How to Define Garden Borders
Gardens are meant to beautiful works of art but to make them really pop you need a beautiful border. With wonderful collections of brickwork available on the market you will make a wonderful landscape that will be the talk of town, and enjoyed for years to come.
You will need:
- Paving stones, or decorative edging
- Shovel, or garden spade
- Stakes, optional
- Twine, optional
- Spray paint
- Garden hose
- Sand
- Rubber mallet
- Level
Directions:
- Design a plan by laying out a garden hose. Make it wavy, curve or straight.
- Remove the garden hose a bit at a time and spray paint design on ground where garden hose was.
- Alternatively, you may lay stakes every few feet, and attach twine to stake out your design.
- Allow paint to dry completely before proceeding.
- Lay out your edging, paving stones or decorative edging over your spray painted line.
- Make any adjustments to your design now before you dig.
- Remove all your stones from the design, and set aside.
- Take your shovel, or spade and dig about 4 inches deep continuing till you reach the end of the design.
- Now take the sand and lay in about 2 inches throughout the whole trench. Try to get it as evenly distributed as possible, and use your mallet to even it out.
- Start laying your edging until the trench is filled.
- With your mallet start pounding your edging in, leaving no more than ½ inch exposed.
- Use your level to make sure everything is even, if not make adjustments as necessary.