Brick Paver Flower Bed Edging

The sand bed that you lay over landscape fabric keeps most grass types from sending roots under the lawn edging and getting into your garden.

Brick paver flower bed edging.

Make sure to buy clay pavers sometimes called severe weather rated bricks. In addition to adding style edging can also serve a practical purpose. Then dig a trench and tamp down the bottom of it. In the process we made our patio area larger and created a curve.

Scout the curves photo by kolin smith. 324 inches 4 inches brick width 81 bricks 10 percent 89 bricks. My problem arose though when the grass began creeping into my new flower bed and the lack of definition on one side of the bed. Tap the last brick with a sledgehammer to seat it.

So the brick came up and we had a new concrete patio poured. Mark your bed with garden stakes and run a mason s line between them. Set the pavers in a bed of sand for easier positioning and leveling photo 3. There are several.

For example flower bed edging helps to keep mulch where it belongs and creates a cleaner mowing and trimming line. I knew i wanted a flower bed along the curve for some gardenias as well as perennial herbs. Line the edge of the bed with bricks tight against the grass line close to one another but not quite touching leaving a gap for the sand. Paver borders work well for straight formal gardens but even better for informal yards with gradual curves and varying slopes.

Learning how to install brick edging is an easy diy project. Backfill the trench on both sides and tap the bricks with a mallet to seat them. With a solid gravel base a brick border will last for the life of your house. For this project you ll need bricks compactable gravel for the base washed sand and plastic paver edging.

Edging with pavers edging can add dimension and character to any yard and is a relatively simple inexpensive way to improve curb appeal. Make an attractive border for a concrete walkway or patio using brick pavers set on a bed of gravel and sand. You can easily adjust a paver border to follow the contours of an uneven yard and create striking flower beds and edging for an irregular curvy lawn. See more ideas about yard landscaping backyard landscaping brick edging.