Enhance the Appearance of Your Yard with Lawn Edging

Surely, you’ve seen yards that feature barriers in the landscape to separate a flower bed from the grass. This separation is known as lawn edging. Not only is the use of lawn edging practical in the sense that it keeps the flower soil from getting in the grass, it can also add a sense of beauty to your yard.

If you choose to add lawn edging to your landscape, there are a few different ways to go about it. You’ll first want to decide if you want it to be trench-like or a barrier. The trench can take extra work to create which leads more people to go with the barrier style. Some materials that work well as a barrier are wood, plastic or stone. The decision will be based on your budget and whether or not you want to use natural materials.

Lawn edging can be a simple DIY process if you don’t have the money for a professional service. Of course, Las Vegas landscaping services would be the optimal choice to ensure it is done correctly. If you’re going the DIY route, you’ll need the following tools:

• Concrete pavers
• Shovel
• Spray paint
• Garden spade
• Tape measure
• Sand
• Level

Step 1: Define borders

How the borders look is strictly determined by your imagination. You can get creative by forming a unique shape or keep it simple by creating a circle or square. Be sure to look at the shape from every angle to ensure it looks just how you intended. Once you have finalized the shape, mark it with spray paint.

Step 2: Lay out the concrete pavers

You’ll want to place down concrete pavers in the center of the spray painted line. This will give you the dimensions of the trench. If you are creating a circular lawn edging, it’s best to use interlocking concrete pavers.

Step 3: Excavate mower strip

First, you will plunge the spade into the ground a couple inches deep right along the edges of the concrete pavers. If you don’t have a garden spade, anything with a sharp end can be useful. Because you have marked the lawn with a garden spade, the concrete pavers can be moved to the side.

Step 4: Determine the depth

You have to take into account the height of the law edging you are using and the amount of sand that will be placed down. This should equate to about 4 inches. Using the shovel, you’ll remove 4 inches of the lawn . Check your measurements using the tape measure.

Step 5: Fill it in

Now that the lawn is completely excavated, you’ll begin filling it with about 2 inches of sand. Finish this by placing the concrete pavers on top of the sand. Use a level to ensure all of the pavers are perfectly in place.

The lawn edging is completely finished. Now, it’s time to create the garden bed or whatever else you wish to have on the other side of the lawn edging.

If the process of creating a lawn edging or starting a garden seems to difficult, leave it up to the professionals at Showcase Land Care. The expert Las Vegas landscaping services will ensure your yard looks flawless. For more information about the landscaping Las Vegas homeowners trust, contact 702.531.6789.