structure

keyhole bed

effort: a weekend

a round bed with a notch: maximum planting, minimum path, compost at the heart.

shape a bed as a circle with one keyhole-shaped access notch, and every plant sits within arm's reach of a path that takes almost no ground. put a compost basket in the centre and kitchen scraps feed the whole bed from the inside out. the classic first move from digging rows to designing space.