Courtyard garden edging – Best edgings for Courtyards

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From the Riads of Morocco to walled gardens of English villages, courtyards have become the ultimate transition between home and garden.

These sheltered spaces have provided the perfect spot to meet and socialise with friends during summer evenings.

The enclosure provides a safe, intimate feel and an atmosphere which is perfect for relaxation. As courtyards have square or rectangular walls a vertical structure is typically a vital factor.

​This makes courtyard edging an important element defining spaces and retaining borders. In this article I will list and summarise some of the best edgings for courtyard gardens. 

​Rustic rope edging

​Rope edging is a type of path kerb edging traditionally used to create raised edging.

Measuring around 1 metre by 150mm they are perfect for setting in along borders and pathways. In courtyards they can be hunched in concrete to form geometric shapes and boundaries.

​These edgings look particularly decorative it black and terracotta tones like in the image below. 

​Granite setts

Granite setts have a timeless beauty and an ability to blend into any garden design style or theme.

These solid cubes of granite have been used for external surfacing for centuries standing the test of time. Their light speckled colouration and rough surface gives them an attractive texture.

​In courtyard gardens they are perfect for creating borders to paving and other surfaces. 
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​Sleepers

Sleepers are becoming an ever popular material for creating border edging and raised borders to gardens.

These large and robust sections of timber have a light and natural aesthetic within courtyards. They are excellent at creating fast and affordable, retaining edgings and raised surfaces.

​Sleepers are available in various size grades and also come in softwood and hardwood timber. 

​Flexible metal edging

Flexible metal edging has now become an extremely popular landscaping and edging product.

These long, flexible edgings are strong and flexible, perfect for forming organic shapes. These edgings can be used as formwork to edge concrete and other surfaces such as gravel and resin bound.

​For contemporary courtyards flexible metal edging is a superior edging choice. 
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​Sandstone sets

Sandstone setts are very similar to granite setts but display the sandy, warm tones of sandstone.

These setts have seen an increasing adoption with the rising popularity of Indian sandstone paving. With interesting colour variations and rustic textures these setts are great for courtyard landscaping.

​Laid in double rows they can make exceptional borders to paving and planting areas. 
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​Rustic kerb stone edging

​Kerb edgings come in a range of products designed to form raised kerbs and edgings to paving and driveways.

When laid together, these bulky kerbs form a robust retaining edge ideal for holding back heaving loads. This makes them perfect for forming raised planting areas and level changes within courtyards.

​These rustic kerb edgings from Marshalls are great for traditional courtyard themes and designs. 

​Dry stone walling

​Dry stone walling has been used as a building material within rural communities for centuries.

Consisting of small rock fragments, when laid together, they form a very attractive landscape feature. Dry stone walling can be used to form low wall edging to flower beds and seating areas.

​Where budgets cannot stretch, there is now very realistic dry stone wall cladding on the market.  
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​Bricks

Most traditional courtyards try to incorporate the materials of surrounding walls into their hard landscaping.

This is especially so where landscape edgings which form the structure of the garden. This gives courtyards an amazing uniformity connecting surrounding buildings to the landscape.

​This makes bricks one of the best materials for creating edging to courtyards. Their range of colours and styles means they can blend into any courtyard theme. 
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Thank you for reading our article on the best edgings for courtyard gardens.

If you require courtyard landscaping or garden edging installation do not hesitate to contact us.

Based in Amersham we cover Buckinghamshire, the Chilterns and neighbouring counties. We now also have an office in Norfolk.
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