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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Holly Crossley

How to edge a flower bed – elevate your borders in just 3 steps

garden edging with logs

Edging flower beds with well-defined lines immediately improves the look of a backyard. But its benefits go beyond the aesthetics – edging is practical, too. 

Whether you're digging a simple shallow trench around your bed or installing a material such as bricks or curb stones, garden edging will prevent the soil and mulch on your borders from straying onto your lawn and pathways. Likewise, it can help to keep your lawn from encroaching on your plants.

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