Edging advice

spr0ut · Post by **spr0ut** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:10 pm

We have created this seating area in our garden and want a way of edging it. We want the edging flush to the grass so it's easier for mowing and so the kids don't have something to trip on - so that rules out any kind of low fence.

I haven't got tools /skills to cut up bricks to fit round the curve so any suggestions for how we can edge the curve between gravel and lawn?

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:24 pm

Have you seen that plastic edging? This is cheap and you can bury it flush to the lawn https://www.toolstation.com/plastic-lawn-edge/p95124 Lots of choices on Amazon too.

DWD

spr0ut · Post by **spr0ut** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:41 pm

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:24 pm Have you seen that plastic edging? This is cheap and you can bury it flush to the lawn <a href="https://www.toolstation.com/plastic-lawn-edge/p95124" class="skimlinks-unlinked" data-skimwords-word="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.toolstation.com%2Fplastic-lawn-edge%2Fp95124" data-skim-creative="500005" title="" style="">https://www.toolstation.com/plastic-lawn-edge/p95124</a> Lots of choices on Amazon too.

DWD

Thanks. That looks rather good and affordable too.

mikew1972 · Post by **mikew1972** » Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:27 am

No need to cut bricks. You'd get that curve with whole ones on edge just sunk into the ground. Seat then in with a rubber mallet like you get for hammering in tent pegs to help stop them sinking / moving or with a regular club hammer but put an old bit of wood between the brick and the hammer. They will move a bit and will need straightening / levelling every 3 or 4 years, about the same amount of time it takes the plastic edging to go brittle in the sun and start falling to bits.