The Gardener Magazine

BETTER EDGING

Lines are fundamental to any kind of artistic expression. They go back to basics in the form of stick figures, colouring book pictures and defining shapes in almost any kind of drawing or art.

I have often expressed that gardening is art. Gardening in essence is a series of shapes and lines, mostly consisting of garden beds. In many cases, these can be enhanced, defined and made to stand out by creating some kind of formal edging.

Aside from the artistic or design principles that this satisfies, there are many practical and functional elements to putting solid edging

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