Lawn Edging Boarder Plastic – Easy-to-Install Landscape Edging Solution that Adds Long-Lasting Beauty to Lawns & Flowerbeds

A low flexible border you stake in, not dig in

One roll of bendable plastic strip, 16.4 ft (5 m) long and 1.9 in (4.8 cm) tall, with pierced tabs along its foot and fifteen twisted stakes to pin it down. Unroll it along the line you want, stand it up, drive a stake through each tab, and the edge is done — no trench, no concrete. It holds mulch, bark and gravel back from grass and gives a bed or a path a clean line. Black or green.

What it actually is

• A staked strip, not a buried one. The strip stands upright on the surface with its flat tabs lying on the lawn side; the stakes go down through the holes in the tabs. That is the whole installation. A rubber mallet makes it quicker and is not included.
• Bends both ways. It takes gentle curves, tree rings and straight runs without kinking. Tight corners want a stake on each side of the bend.
• Low. At 1.9 in tall it is a mulch and gravel stop and a visual line. It is not a deep root barrier: running grass can still creep under it over time, so it does not replace edging with a spade where a lawn is aggressive.
• Cuts with shears. Trim it to length with garden shears or heavy scissors. No connector ships for joining two rolls; butt the ends together and put a stake in the last tab of each.
• Sold per roll. A roll rings a round bed about 5 ft across, or edges one side of a path about the length of a car. Longer runs need more rolls.

The specification, as the maker states it

How it goes in

• Mark the line. A hose or a length of string laid on the grass is enough. Mow first; it is easier to seat the strip on short grass.
• Unroll and stand it up. Lay the strip along the line with the tabs facing the lawn side and the plain face toward the mulch or gravel. Let it relax for a few minutes in the sun if it has been coiled tightly.
• Stake it. Drive a stake through a tab every couple of feet on straight runs and on both sides of any curve. On hard, dry ground, water the line first or pilot the hole with a screwdriver.
• Fill against it. Bring the mulch or gravel up to the strip. The material behind it is what keeps it straight; the stakes only hold it in place.

What it is not

It is not a paving restraint for driveways, it is not a barrier a dog or a wheelbarrow cannot cross, and it will not stop a running lawn on its own. It is a light, tidy edge for beds, paths and tree rings that you can move next season. We make no claim about how it stands up to sun and frost over the years because the maker has not given us data; the strip is polyethylene, which is the usual choice for outdoor edging, and that is as far as we will go.