Metal landscaping edging 101

19 December 2022

Professional garden and landscape designers combine shrubs, hardscaping, water features to translate outside spaces into custom inspired areas of delight. What they don’t reveal is their go-to covert design aid: garden edging. Steel landscape edging is the unsung hero of garden design: stylishly distinct and timeless. Once a design secret of the professionals, landscape edging is now accessible and available to the amateur gardener.

Is garden edging right for my garden?

EverEdge are suppliers of garden edging products NZ wide, so unsurprisingly our reply is yes; simply because edging your garden is a one-stop method to supremely transform your garden. Edging creates clarity, balance, and distinction: the finishing touch for any garden, path, or driveway.

Metal border and garden bed edging

Your garden maybe in full bloom and the lawns carefully manicured, but if the beds look unkempt and there is no distinction of lawn edges, the beauty is diluted.

Steel step metal landscape edging

Metal edging is the ideal solution for sloping gardens whether for contemporary or traditional garden designs. Levels enhanced by steel step risers and terraces.

Driveway steel edging

Working collaboratively with surface contractors, EverEdge steel edging provides a level steel framework to retain and divide surfaces for driveways. From gravel, resin bound and bonded, the driveway edging creates a stunning curb side appeal whether revamping an existing driveway or constructing from new.

Metal path edging

Are you more into a geometric path or a meandering, natural curvy path? Personal style and taste are catered for with our versatile landscape edging. Choose from the Classic or Corten steel edging.

Steel lawn edging

Accentuate a feature lawn or opt for a discreet lawn edge: set at lawn level for crisp invisible edges, or proud for a raised lawn area.

The benefits of metal edging

Defines and separates garden zones - the flower beds, lawn, paths, or driveways
Withstands damage from garden maintenace tools
Nearly indestructible even in extreme weather conditions such as excessive rains or frosts
Prevents grass from migrating onto pathways or flower beds
Keeps garden materials such as mulch and gravels in situ
Versatile for any perimeter shape of lawn, path, or driveway
Metal tree ring edging and garden edging for aesthetic uniformity
High visual impact yet understated and unobstructive
Fabulous in traditional or contemporary, rural or urban, formal or cottage garden settings

How do you install steel landscape edging?

The joy of EverEdge garden edging is no specialist tools are required for installation (bar a mallet); there’s no extra pins, pegs or joiners. Installation is both quick and easy. Every EverEdge order comes complete with an Installation Guide - watch a short film explaining the process below. It’s both quick and easy to install, but should you have any challenges or steel edging query, do contact us.

If you have any questions about which landscape edging is best for your project, contact EverEdge online or call 021 925 389. We are always happy to help with garden edging and installation questions.

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Man installing edging along a lawn path in a garden.

The gardener’s guide to avoid garden edging mistakes

by Simon Mullinger • 25 August 2025

A well-designed garden isn’t just about the plants you choose; it’s the finishing touches that make all the difference. Garden edging frames your beds, pathways, and lawns, creating a clean, structured look while keeping soil, mulch, and grass exactly where they should be. But despite its time-saving capabilities, small mistakes during planning or installation can leave you with an untidy or high-maintenance garden – exactly what you didn’t sign up for. As a supplier of the best high-quality steel landscape edging products in New Zealand , EverEdge has heard it all – from shallow installs that allow grass to creep back in, to cracked or warped materials that ruin a carefully designed border. To help you get it right the first time, here are the top three garden edging mistakes and how you can avoid them. 1. Choosing the wrong edging material One of the most common mistakes is selecting edging that doesn’t stand the test of time. Plastic and timber edging might look appealing initially, but they deteriorate quickly over time, accelerated by harsh weather. Plastic warps under the sun, while timber is prone to rotting and shifting. Both often require replacement within just a few seasons. Even if you opt for the more expensive concrete garden edging it is vulnerable to ground movement and freeze-thaw cycles. By contrast, metal landscape edging, particularly steel garden edging, offers durability, flexibility, and a clean aesthetic. It can be shaped into sweeping curves or sharp angles without cracking, and it resists corrosion for decades. EverEdge products are designed for professional results and are trusted by landscapers across New Zealand for everything from garden bed edging and metal tree ring edging to driveway edging. Choosing a long-lasting material from the outset saves you time, money, and endless frustration down the line. 2. Installing at the wrong depth Even the best edging material won’t perform if it’s not installed correctly . A frequent error is laying edging too shallow. This allows mulch and soil to spill over and gives grass and weeds the perfect opportunity to creep back into your beds. Too deep, on the other hand, and the edging becomes buried, disappearing from sight and failing to give that crisp separation between lawn and border.