Usually, after about a week, you can move on with preparation for your new garden or rose bed for next year. Acquire some bagged compost of choice, topsoil, play or landscaping sand (unless your soil is naturally sandy), clay buster soil amendment (if your soil is clayey like mine), and some good organic fertilizer of choice.

A most tried and proven method for preparing rose beds is to dig a hole twice as wide and twice deep as the pot in which your rose came in, fill it halfway with good potting soil, and plant your rose. Fill in the area around the plant with the remaining soil.

To build a raised rose bed, you will need your allocated space (approximately 4ft x 4ft as an average size and shape), the correct positioning (that gives your roses approx 6-8 hours sunlight, is away from shaded areas and trees which take up your roses nutrients), your rose seedlings or established plants ready to transplant into your rose bed, and the following equipment.