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How to install landscape edging

Click an image to enlarge it    Photos courtesy of Vande Hey’s Landscape - Appleton, WI.

1. Outline the border of the edging to assure an accurate and straight installation. Dig a 5” deep trench using a trenching machine or straight edge spade shovel.


2. Place edging into trench with the edging’s top bead a 1/2 inch above the finished grade. Drive a few steel stakes at a 45 degree angle through the edging toward the trench wall to hold the edging in place. Do not fully stake the edging until you are satisfied with your design.


3. Use Oly-Ola’s overlap method when joining two pieces of edging together. See the illustration below.



4. Finish securing the edging with additional stakes. Oly-Ola provides 4 steel stakes with each piece of edging; however, we recommend using extra stakes when securing joints and curves. Do not make the mistake of using too few stakes, especially when the ground is exposed to cold temperatures.


5. Backfill both sides of the edging. Compact the backfill material along the edging until the top of the edging is a 1/2 inch above grade. Clean up and remove excess material from the site.


6. Properly installed landscape edgings form a clean, neat, almost invisible line between planting areas and turf or ground covers. Poly or PVC edgings have no sharp edges and are safe to install.


OVERLAP METHOD (for joining pieces)    See the how-to video - click here
1. Cut off a 4” section of the round bead at the top of one of the edging pieces with a metal snip, utility knife or saw.
2. Use the connector that comes with the edging to join the two sections. Overlapping the two pieces of edging.
3. Drive the steel anchoring stake through both sections at a 45 degree angle toward the turf or outside portion of the bed.


Our unique Crosslock Connector is provided exclusively by Oly-Ola with all of our roundtop style edgings*. Our connectors are not universal. Be sure to verify the product stamp before attempting to install them.

* Not available for Trim-Line


INSTALLATION GUIDELINES

Edging: Dig a trench 5 inches deep along the lawn or bed edge. Place the edging in the trench and anchor it with stakes as indicated above. Use only Oly-Ola’s exclusive crosslock connector when joining two lengths of edging together and be sure to use the overlap method pictured above.

Staking: Pound a stake through the edging wall every 4 feet at a 45 degree angle. The stake should be installed at about the midway point of the wall. Pound the stake through the edging but be sure to leave 2 inches undriven to allow for resistance on both sides of the wall. Use extra stakes when securing joints and curves. Do not make the mistake of using too few stakes, especially when the ground is exposed to cold temperatures.


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