Concrete Paver Edging Installation

Draw a diagram of your yard and plan out the edging design. Choose which landscape features you want to edge and decide if you want the edging to trace the existing shapes or create broad curves to offset the corners of your house and driveway.

Drive garden stakes into the ground every 2 feet along the perimeter of the edging site. Wrap a cotton string around each garden stake. The outlined area should equal the width of your concrete pavers, plus 4 inches.

Dig a trench along the outlined area, removing all root systems, rocks and growth. The depth of your trench will determine the height above ground level that the pavers will be. Measure the thickness of your pavers and dig until the trench is 5 inches deep, plus the amount of paver that will fall below ground level.

Set pieces of landscape fabric over the floor of the trench to improve drainage and stop weeds from growing under the edging.

Add 4 inches of ¾-inch highway gravel and tamp it with a hand tamper. The varying shapes of highway gravel fit together when tamped to provide a strong base.

Layer 1 inch of sand bedding over the highway gravel to level the surface. Smooth the sand with a rake or shovel.

Set the concrete pavers side-to-side or end-to-end along the outer edges of the sand bedding. Butt the pavers and add or remove bedding sand to make them level with each other.

Insert metal or flexible edge restraints along the exterior of the pavers to prevent them from moving.

Pack stone dust between the paver joints to pad the stones and keep weeds from developing between them.