Unfortunately, there’s no one-size-fits-all guide to installing garden edging. With so many different style varieties, the way you install the edging varies, too.
No-dig edging is the easiest to install, since all you typically have to do is pound stakes into the ground. On the other end of the spectrum, stone or brick edging will require using mud mortar and sometimes even cutting the stone with an angle grinder to make the joints fit together.
Basic metal, plastic, or rubber edging falls somewhere in the middle. Here’s how to install simple garden edging materials such as these.
Tools you will need
- Heavy-duty gardening gloves
- Spade
- Pruning shears
- Landscape edging kit
- Hammer
How to install garden edging (in 5 steps)
- Using the spade, dig a trench about 3 to 6 inches deep. Make the trench a little bit wider than the width of your edging material.
- With your pruning shears, cut away any small roots that get in the way of your trench.
- Place the edging material in the trench. If your edging has a decorative top that you want to show, make sure it’s above the trench’s surface level.
- Fill the trench back up with soil. Pack the soil tightly around your edging material.
- Hammer in the edging stakes (which should come with your landscape edging kit) about every 5 feet.
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