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Best lawn edging?

Shoxt3rShoxt3r Posts: 196
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Hi there,

I've been looking into solutions for lawn edging but can't decide what would be best. I'm not keen on stone or the plastic immitation stone and ideally looking for something that costs about £3-5 a metre overall.

I like the idea of willow but unsure if it will stand up to the weather.

Any thoughts please?
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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    What you don't want, though it is cheap is the green corrugated plastic stuff you buy on a roll.  I'm pulling all mine out, the upper edge which is exposed to the weather quickly goes brittle and breaks into little bits.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    From my experience of willow, it lasts about 2 years tops.
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    We have steel edging...which is great...and even though expensive to start off with...most of the alternatives need frequent replacement to look as good. 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I edged mine with block pavers. It gives a bit of space for plants to overhang without shading out the edges of the grass. Can't remember how much they cost, something like 20 years ago, but it wouldn't have been hugely expensive and they're still going strong.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Shoxt3rShoxt3r Posts: 196
    Thanks for your replies!
    I'm trying and struggling to think of something that would do the job which is easily available too (i.e. Amazon or delivery from Homebase) given the current situation.

    I've found this on Homebase - would this work or be brittle as well?
    https://www.homebase.co.uk/lawn-edging-75mm-x-10-metre-jarrah_p425113
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Unless you're thinking of fancy shapes and curves, timber boards work OK (similar to gravel boards, pegged in place with the tops flush with the lawn). That's what I currently have.

    Brick or pavers are best IMO as they give space for plants to flop and you can run the mower over them, which saves time. I used to have two rows of brick as edging, which worked very well, but when I rejigged the garden I decided to go with timber as every inch of space counts for me. The lawn should always be flush with or slightly higher than the border IMO.

    Given that materials might be hard to come by, perhaps the best option is to use a half moon edger and not have any 'hard' edge at all?
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    This is my timber edge, I think I will paint the same colour as fence at some stage. 


    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I have been mulling over using corten steel but I struggle to justify the expense. Doing edging with a half moon spade is therapeutic (says the gardener).


    Rutland, England
  • Shoxt3rShoxt3r Posts: 196
    Good thinking! I don't have a half moon spade to hand but will try with a standard spade at the weekend and see how things go.

    Unfortunately the only "timber" I have to hand is some broken fence panels from the last set of storms we had haha
  • Digweed51Digweed51 Posts: 28
    I was considering lawn edging last week.
    Did some research, like you do and seriously considered buying the steel edging which links together.
    Next day had another thought and set to work with the half moon edger. Job done at no cost and those edges are looking sharp and neat. Just need to keep up with the edging shears now. Shouldn’t be a problem.
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