Last updated on October 23rd, 2023 at 09:07 pm
As a garden owner, you naturally want your lawn to be as thick and green as possible. At the same time, you don’t want it to spread uncontrollably and choke out plants in adjacent beds.
By installing a lawn edging, you can easily avoid this without having to constantly remove the grass from your beds by hand. Below we explain how to properly install a lawn edging to ensure a perfect boundary for your lawn.
Benefits of a lawn edging
There are many benefits to installing a lawn edging. Not only does it keep grass from spilling onto the bed. It also makes it easier for you to mow the edge of the lawn. Even using a robotic mower is no problem.
By installing a lawn edger, you not only save yourself unnecessary garden maintenance work. At the same time, you help to ensure that your lawn is always perfectly mowed and can convince even the most critical eyes.
Different lawn edges to choose from
If you decide to install lawn edging, there are several models to choose from. In addition to stone lawn edging, you can also choose coated metal lawn edging, for example.
They are extremely durable and especially easy to install. Use a metal lawn edging to outline your lawn or as a convenient bed border. Installation doesn’t take long, and even inexperienced home gardeners can do it without a problem.
Tools needed to install a lawn edging
To install your lawn edging, you will first need a spade to dig. You will also need two wooden stakes as well as a construction rope and a hammer to mark the later position of the lawn edging.
In the case of a curved lawn edge or bed edge, you can use a garden hose instead of construction cord to mark it. Special tools, such as metal scissors, are usually not needed to lay a lawn edging.
How to lay the lawn edging
For curved side lines, it’s a good idea to mark the later position of the lawn edging with a garden hose before laying it. This will allow you to perfectly adapt the border layout to your ideas.
For straight flowerbeds or lawn edges, on the other hand, you need to drive a wooden dowel at the beginning and end, to which you then attach the construction rope and tighten the entire length.
Now use the spade to dig a deep enough channel along your marking, where you can then push the lawn edging into the ground and push it. Items in the corners can normally be easily connected to the lawn edges at right angles.
Depending on the design, you can adjust the length of your lawn edging during installation with an adjustable end element or push the individual elements over each other to achieve the required dimensions.
Finally, all you have to do is fill the previously dug trench with soil and pack it down tightly, and you’re done installing your lawn edging.
If you have used materials such as gravel for your bed or lawn edging, it may be helpful to use an additional veil during installation to prevent weeds from growing.
As a garden owner, you naturally want your lawn to be as thick and green as possible. At the same time, you don’t want it to spread uncontrollably and choke out plants in adjacent beds.
By installing a lawn edging, you can easily avoid this without having to constantly remove the grass from your beds by hand. Below we explain how to properly install a lawn edging to ensure a perfect boundary for your lawn.
Benefits of a lawn edging
There are many benefits to installing a lawn edging. Not only does it keep grass from spilling onto the bed. It also makes it easier for you to mow the edge of the lawn. Even using a robotic mower is no problem.
By installing a lawn edger, you not only save yourself unnecessary garden maintenance work. At the same time, you help to ensure that your lawn is always perfectly mowed and can convince even the most critical eyes.
Different lawn edges to choose from
If you decide to install lawn edging, there are several models to choose from. In addition to stone lawn edging, you can also choose coated metal lawn edging, for example.
They are extremely durable and especially easy to install. Use a metal lawn edging to outline your lawn or as a convenient bed border. Installation doesn’t take long, and even inexperienced home gardeners can do it without a problem.
Tools needed to install a lawn edging
To install your lawn edging, you will first need a spade to dig. You will also need two wooden stakes as well as a construction rope and a hammer to mark the later position of the lawn edging.
In the case of a curved lawn edge or bed edge, you can use a garden hose instead of construction cord to mark it. Special tools, such as metal scissors, are usually not needed to lay a lawn edging.
How to lay the lawn edging
For curved side lines, it’s a good idea to mark the later position of the lawn edging with a garden hose before laying it. This will allow you to perfectly adapt the border layout to your ideas.
For straight flowerbeds or lawn edges, on the other hand, you need to drive a wooden dowel at the beginning and end, to which you then attach the construction rope and tighten the entire length.
Now use the spade to dig a deep enough channel along your marking, where you can then push the lawn edging into the ground and push it. Items in the corners can normally be easily connected to the lawn edges at right angles.
Depending on the design, you can adjust the length of your lawn edging during installation with an adjustable end element or push the individual elements over each other to achieve the required dimensions.
Finally, all you have to do is fill the previously dug trench with soil and pack it down tightly, and you’re done installing your lawn edging.
If you have used materials such as gravel for your bed or lawn edging, it may be helpful to use an additional veil during installation to prevent weeds from growing.