General Discussion & Chat: They saved me $100, 1 by Joan

Joan wrote:
Wow! I came home today to find a cement truck backed up to the new flower garden I've been working on. My first thought was Yikes! Dave knew I've been wanting to put an area in this new garden for a bench, and I was going to use pavers, but that would have cost at least $100.

When they got done pouring cement into the basement walls, they had some cement left over that the guy couldn't take back and was wondering where to dump it. They decided to build this cement pad for my bench and such. I'm so excited! Now I gotta go shopping for a cheap bench until I can afford a nicer one.

This is a picture, but it doesn't look too great yet. I've got the beds marked out with string, but I haven't been able to figure out what to use to border the beds or what to put in the walkways. So, I'm kind of at a standstill there. I'm hoping once I get it finished and more plants in there, it will look good. This is kind of the beginning of the project. I started it last fall and haven't had a lot of time to spend on it yet this spring, except to plant some plants in there. After I get the beds bordered and something done with the walkways, I want to put a rustic wood fence around it, and have vining plants growing on the fence.