As sustainable gardening increases in popularity, so does the rise in raised garden bed building.

Constructing raised beds permits you to compose the picture-perfect soil mixture for your plants, reduces weeds, allows for more dense planting in a given space,

makes gardens more accessible, keeps the soil warmer for earlier and later planting, and allows anyone to grow abundantly despite their native soil quality.

While raised garden beds can be constructed out of a plethora of building materials, making a brick raised garden bed can give you sturdy and long-lasting results.

Brick is a functional and beautiful option for building raised garden beds, but it can be a high-priced option depending on the type of brick you are building with and whether it’s repurposed brick or new.

Clay brick-raised garden beds will stand the test of time once they are made, but it’s vital to understand and know the history of the material you are using before using a brick-raised bed for growing edibles.

You can make a brick raised garden bed with or without mortar. If you are making a deeper raised bed, mortar can be used to keep bricks together. However, be sure to use a sand-based mortar that is only for residential use.

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