Landscape Edging Ideas

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How to Build a Hexagon Tree Surround With 2x4 Lumber

How to Build a Hexagon Tree Surround With 2x4 Lumber

A hexagon tree surround with 2x4 lumber, 30-degree angle cuts, and Rustic Steel staples. Real project photos and planning table.

How to Build a Hexagon Tree Surround With 2x4 Lumber

A hexagon tree surround with 2x4 lumber, 30-degree angle cuts, and Rustic Steel staples. Real project photos and planning table.

Arid desert landscape with dry, compacted soil and Joshua Trees  illustrating the challenging ground conditions to check for before installing 2xEDGE landscape edging staples.

What to Know About Soil, Site Conditions, and 2xEDGE Staples

Most 2xEDGE installs go smoothly but some soil and site conditions need a closer look before you buy. Here's what to check and what to do if your site is...

What to Know About Soil, Site Conditions, and 2xEDGE Staples

Most 2xEDGE installs go smoothly but some soil and site conditions need a closer look before you buy. Here's what to check and what to do if your site is...

Wood garden edging installed at ground level along a sidewalk garden bed.

Is Wood Garden Edging Worth It? How to Know if It's Right for Your Project

Wood garden edging can be worth it when the conditions and expectations align. Learn when it makes sense, when it doesn't, and what tradeoffs to plan for.

Is Wood Garden Edging Worth It? How to Know if It's Right for Your Project

Wood garden edging can be worth it when the conditions and expectations align. Learn when it makes sense, when it doesn't, and what tradeoffs to plan for.

2x Lumber Garden Edging: What Holds It in Place (and What Doesn’t)

2x Lumber Garden Edging: What Holds It in Place (and What Doesn’t)

Learn what actually holds 2x lumber garden edging in place. A clear comparison of rebar, stakes, screws, and staples - and where each works best.

2x Lumber Garden Edging: What Holds It in Place (and What Doesn’t)

Learn what actually holds 2x lumber garden edging in place. A clear comparison of rebar, stakes, screws, and staples - and where each works best.

Collage showing common garden conditions that affect wood edging over time, including snow-covered soil, routine watering, garden equipment use, and tree root growth near beds.

How to Keep Wood Edging From Shifting (What Actually Works)

Wood edging moves - all edging does. Learn why wood garden edging shifts, what "staying put" really means, and which anchoring methods work best over time.

How to Keep Wood Edging From Shifting (What Actually Works)

Wood edging moves - all edging does. Learn why wood garden edging shifts, what "staying put" really means, and which anchoring methods work best over time.

A four panel illustration showing the four steps needed to install lumber as lawn edging with text overlay for each. Step 1: Clear the planting area. Step 2: Place your lumber. Step 3: Install your lumber. Step 4: Mulch your planting area.

DIY Wood Lawn Edging Ideas: Make It Easy With 2xEDGE

Clean borders, zero digging. DIY wooden lawn edging that’s easy to install, long lasting, and great at keeping grass and weeds where they belong.

DIY Wood Lawn Edging Ideas: Make It Easy With 2xEDGE

Clean borders, zero digging. DIY wooden lawn edging that’s easy to install, long lasting, and great at keeping grass and weeds where they belong.

Wood chip mulch spilling over plastic edging onto a cement sidewalk.

How To Keep Mulch In Place: Garden Edging For The Win!

Is your mulch on the move? Could be you used the wrong mulch. Discover how the right mulch + garden edging is best to keep mulch in place.

How To Keep Mulch In Place: Garden Edging For The Win!

Is your mulch on the move? Could be you used the wrong mulch. Discover how the right mulch + garden edging is best to keep mulch in place.

Brick patio with two garden beds, one with a climbing hydrangea the other with a sculpture feature, both edged with two-by (2x) lumber and 2xEDGE Staples.

Wood Patio Edging: How to Edge a Patio With 2x Lumber

Dig into a DIY patio edging idea that can boost the visual interest of this hardscape space, and find out why we think wooden edging is perfect for your patio.

Wood Patio Edging: How to Edge a Patio With 2x Lumber

Dig into a DIY patio edging idea that can boost the visual interest of this hardscape space, and find out why we think wooden edging is perfect for your patio.

Blue shed with 2x4 wooden flower garden borders painted blue installed with 2xEDGE Forest Green Staples.

DIY Flower Bed Border: How to Make One With Painted 2x4 Lumber

This DIY flower garden border feels like it's wrapping around the plants and giving them a hug.🤗The easiest part? The flower bed edging. You can do it too!

DIY Flower Bed Border: How to Make One With Painted 2x4 Lumber

This DIY flower garden border feels like it's wrapping around the plants and giving them a hug.🤗The easiest part? The flower bed edging. You can do it too!

A woman installing 2x4 lumber with 2xEDGE Robins Egg Blue lumber staples.

Stained Wood Garden Edging: A 2x4 Installation Start to Finish

Dark walnut stained 2x4 edging, a door color-matched to the staple, and a complete artist studio project with real project photos and video.

Stained Wood Garden Edging: A 2x4 Installation Start to Finish

Dark walnut stained 2x4 edging, a door color-matched to the staple, and a complete artist studio project with real project photos and video.

Wooden flower bed border installed along a pollinator strip with 2xEDGE Staples.

Best Wood Flower Bed Border? Ask a Flower Farmer

Sustainable gardener & flower farmer Nicole Dillon added 80 feet of wood flower bed border to an area of her farm. Was it really a no-tool install? Find out!

Best Wood Flower Bed Border? Ask a Flower Farmer

Sustainable gardener & flower farmer Nicole Dillon added 80 feet of wood flower bed border to an area of her farm. Was it really a no-tool install? Find out!

Seniors installing wood landscape edging around their hellstrip garden.

Hellstrip Garden: Put An Edge Around It (the Easy Way)

Hellstrip gardening is notoriously difficult to do. Two 2xEDGE customers - who are also intrepid senior DIYers - made edging their Chicago "hellstrip" look easy. But was it?

Hellstrip Garden: Put An Edge Around It (the Easy Way)

Hellstrip gardening is notoriously difficult to do. Two 2xEDGE customers - who are also intrepid senior DIYers - made edging their Chicago "hellstrip" look easy. But was it?