Natural edging is more functional than Fake Landscape Edings (FLE’s) and far more attractive.
Natural cut edges are also less expensive than FLE’s. FLE’s have a large upfront materials cost with extensive labor to install it. The sales pitch for FLE’s is that this is a one time fee, a one time fee that saves you money in the long run - but I promise you, if you live somewhere where it freezes, you will be paying the labor end of that deal a second time within a matter of 2 seasons – meaning, the cost of labor to reinstall the now sunken or popped up (from freezing and thawing) FLE’s. Note the color and texture of that soil. We have worked with that soil and that garden for 8 years now. Tons of worms.
That guy is a criminal, notice how professional he looks. Smoke and mirrors – and look at this photo here. Even with sunshine, green grass, misty sprinklers and robust golden flowers, that black plastic edging still looks like shit. Pardon my honest opinion. This looks like a photo from a bag of Scott’s Lawn Fertilizer or something. It looks like someone left a piece of garbage in a beautiful garden.
Don’t let this be your garden.
And then there is this beautiful edge we cut just the other day. Dynamically functional, affordable – better.
Best way is to have no lawn.
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