The main reason to install garden edging for your garden is to separate your flower garden from the lawn grass. Edging makes your garden look neat and well cared for as well as keeping grass and weeds out and mulch and fertilizer in your garden. Edging also protects your flowers from your lawnmower and weed eater.

Putting edging around your flower garden does not have to be expensive. Edging comes in a large variety of materials such as plastic, metal, wood, stone or brick. There are also many colors available to choose from. You can find edging at most home improvement stores in the garden section. You can also save money by using an edge that is already there, such as a sidewalk or driveway. Just plant your flowers right up to that edge.

Edging can be as simple to do as digging a trench along the edges and planting dense flowers or filling the trench with rows of pretty pebbles. Or plant a row of low growing plants to soften your edges.

You can even give your garden a unique look using colored glass bottles. Neck down, bury the bottles side by side. However, be sure not to use this method where children or pets play as they could be injured if a bottle breaks.

Another simple border edging idea is to use rocks. Mix and match colors and shapes of different rocks for an informal style.

The most popular choice of edging materials is probably plastic. It has a sharp base that slips into the ground for easy installation. Just gently hammer it into the ground. It comes in pieces that interlock making it simple to replace if a piece becomes damaged. Plastic edging is available in a lot of different designs that looks like more expensive edging materials. It also comes in a variety of colors making it easy to coordinate your landscaping.

It can also be a tough job to do if you are building a wall with bricks as you need to be sure the bricks are straight and level. If your job is very extensive, consider hiring a professional landscaper.

As you can tell, there are lots of options available to edge your garden with. Whether the job is easy or hard, it is time-consuming so plan on investing some time to get the job done. However, once your edging is complete, you will have less work to do to maintain your landscape.