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Airhead
Did he leave the heads sticking out on the surface? It's dead easy to counterbore a hole with a spade bit (13mm I think) that will take the flange and head of those bolts and the required socket will fit in as well, so you can hide them nicely under the surface. I misapplied a couple of those screws putting up my fence and when I moved them I simply cut a plug from a piece of scrap and tapped it flush into the hole to hide it. If you were feeling fancy you could do that with every counterbored hole.
I've seen raised beds lined with DPC to moisture-protect the wood. Obviously the bottom is left open, usually with a layer of rubble covered with a permeable membrane to stop the soil sinking into it and to allow drainage. That's my plan for when I get round to making raised beds in our garden.