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DIY Garden Edging Ideas to Improve your Garden
Garden edges are a great project for creating defined areas and neat garden beds in your backyard and the best part, they are a simple DIY project that you can complete in a weekend!
Benefits of Garden Edging projects
- Keep weeds from creeping into the garden
- Create neat edging and separating from your grass lawn to the garden bed
- Edging stops turf runners from intruding into your garden where they compete with plants and flowers for water and nutrients
- Brings height and a raised “edge” to frame the garden – this makes mowing and snipping your edges easier
- Most garden edging project use projects light in weight making this a very easy DIY installation
Browse this Garden Edging Picture Gallery For Garden Edging Ideas and Garden Bed Inspiration:
Garden edging is a project that can be useful in almost every home. The reason so many people choose to install a garden edge is that it serves a very practical purpose, fixing one of the biggest problem areas of most gardens, that is the spot where your turfed grass area ends and the garden bed starts. Without edging, soil from the garden can spill onto the turf and wash away during rain but the bigger issue is the unsightly look of a messy edge when turf runners invade the garden. Grass running into, and growing in the garden isn’t only a bad look, but the turf can compete for water and nutrients with your plants and flowers!
There are many great garden edging ideas with options ranging from plastic and metal edging to the durable brick paver edges, speciality concrete edging products (like Lawn Edge) and even concrete blocks for applications where an edge higher than one course is required (this would be considered a small garden wall – click here to see options for these higher walls). Whatever product you choose for your backyard garden edge, make sure follow the how to instructions if you are going to install it yourself.
Learn how to build an easy DIY garden edge with concrete blocks – watch the step by step video here.
