Gravel Grass Border

Lawn edging makes it is easy to create solid boundaries between your lawn and garden or driveway.

Gravel grass border.

Insert a border spade straight down in the ground directly where the lawn meets the gravel area. Some homeowners put borders or edging around them to add design and style and contain the gravel. Galvanized steel is a durable and traditional choice and also malleable enough for curves. The lawn edging keeps grass roots from creeping into the stone wall and the mulch provides a mowing track for lawn mower wheels.

This guide outlines types of lawn borders to help you find the best landscape edging for your yard. Gravel driveways require little maintenance and are typically pleasing to the eye. With taller types of grass you can mow right over the plastic border and cut the lawn edge cleanly. Deep trench that we lined with plastic edging and filled with mulch.

To reduce maintenance we added a 4 in. But keeping the gravel from skipping out of place into the lawn can become an unwelcome chore if you don t create a barrier to prevent it. Just be sure the gravel stops about inch short of the edging s top which should be flush with surrounding plant beds and lawn or the gravel will spill. Dig a 4 inch wide trench in the grass along the lawn and gravel edge.

The basic functionality of all edging is the same but some materials provide definition along with an attractive design element. Gravel moving from your driveway into your yard can inflict serious harm.