We have been having some fun this winter going to Master Gardener classes and learning more about plants and hardscapes. Last week we started work on some flower boxes. This box is located at the Bull Shoals White River State Park. We were there to help mostly because I love this park and plan on camping at it for years to come.OK, more about the boxes... We were replacing a box that was put in more than 15 years ago. The old box was made out of treated lumber (the 4x4 rounded landscape timbers). The box still had good form but it was well overdue to be replaced. Earth seems to reclaim everything in time and it was well on its way to reclaiming the old timbers.
The park had 6x6 timbers to build new boxes out of which should keep them around for the next 20+ years.
You can't see it from this picture but there are a lot of angles in this box that complicated this build, however the box's overall form is turning out great and I can't wait to see the whole build.
Next week we will work on the second box next to this one and an added archway for a climber plant to be added to.
I will add more pictures as the build continues.
