Curvy planter beds

I've just about finished (after like, more than a year on and off) laying all the brick path edges.

To date I have laid 737 bricks, all salvaged from skips or given away by kind donators.

I particularly like this twisty bit down by the shed as it snakes round the pear tree.

And to match, here are two new raised beds, recently built, ready for sumer planting. I like gently curving shapes. They are very pleasing and soften the feel of the space nicely.

From the side

I hadn't quite finished the brick edging in these shots.

I'm using them as cold frames for now, with acryclic sheet laid on them to warm the soil and allow me to bed out a few tomato and bean seedlings.

It's not very clear but there are four tumbling tomatoes at the front and four climbing french beans at the top. Once it is warm enough to remove the acrylic, they should be bedded in well. The idea is the tomatoes will hang over the edge of the bed and the beans will climb up trained against the fence.

I have a few parsley and chive seeds in this , not under acrylic. They should be OK

Construction

The frames are ceiling joist cut into stout lengths and laid vertically. 

These are jointed together with screws that are not driven in right to the countersink head. They have about 10mm of play left in them, so they allow some movement, like a spine.

Then they are made rigid with internal panel linings.

This one has plywood. This will need to be lined to stop the ply rotting.

Using flexible steel panels is quicker as they won't need to be lined.

The limg straight edge on the left has acrylic as a liner.

The taller bed with the plywood internal panels was lined with a PVC tarpaulin, tacked in place with staples.

To form a large internal bag 

This did not need to be filled full-depth with soil as most plants it will house don't go very deep.

So, I reclaimed the concreate and tiles from this old fire surround to create hardcore.

Sledgehammering!

This filled about half the height, then was topped up with top soil.
I had accumulated this from digging out the rebates for the brick edging and other jobs and saved in a pile. The very top layer has two bags of rotted horse manure and straw dug into it for extra food for the plants