand from washing away over time?

[Mutumiangatha]

Dear Scot, iaam concerned about the weeds, I notice you just filled the bed but did not do anything to the base?