Edging is the final step to complete lawn perfection. It’s the frosting on the cake, the finishing touch to the ideal attire. Keep the edges neat, no matter how messy the rest of the garden is or how much work the lawn itself needs. Everything will look a thousand times better.

Start by sharpening and redefining the lawn’s edges using a half-moon edger in the spring, especially because they will have grown shaggy over the winter. If you need to, you can use these clippings to help cover holes and bare patches in the rest of the lawn. Once you’ve redefined the edge, you should only need to use a pair of long-handled edging shears once a week or once every two weeks to maintain everything neat and clean.

Many strimmers, such as the STIHL FSA45 Cordless Grass Trimmer, include an adjustable head that allows them to trim vertically and swiftly edge longer sections of lawn. When you’ve completed trimming the edges with whichever tool you’re using, collect the trimmings from the soil at the front of your borders for an exquisite finish.

Keep an eye on the lawn’s edges, especially where it meets concrete and walks, brick mowing strips, or stepping stones embedded in the grass. Turf will rapidly encroach, so use your half-moon edger to keep track of its spread if you want to maintain things neat and tidy. An old bread knife can be useful for cutting around inset concrete slabs or stepping stones, as well as removing overgrown grass.

Everedge, a strong galvanized steel edging with spikes that you push into the soil to secure it, is available in brown, black, weathered corten, and green colours and may be used on straight or curved lawn edges. It’s particularly effective for separating areas of gravel or other path covers from grass, and it’s extensively employed in world-famous gardens like Kew in the United Kingdom.

Some Tips below

Cinder block garden edging. The cinder block is a common option and part of its popularity comes from its double role as both edge and planter. …

Use steel edges. …

use a gabion wall. …

get creative with terracotta pots. …

glass bottle edging. …

Scrap wood used as garden edging. …

Wooden logs raised beds. …

using pallets as a garden edge.