28 Amazing Garden Edging Ideas For The Most Stunning Curb Appeal

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Garden edging is an integral part of your landscaping design, adding an attractive aesthetic and a finishing touch to your garden beds. Various edging techniques can bring color, texture and visual interest while defining your garden. Many of these ideas we have gathered for you below are simple DIYs that you can copy into your own garden.

Some are as easy as gathering rocks in nature to create a whole new look to your yard. Edging can be more than just your garden, it could be part of a pathway, your lawn and even a terrace. Create your own beautiful landscape with these inspiring garden edging ideas below. Each of them has further information below the images including the links to who created each one of these fantastic ideas.

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1. Metal Edging. A grass path through a rock garden features a large rock fountain of a Southern California landscape. Steel edging was used for shaping the sod between the rocks. The storage structure is composed of Ipe wood. (via GEL: Griffin Enright Landscape)

2. Steel Retaining Wall. The long steel planters separate the lawn from the front beds while adding direction to the entrance of this Cat Mountain, Texas home. The raised lawn also helps to add privacy from the street. The material is 1/4″ mild steel and you can get them at most steel supply houses. (via Austin Outdoor Design)

3. Brick Edging. Brick is used to define this colorful garden bed of a home that has an eclectic Spanish Colonial feel in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. (via Greey Pickett)

4. Fireplace Stone Veneer Concept. A dry stack wall constructed with Montana Water Wash Gold stone defines this elevated garden bed. The fabrication and installation by Artistic Creations. The grassy plants are called Carex testacea, while the tree is Betula Jacquemontii. The turf is artificial. The evergreen groundcover along the wall is Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Wood’s Compact’. (via Sally Stoik Landscape Architect)

5. Rock Garden Border. A natural style garden with Mediterranean and native California plants. The homeowner is an avid hiker and now has her own decomposed granite “trail.” (via Eden Makers by Shirley Bovshow)

6. Large Rock Border. The bordering larger rocks help to give a magical separation between that center path and the bordering foliage. The path walking surface is made of 3/4″ crushed shale, while the larger rocks are black basalt. Before pouring the gravel, four-six inches is a suitable depth for path excavation. (via Fifth Season Landscape Design)

7. Garden Path Edging. Boxwood shrubs line the sidewalk, while the pink flowers are a shrub rose. The path is composed of 1 to 2 inches of Wisconsin Flint gravel and is set on a 6 inch compacted gravel base with no binding. (via Schmechtig Landscapes)

8. Pathway Edging. Lush perennial borders and native plant stands create edges and thresholds. The paths are a product called “chip and seal.” There is a layer of asphalt, then a layer of liquid tar, and then the gravel gets embedded into the asphalt. Very similar to an exposed aggregate concrete. The plants/flowers edging this pathway include: alchemilla mollis, heuchera v. ‘caramel,’ astilbe ‘bridal veil,’ nepeta f. ‘walker’s low,’ geranium ‘rozanne,’ perovskia atriplicifolia, and a shrub called inkberry. (via Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design)

9. Shovel Edging. This simple edging technique is perfect if you don’t like the look or expense of edging. All you need is an edging shovel, electric edger or space to keep the grass from creeping into the beds. The large Leafy plants with the Red veining are Caladiums. The pink in the rear is a Begonia. The front purplish-pink is a Petunia, the orange is an annual called Pentas, and the yellow in the foreground is Lantana. These are all Annuals which need to be replanted each year. Annuals usually bloom all summer long. (via Simply Flowers Inc.)

10. Wooden Border. This rustic beach garden features a variety of spaces for plants and intimate areas for sitting within the garden. The grassy moss covering is a native New Zealand plant, Scleranthus biflorus. The timber border is Cupressus macrocarpa cut to railway sleeper dimensions (200mm x 100mm approx). The sections below ground level have a waterproofing compound so they won’t rot. An alternative is recycled hardwood sleepers. (via Earthwork Landscape Architects)

11. Metal Landscape Edging. The lawn is a blend of Kentucky Bluegrass and Fescue. Metal edging was used to create a beautiful terraced lawn in a New York countryside home. (via LaurelRock)

12. Edging Stones. The large slabs of granite were supplied by Rock Port Granite in Maine. The edging stones are granite cobblestones available at your local landscaping supply house. The flowers in the foreground are Daisies and purple coneflower. (via Amy Dutton Home)

13. Farmhouse Garden With Stone. The Plymouth brown gravel was used for the center of the garden. The edging defining the garden beds is called edging cobblestone or belgium block. You can get them at most hardscape supply yards. This material was sourced from Drohan Brick & Hardscaping in Pennsylvania. (via River Valley Landscapes)

14. Terra Cotta Pots. This creative idea repurposes terra cotta pots for the lawn edging. They can be partially buried to help define the garden. (via Med fingrarna i (j) orden)

15. Recycled-Bottle Garden Edging. Repurpose old glass colored bottles for a unique look in your garden. Partially bury the bottles into the ground with the neck side down. Set side-by-side, they can be used as an eye-catching and budget friendly garden edging. To prevent the weeds from getting into your beds, bury a sheet of aluminum flashing roughly 8-inches into the ground next to the bottles. (via Better Homes and Gardens)

16. Natural Stone Edging. This beautiful garden is outlined with Natural River-Jack stone Edging against Dry-Laid Running Bond Pattern Brick Walkway with Brick Sailor Course Border. (via DiSabatino Landscaping)

17. Raised Bed With Metal Edging. The bed edge is 16 gauge steel. The galvanizing was removed with a chemical solution to create the rusted effect. The front is patinaed so to prevent rusting and a 2-part clear coat was applied to protect it. Any steel yard will have this product. The beds are joined by overlapping steel ends and through bolting. The curves are supported by the soil and the curves themselves. (via OLIVINE Land)

18. Tumbled Concrete Edging. A traditional garden in the French style with fruits, berries, herbs, cutting, and vegetable garden. The edging is made from reclaimed and over-run tumbled concrete retaining wall cap stones with a dimension of 3-1/2″ x 16″ x 12″ which does a good job in holding both the soil and brick pathways while providing a nice visual line. (via Staab and Olmsted LLC)

19. Boulder Edging For Raised Beds. The raised beds have an organic garden soil mix that ranges from 8″ – 2′ deep. This edible garden features various types of lettuce, kale, parsley, and chives are accented by pansies which have edible flowers. (via Home & Garden Design)

20. River Rock Border. This garden was edged with a square edging shovel and then defined with staggered rows of river rock. The best part about this project is that the rocks were collected from nature, very budget-friendly! (via @ellaclaireblog)

21. Natural Rock Edging. Create a visually stunning garden border with various sizes of rocks. The larger rocks help to not only define the garden but also the river rock to create a dry creek bed along the forest. (via Serenity In The Garden)

22. Flower Bed Edging. The curves in this garden bed helps to soften and appear more natural. Showing some soil between the flower bed edge and the flowers will make it easier to weed and mow. Get more tips and tricks from the provided link. (Funky Junk Interiors)

23. Stacked Rock Garden Edging. A gabion wall is used as a retaining wall for a raised garden bed, defining this beautiful outdoor space. (via Green landscapes To Envy)

24. Side Yard Curb Appeal. To create the stone edgers, a pathway was dug to outline the outer edge of the flower bed. The plants are Hostas and impatiens. (Love Of Family & Home)

25. Dress Up a Tree. Plant vivacious blooms around a tree and edge with large stacked stones for a simple yet beautiful garden design. (via My Desired Backyard)

26. River Rock Flower Bed. Edge your flower bed with river rocks for a simple yet attractive look. (via Plantas Facilisimo)

27. Vintage Bike Planter. A flower bed around a tree is edged with large stones. A vintage bike with planters adds to the overall aesthetic. (via Pinterest)