What to plant in a raised bed?

[rollonoctober]

We're having some work done in the garden at the moment and we've ended up having a large raised bed installed (made out of sleepers) to separate a barked area where the children's climbing frame is from the lawn. The bed is around 2.5m X 1m and I have no clue what to do with it!

I'm not really a gardener although I'm willing to learn. Requirements really are for the plants to be fairly hardy as they're likely to be hit by the odd stray football, ideally to provide colour all year round and be fairly easy to care for.

I've also got a smaller 0.5 x 0.5m raised bed to full, guessing that one would suit one decent shrub/bush type thing?!

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Depends on how much sun you get. In a sunny spot, you could simply do a wildflower mix, which looks lovely, is inexpensive and great for wildlife.

Plants in my garden that can cope with the odd football attack and aren't much work.
Lavender
Heuchera
Ferns
Geraniums
Crocosmia
Anemone
Jacob's ladder

You can get fully hardy varieties for all of these. Choose 3-5 plant varieties you like, and plant them in groups. Classic bed would be talked ones in centre, mud sized ones on either side surrounded by smalles plants. There are beautiful flowering clover types you could plant all around the edges.

Look up planting plans and get advice from a local garden centre. They'll be able to best advise you for your local conditions.

tallest mid on phone, sorry