Landscaped garden borders and yard edging increase the visual impact of your lawn by creating clean lines, giving your outdoor area a finished look whilst showcasing your shrubs and plants. Using edging along borders keeps grass from invading your planting beds and makes it much easier to mow. Borders and edging can be utilised in open grassy areas or along walkways, patios and driveways. Personalize the plan by customizing the borders and edging to match the style of your outside space.
Lay your garden hose or a string across the edge of the edge, indicating the lines so you can plainly see where the bed will curve, straighten or bend at an angle. It is possible to design the edge immediately, or alter an existing design before digging or removing some grass.
Excavate the outer line of the edge, using an edging tool or a scoop to generate clean, continuous lines and clear-cut curves. Remove grass and weeds along the outer edge and inner part of the edge bed, with a scoop to cut through the turf.
Refine the edge of the edge, cutting it 4 to 6 inches deep with a spade. Use the spade to make a 90-degree angle for the edge. This sharp, clean angle is essential to making the clearest lines at the edges of the edge. Use garden shears to cut back any leftover blades of grass from the edge to keep the line together it seeming clear and sharp.
Install edging and edge materials should you wish. Edging materials are not needed, but it can make mowing and trimming easier. Pick among choices like steel competition, that lends a virtually seamless appearance; wood timbers, good for straight edges but not ideal for curves; vinyl edging, that is cheap but can buckle during times of freezing and thawing; and concrete or brick pavers that adapt to right curves and edges.
Cultivate the edge bed area, if needed, to loosen and aerate the soil before planting plants. Intersperse flowering perennials with grasses and background plants to make a fragrant, balanced border. Use taller plants near the rear of a border bed.
Add 2 to 3 inches of mulch on the edge bed to help decrease weeds and add attractive color that contrasts the border’s edging. Mulch to the edge, developing a small slope from the base of the edge to the peak of the edge bed.
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