Bonjour and welcome to the Art of the Home gallery of beautifully designed garden edging ideas! These pretty pictures are for you to delight in and consider. We hope you enjoy them as much as we are enjoying sharing them with you.
Landscape edging is an easy way to give your garden a facelift and tidy up the gorgeous foliage and flora blossoming outdoors. Edging can help you maintain a defined and well-manicured space and it can be set up using pretty much any material available… your choice! But, most importantly, it adds a beautiful touch to your green space. By keeping areas separate, it can reduce maintenance if designed accordingly. With a garden edge, grass, gravel or pebbles are kept from spreading into the garden area or a walkway.
As you can see from the garden edging ideas below, you can use bricks or stones to tie in with your garden path. Another option, and a rather inexpensive alternative (not to mention easy DIY for the whole family) is to use wood (e.g. lumber, treated logs, wood planks or traditional fences) as your edging material.. And how about gabions in your garden? Why not! Gabions (from “gabione” meaning “big cage” in italian) are typically filled with rocks and offer a free-draining environment to surrounding plants. Raised beds or retaining walls are also another beautiful edging option that is functional to boot. Whatever you decide, landscape edges can be that unifying factor for your garden and there are so many choices available… have fun!
So, would you join us and look through our gallery below of seven well-designed garden edging ideas you can do on your own or have a professional landscaper do it for you. Enjoy the journey as you are turning your garden into another one of your favorite spaces on your precious estate. Hope you enjoy the photos and beautiful day to you!
1. Garden Wheel…
The Little Plus: the whimsical fenced-in garden with cone-shaped trellises for climbing plants. The shrubs present an organic alternative to the usual stone or brick edging and it gives the illusion of a larger garden. The pea gravel gives this simple garden a charming country feel. Your personal botanical sanctuary.
2. Gateway to Nature…
The Little Plus: the combination of rock and brick edging. This gives low-level plants protection from being walked on, and adds to the country atmosphere of the whole garden. Want to get away from the busy city life? And this multi-level garden with a topiary arch has the feel of a tranquil forest without having to get in your car!
3. Lavender Tea Anyone?…
The Little Plus: the traditional curved brick edging.. It doubles up as a raised flowerbed and call the attention of visiting eyes by putting low-level lavender blooms in the spotlight…fragrance included! And notice the higher level shrubs of different varieties. Great idea to use privacy plants around the seating area to give your garden that secluded, intimate atmosphere.
4. Desert-ique…
The Little Plus: the curved gabion retaining wall with multi-hued river rocks. This retaining wall system is environment friendly and free draining — making movement of water faster especially during the rainy season. And the different elements in the garden, such as the hanging planters and the pavers, are called back by the river rocks’ varying warm and cool colors.
5. Wheel of Fortune…
The Little Plus: the pavers used for edging — functional and so country. The askew design installation gives a different spin to this edge while the bougainvillea blush blooms soften the heavy textures of the stone wall and roof terracotta tiles. And the cartwheel decor bellows rustic, vintage, and simpler times.
6. All in the Family…
The Little Plus: the natural look of timber used as edging material. Like a strong brother keeping watch over his pretty sisters, the raw aesthetic of the log complements the flourishing foliage of lavender, zinnias, hydrangeas and forget-me-nots. So much interplay of colors that sway at every blow of the wind.
7. Blue Highlighter…
The Little Plus: the blueish cobblestone edging creates clean curved lines and keeps mulch and soil in while keeping the grass at bay. That makes mowing the lawn so much easier! Outdoor lighting on the parterre accentuate the kaleidoscope of colors and the layer of flowers and plants of different heights add depth to the confined landscaping.
