Here’s how to use landscape edging to separate and define different areas of your garden.
Landscape Edging Uses
Edging creates clean, crisp lines between beds and other areas.
It emphasizes the lines and edges and leads the eye to the next garden focal point.
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From a practical standpoint, landscape edging helps to keep turfgrass from creeping into surrounding garden areas.
Landscape edging also keeps visitors out of areas you don’t want them to go, such asplanting beds.
If landscape edging is flat and wide enough, it can handle the wheels of a lawn mower.
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Edging should be set firmly in place.
Beauty Edging:If theedging is purely aesthetic, options are virtually limitless!
Landscape Edging Styles
Consider the other hardscaping materials when selecting an edging style for your garden.
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Brick, stone, or pavers canunify the edging with a patio or path.
Fencing can help connect to apergolaor trellis.
Low shrubs can blend into the planting beds for a defined but natural look.
Landscape Edging Costs
Costs depend on the material key in and quantity.
For example, repurposed stones may be free; tiles orbrickmay be costly.
Or use it as an accent near garden focal points.
More affordable materials can be both pretty and practical elsewhere in the garden.
In addition, include the cost of installation in your landscape edging plans.
Different materials' installation costs vary, as does the ease of building it yourself.
Some materials require professional installation or special tools to get the desired look.
Others lend themselves to an easyDIY project.
Landscape Edging Colors
The color of the edging has a big impact on your garden.
Use landscape edging in a color that either complements or clearly contrasts with thesurrounding foliage and flowers.
you could also make edging out of materials such as brick, wood, or stone.
But don’t feel limited by what you might buy.
Each material has its advantages.
