Quick Tip from Metro Atlanta Landscape (formally Harbor Bay Landscaping)

[Harbor Bay Landscaping]

If you are thinking about creating a new bed in your yard, get out your garden hose!

 

Your garden hose is a great tool for marking out where you want your new bed--especially if you are planning a round or curved shape. Once you have designed a shape with the hose, use spray paint to mark the area on the ground.

 

Plus, if you are going to use any type of border (like a small decorative fence), it's much easier to mark the area with the garden hose, then straighten the hose and use a measuring tape to find out how many linear feet or yards of the border you'll need.

 

The garden hose can help you plan other landscaping elements including walkways, ponds, streams, brick paver patios and retaining walls.

[SOTDOC]

What a great idea!