Its not just a matter of tidying your garden up or getting a more polished look.
Edging helps with soil erosion and keeps plants and mulch in place.
Youll also add form and texture to your landscape design.
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(At Monticello, Thomas Jefferson used brick pieces to mark off his garden bed.)
Homeowners started to think of edging as a way to extend the character of the house into the garden.
Dont use railroad ties, which are treated with chemicals toxic to plants.
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Whatever you use, edging is a quick and easy way toupgrade your yard.
Push bricks tightly together to minimize spaces between them that turf can slip through.
To prevent heaving and unevenness in your garden edging, set your bricks in a bed of sand.
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This eliminates the need for trimming.
Dig a trench and add several inches of sand for drainage so the bricks don’t heave.
If you’re edging several garden beds, lean all the bricks in the same direction.
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Irregular in shape, flagstones are durable and stack securely in the yard.
Large multicolor rocks complement this landscape’sinformal style.
Garden Edging Idea with Plants
Low, mounding plants can be a fantastic garden edging idea.
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Bury the bottles' necks side-by-side in the soil to use as garden edging.
Varying heights add interest and allow for smooth slope or uneven landscape transition.
you might opt out of much lawn care by planting awildflower lawninstead, eliminating the need for mowing.
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Pick native plants that thrive in your environment rather than choosing varieties that need constant attention and special care.
To keep weeds at bay, use mulch as a groundcover.
Pick a mulch that complements your garden’s colors.
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National Gallery of Art.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
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