| Garden edging is a great way to make your | | | | with uneven edges. Because it is so flat it should |
| landscape designs pop. You can achieve many | | | | be placed in small stacks to give it height. To |
| clean and decorative looks with various edging | | | | create a simple edging with flagstone, take small |
| techniques. Garden edging will open up a world of | | | | stacks of the stone and place them side-by-side |
| landscape design opportunities in your yard | | | | around a garden bed. |
| because you can choose from a multitude of | | | | Diagonal Brick -- This landscaping idea gives a |
| designs, edging materials, and edging techniques. | | | | beautiful old-world look to landscapes. You can |
| If you are not familiar with edging, it is a term | | | | create the diagonal brick look by building a small |
| used to describe a landscaping technique used to | | | | trench around a select garden bed (minding plant |
| create "edges" around various landscape elements. | | | | roots, of course). Then, set your bricks in the |
| You can place an edge around trees, shrubs, | | | | trench so that they are laying on top of each |
| flowers, and hardscape elements like light posts | | | | other at a diagonal angle. Fill the trench back up so |
| and mailboxes. Creating an edge around elements | | | | that most of each brick is covered. When you |
| in a landscape gives them a clean look and sets | | | | are done it should look like there are little |
| them apart from other elements in the yard. | | | | pyramids of brick sticking out of the ground in a |
| Depending on the style you want to achieve with | | | | row. |
| this technique you might want to choose certain | | | | You can create garden edging on your own or |
| materials over others. For example, cement can | | | | you can consult with a residential landscape |
| give a more modern look and brick can be used | | | | designer who can create edging designs for you. |
| to create a more traditional look. Stone and brick | | | | However, creating your own beautiful edging only |
| are the easiest materials for homeowners to | | | | requires that you have an eye for detail, a steady |
| work with on their own. To begin you can try any | | | | hand, and a few materials. You can literally edge |
| one of these simple but beautiful techniques that | | | | with anything that inspires you (sea shells, old |
| use stone and brick. | | | | bottles, etc.), but some traditional garden edging |
| Boulder Technique -- This is a very simple | | | | materials include wood, metal, brick, stone, |
| landscaping technique to start with. All you need | | | | cement, plastic, and aluminum. You can find |
| are large sized rocks. Anywhere from 8 inches to | | | | pre-made edging materials at your local home |
| a foot in height. Then you place them around | | | | improvement store that can easily be put |
| your selected garden bed. You can use rocks that | | | | together. You can also buy brick or any variety |
| slightly vary in shape and color. This technique | | | | of stone to create you edging. This is most |
| gives gardens an organic look. | | | | common. Professional landscape designers typically |
| Flagstone Technique -- Flagstone is a popular | | | | create cement edges but you can also buy |
| stone to use in landscapes. It has a distinctive look | | | | pre-cast cement or faux cement edges that are |
| that most people recognize--a flat, wide surface | | | | easy to put together. |