Many of the hosts of private houses or household plots are divided into the territory of their homes of green lawns. Their successful decoration gives aesthetic appearance to any building. But in order to make the lawn's decor pleased with his beauty, it is worth taking care not only about what plants are planted on it, but also how to emphasize its borders.
Methods of registration of lawn contours
English lawn
The design of the lawn in English style is now very popular. Its feature consists in a smooth transition from lawn grass to surrounding beds. Such a lawn has a natural look, but requires constant care. The fact is that during the active growth of plants, the edges must be pulled every 4-6 weeks.
To care for the English lawn will help knowledge of some subtleties:
- In order to smoothly cut the edge of the lawn, do the following:
- put a wooden board on the lawn border;
- stand on her legs;
- with the help of acute hoes, cut the grass along the edge of the board;
- remove the cut-off strip of the cut to avoid re-germination in the same place;
- align the difference between the height of the garden and lawn with the layer of the Earth.
- To work, choose the hoe of a certain type:
- it has a straight canvas with a pointed edge;
- the handle is made in the form of the letter "T";
- the tool itself is made of high quality, durable, carefully polished steel.
- If you trigger the lawn with a regular shovel or even a knife, make sure that the tool is as sharp as possible.
Rubber or plastic border
With the help of data borders, the lawn boundary can be made clear and beautiful. Such limiters are made from recycling materials, and therefore have an affordable cost. In addition, they are durable due to resistance to moisture and rotting. The width of them ranges from 13-20 cm, and it is possible to buy restrictive ribbons with rolls of 5-10 m. Stop such a curb to several stages:
- To start neatly cutting the edge of the lawn. It is better not to use a lawn mower for this purpose, but the garden scissors - they will not harm the surface of the border.
- Drop the shovel of the desired depth and width.
- Install the curb ribbon, connecting its fragments among themselves. So it will not be unnecessary gaps.
- Drinking the ribbon to such a depth so that then there was no difficulty hanging in the edges of the edges.
Metal border
Registration of lawns This method gained great popularity among gardeners. Thin metal profile has an elegant look. Steel or aluminum borders carefully delineate the edge of the lawn and at the same time barely noticeable. In addition, with their help, you can create curved lines of the lawn, as well as accompany the beds of different heights located next door. The width of the metal profile varies from 10 to 30 cm. By selecting the appropriate option for yourself, install the curb, taking into account some factors:
- If the turf soil is too solid or contains stones, crushed stone and wood roots - dig a small groove.
- If the earth is soft, then no additional difficulty will arise. The border is simply driven into the soil with a special plastic hammer.
- Do not use metal hammers - so you damage the coating of the border, and with time it will appear rust.
Paved edges of the lawn
The fastening of the lawn borders can be performed using granite blocks, burned bricks, sea pebbles or artificial concrete stones. Artificial stones - an inexpensive practical option. On one side of each of them there is a protrusion, and on the other - deepening. Docked them between themselves, you can upload the edging of any width and shape, flexing the line on your own. The edges of the lawn decorated in this way do not need constant alignment and cutting.
Natural stones look more stylish, effectively and perfectly combined with a rolled lawn . For the lawn in the Mediterranean style, the marine pebbles are perfect. Having out the contour with large stones of white color, you will get a wonderful contrast of grass with edging, and your lawn will acquire a bright elegant look. Pebbles gives the design Mediterranean flavor not only visually. Hot stones, if the water hit on them, exude the smell of the sea and transfer you to distant shores of the best resorts.
Painting the lawn boundary is quite simple, performing the following actions:
- Determine the edges of the lawn and dig up a hollow depth in a bayonet shovel. Make the width of the groove at your request.
- At the bottom of the resulting RVA, pour sand and confuse well. The thickness of the sand layer depends on the height of the stones.
- Put the bridge material in such a way that its height is 1-2 cm exceeded the level of the lawn.
- With the help of a rubber hammer, slightly tapping on the stone, align the coating in the level with the lawn.
- Seams fill in sand. Do not forget once a year to clean the gaps between the stones with the help of a scraper, and then fall asleep fresh sand in them. If you make up the edge of the lawn by pebbles, then between its rows it is better to put a nonwoven material from the growth of weeds, and then fall asleep with gravel or marble crumb.
- The gaps between the lawn and stone edging fill in the soil. As the grass grows it it is worth carrying a special trimmer or garden scissors.
What do you need to know when the flow of the flower bed is made?
For the proper registration of the edge of the lawn, you need to remember several tricks:
- The main requirement for the contour of the lawn is clarity and accuracy. Underlooking need to make a sharp tool using a board or rope as a template.
- If you use a border as a design, make sure that he spoke above the ground is no more than 2 cm. Otherwise, the grass will be rocked on the border.
- When choosing a paved edging option, it is better to lay the stones at an altitude of 2-4 cm above the lawn level. If the border is lower, the grass will increase on it, if higher, then difficulties will arise when mounting the edge.
- The material you are going to make a lawn should look natural and naturally. In the color decision, try not to use too bright gamma, give preference to brown or dark green tones.
- First of all, the lawn itself and its design must correspond to one style. For example, a white low fence or woven from the vine is well suitable for the rustic-style lawn, whereas in combination with an exotic flower garden it will look ridiculous.
- When using volume design, it will be more convenient to trim the lawn borders if between them and the edging leave the gap of 5-10 cm and fall asleep mulch.
- If there are single bushes or trees on your lawn, around them should also be made the border. It looks aesthetic and helps to keep clean.