Whether you are growing loads of pretty flowers or a bumper crop of vegetables, or you want to upgrade your front yard with a new garden bed, every landscape bed should be edged to keep it looking neat. This essential step is something many homeowners skip, but edging adds a final flourish to your plantings. Without edging, your garden beds will look unfinished. Garden edging also serves a functional purpose by keeping grasses, many of which spread, out of your beds. A sharp edge between grass and planting beds makes your lawn and look neat and tidy, too. In addition, edging protects your annuals and perennials from the mower and string trimmer.
Edging comes in many different materials from plastic to metal to wood to stone. Today we’ll talk about brick, take a look at some pros and cons and ideas.
This curved garden bed with lots of colorful blooms and greenery plus a gazing ball features an edge of red brick, with two levels, and catches an eye.
This wild-looking garden shows off garden beds with brick edging and pebble pathways, wildflowers and greenery and some rocks.
Pairing a brick path with matching garden bed edging will give your outdoor space an elegant and cohesive feel, and the facade featuers brick, too, it will be perfect.
A small curved garden bed with colorful brick edging is a nice addition to the fence, it enlivens the white panels.
A brick facade will look perfect with a brick edge garden bed, it's a combo that always works.
A diagonal brick edge isn't tall, it's easy to DIY and it looks cool and creative.
A raised garden bed with red brick edging and bright flowers looks extremely chic and elegant and will add a sophisticated feel to any garden.
A curved red brick garden bed with green topiaries and a small tree is a perfect solution to add curb appeal to the house.
Flat red brick edging will add a bit of color and texture without distracting attention from the blooms and greenery in the garden.
A flat red brick edge is a good idea when you don't want it to stand out too much and when the facade isn't made of brick.
Brick Edging Pros
Brick Garden Edging is a traditional approach that offers versatility and timeless elegance to your garden. Bricks, with their warm tones and familiar shapes, can easily blend into any garden style, whether rustic, modern, contemporary or classic. Despite their appeal, traditional bricks can effortlessly adapt to modern landscape design and aesthetics when used innovatively.
Bricks can be laid in several different patterns depending on your taste. They can also be painted if you are looking for something specific, such as pink bricks for a rose garden or blue bricks for an ocean theme. Further boasting its versatility and style, brick edging can be cut into curves or straight lines with ease and can even be used for raised flower beds and garden boxes.
Besides being aesthetically pleasing, brick edging is highly durable and requires minimal maintenance. However, proper installation is critical to prevent them from becoming loose over time. By opting for brick garden edging, you’re choosing a practical solution that is endlessly adaptable to your garden’s evolving style.
Bricks are excellent for retaining walls and creating clear and neat boundaries between garden sections, such as flower beds, paths, or lawns. One significant advantage of retaining walls using bricks is their flexibility in design. Bricks can be laid flat, stood upright, stacked, or even arranged in intricate patterns, allowing you to express your creativity freely.
Grey brick edging will look more peaceful and calm than red, and won't distract attention from the greenery and blooms that you've planted.
A large vegetable garden looks elegant and stylish thanks to the diagonal red brick edging applied to each flower bed.
The more neutral your brick looks, the less attention it will get, which is perfect for flower beds with bright blooms, shrubs and catchy trees.
A raised red brick flower bed with greenery and blooms is a classic idea for a garden, such a thing always works.
An eye-catchy raised red brick garden bed with greenery and blooms and a couple of bird houses to attract wildlife.
A raised red brick garden bed with lots of greenery shows off a perfect geometric shape with sharp angles to add an elegant touch to the garden.
A long curved garden bed with red brick edging and greenery and bright blooms is a cool idea for a modern bright garden.
A curved garden bed accented with red brick, with bright blooms and greenery, with dark foliage and topiaries that contrast the brick.
An elegant French garden with flower beds with red brick edging, blooms and topiaries plus some trees is a charming space with that special je-ne-sais-quoi feel.
A small garden bed dressed up with red brick, with a white low hedge and bright blooms in the center to catch an eye.
A stylish curved red brick garden bed with topiaries and bold blooms is a stylish solution for a modern garden.
The classic white picket fence becomes a perfect backdrop for bright purple blooms that impress.
Brick Edging Cons
The main disadvantage of using bricks as landscape edging is that they tend to be more expensive than most other materials. But if budget is not an issue, bricks can offer you an elegant, long-lasting solution to your edging needs.
A curved red brick bed with some greenery and succulents is a pretty and stylish addition to a modern garden.
A small and pretty garden with white gravel and diagonal red brick edging that contrast a lot, with bright blooms and greenery.
An elegant back garden styled with long flower beds, red brick edging and white gravel for a contrast, a vintage fountain and a large tree.
Brick is one of the easiest garden borders to install, and it can look nice with many types of plants and blooms.
For a stylish and traditional look, pair your red brick path and garden bed edge with greenery and blooms to make it cool.
A raised garden bed can become a nice centerpiece in your outdoor space if you add bright blooms there.
A large garden featuring long flower beds with veggies, topiaries and hedges and some flowers will please anyone with its elegance and organization.
If you have a wild-inspired garden that you want to look somewhat old and nonchalant, use old and reclaimed bricks for edging.
Using reclaimed brick for your garden is a nice way to upcycle and it will look cool in a rustic or vintage space.
Reclaimed brick pairs nice with bold blooms and greenery and looks awesome.
Creatively shaped garden beds done with diagonal red brick will add interest to any slot, whatever you plant inside these beds.
A stylish and elegant flower bed is done with neutral brick and stone and lots of colorful flowers in it, this is a gorgeous solution.
A green garden with lots of trees, shrubs, a green lawn, garden beds feels relaxing and welcoming.
Colorful edging here matches colorful blooms in the flower bed adding even more color to the garden.