Lawn Edging for Slopes

Fake Stone

• Manufactured from poured concrete, faux stone, or fake stone, edging is made in a range of sizes, shapes, textures and colors. It is lightweight and simple to install. Dig a shallow trench, and place the fake stone edger snugly in the trench, using edging stakes if they were included with the edger. Fake stone edger is in small sections, making it easily adapted to a range of landscaping conditions, including a sloped lawn. Support the back of each edger with soil or mulch if you desire.

Natural Stone

• The weight of natural stone helps to keep it in place, which is beneficial when it is used as lawn edger on slopes. Although finding aesthetically matched stones is more time-consuming than selecting preformed fake stones, some people prefer the mismatched appearance of natural stone. Installing natural stone as edger still requires digging a trench that will contain at least one-half of the stone's depth; that technique further helps to keep natural stone edger in place.

Brick

• Just as weight contributes to keeping natural stone and fake stone edger in place, the weight of brick paving blocks helps to keep them in place. Because of their clean-cut edges, bricks create very tidy-looking edging. They can be placed in various configurations but need to be buried at least halfway in soil to keep them from inadvertently shifting. When burying the bricks, you can tip them so only the corner sides show, creating a wavelike pattern known as sawtooth.

Concrete

• Poured concrete is a labor-intensive edging option, but it is well-suited for the often shifting lines required for edging slopes. After the concrete edger is set, its weight keeps it in place. If you pour the concrete yourself, then the product's cost is relatively inexpensive. Before pouring concrete, ensure the mold you use is held firmly in place by anchors or stakes. When the concrete sets fully, remove the mold.