Lawn edging

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Swing Swang

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Lawn edging
« on: September 19, 2010, 21:57 »
Has anyone any experience of lawn edging strips? I'm looking for something fairly invisible and very neat, that doesn't cost a fortune. The lawn is not perfectly flat so they will have to cope with subtle vertical undulations as well as following a curved lawn-edge (which I presume rules out something that is really stiff).

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Re: Lawn edging
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2010, 21:59 »
Avoid the plastic ones.  They get brittle and snap / disintegrate over time.
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Re: Lawn edging
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2010, 08:39 »
Agree with Yorkie!

I used some of the green plastic stuff to define some oval areas in a flower border and it went brittle within 2 years.  >:(

I have seen a metal version of the same stuff which would no doubt last much longer; not done extensive research but if you search for "metal lawn edging" on Amazon you will find several variations including a Gardman version for about £15 for 5 metres including postage, although it does have a rather bright galvanised finish (there are other types!)   :)
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Re: Lawn edging
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2010, 10:18 »
The only plastic one that i would recommend is the one that you use to edge block paving. It can be formed into various shapes and is fixed by long plastic nails.



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