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    Default Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    Looking for opinions on the best way to edge or surround this tree in a customers lawn.

    Was thinking jarrah edging, but it's too small diameter and couldn't bend the jarrah enough. Just thinking about making a larger bed or changing the existing garden bed.

    Any other thoughts on how to do circular edging? I'm not keen on the concrete or plastic edging types......

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    ps. I'm unsure of the tree type also?
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    Default Re: Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    Looks a bit like a Waterhousia Florabunda. Link edge loos great, aluminium. You can buy it in pre fabed circles. It is expensive though! Why a circle? Why not square it off?
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    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
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    Default Re: Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    Thanks fellas,

    I like that last product Ian. Bunnings delivers again! Will have to look into that one. As long as it doesn't look like the cheap-looking plastic edging you see around!
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    Default Re: Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    With tree edging i use the metal rings on wine barrels, simple and effective.

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    Default Re: Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    Its quite small, I would spade it and nice mulch. On large beds we use 6mm flat bar at 75mm or 100mm, goes rusty and looks fantastic. You could drive over it with a car and it will be there for ever.

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    Default Re: Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    I like urban's idea, ive never thought of that.

    Whatever you get remember not to make life harder for yourself when you do the edging, ians second link(the half-round TP logs, natural enemy of the lawnie!) are a nightmare to whipper(grass grows up between the cracks, hard to get to), the U-sataples fall out of the back of them....terrible stuff.

    ian's third link is good stuff i agree, the pegs do get in the whippers way again tho', I have put the pegs(with good over the top hooks) on the inside sometimes, seems to be ok too.
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    Default Re: Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    Yep urbans on the money mate. bit of steel glue will hold her in place

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    Default Re: Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    I used the jarrah "look a like" from bunnings and made it roundish. Not entirely happy with how it looks, the plastic is nothing like jarrah in appearance. Might re-do it just squaring it off with proper jarrah.C360_2013-05-24-11-18-32-884_org.jpg
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    Default Re: Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    yeah, maybe you could also try a hexagon shape instead of square to fancy it up a bit?

    i like using sleepers as edges, solid, easy to work with and screw together,

    last time i use sleepers (at home) i secured them to the ground by drilling a 13mm hole thru them, and using reo rod - bunnies sells it in precut pieces which doesnt work out as expensive as youd assume, especially compared to concreting little posts in (and the time saving)

    i like using batten type screws to join it together,

    also (personally) i hate rocks used as "mulch" - they always get out of the enclosurte, then get picked up by the whippy and mower.


    hope you get it sorted to your satisfaction,

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    Default Re: Edging for round garden bed in lawn

    There's iron spiked-rings in 600mm and 900mm like that 'Jarrah' edge available in England but I'm still trying to find it here. Don't think anyone's importing it yet. It would be a lot sturdier.

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