I've seen lawns edged with some sort of steel which looked very crisp. I'd imagine it's hugely expensive but if you're looking for a very precise formal lawn it might be useful.
I have used the cheap naff log roll edging, you can't see it, it's sunk in to ground level, the grass is cut up to it and the gap behind filled in, not the cliff edge look. The plants are allowed to spill out,over the grass. Only thing now, it's been in almost four years and some is rotting away.
it serves the purpose of grass not growing in the borders.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I like edging very much but has to be not too visible, I don't like the hammer in edging. My edges tend to collapse in winter and look really messy and I'm hoping smartedge will hold them in place.
For me, the problem with not defining the edge between lawn and border is that creeping grasses (and creeping weeds if, like me, you don't use lawn weedkiller) migrate from the lawn into the borders. But I dislike straight edges, keep nibbling away at the lawn to increase the size of the borders, and prefer just to maintain a cleanish edge with edging shears. Steel edging works well in some National Trust gardens I've visited, where a lot of foot traffic might destroy the edge of the lawn.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Wouldn't suit my garden which is informal/wild. Concede they might look good in a very formal urban garden.
I do like to edge beds in the more cultivated part though, just to distinguish it from the wild bit. On the side of a hill, so garden mostly sloping. I have plenty of natural stone, so use that, either as a mini retaining wall or sunk as a mowing strip. Otherwise I just use the edging tool from time to time. Prefer natural materials and don't like paying for things I can manage without!
I could do with some to stop my lawn (think weeds) constantly migrating into my beds - my design is fairly formal. I had my eye on everedge but Hogweed you suggest smartedge. I'll take a look. Anyone used everedge?
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I've seen lawns edged with some sort of steel which looked very crisp. I'd imagine it's hugely expensive but if you're looking for a very precise formal lawn it might be useful.
I've never used any of these products personally.
I have used the cheap naff log roll edging, you can't see it, it's sunk in to ground level, the grass is cut up to it and the gap behind filled in, not the cliff edge look. The plants are allowed to spill out,over the grass. Only thing now, it's been in almost four years and some is rotting away.
it serves the purpose of grass not growing in the borders.
but once it's level, it's level forever?
I'm thinking small, formal , maybe city garden where every detail has to be perfect.
I like edging very much but has to be not too visible, I don't like the hammer in edging. My edges tend to collapse in winter and look really messy and I'm hoping smartedge will hold them in place.
For me, the problem with not defining the edge between lawn and border is that creeping grasses (and creeping weeds if, like me, you don't use lawn weedkiller) migrate from the lawn into the borders. But I dislike straight edges, keep nibbling away at the lawn to increase the size of the borders, and prefer just to maintain a cleanish edge with edging shears. Steel edging works well in some National Trust gardens I've visited, where a lot of foot traffic might destroy the edge of the lawn.
Wouldn't suit my garden which is informal/wild. Concede they might look good in a very formal urban garden.
I do like to edge beds in the more cultivated part though, just to distinguish it from the wild bit. On the side of a hill, so garden mostly sloping. I have plenty of natural stone, so use that, either as a mini retaining wall or sunk as a mowing strip. Otherwise I just use the edging tool from time to time. Prefer natural materials and don't like paying for things I can manage without!
I could do with some to stop my lawn (think weeds) constantly migrating into my beds - my design is fairly formal. I had my eye on everedge but Hogweed you suggest smartedge. I'll take a look. Anyone used everedge?
One is very expensive and the other one isn't. I'm getting the inexpensive one smartedge.