Bamboo Garden Edging Design

A backyard flower garden can add a relaxing dimension to your home's outdoor space. One way to add interest to a specific area or to separate your flower beds from your lawn is to install a border. Bamboo borders are one of the more popular types of garden borders in use today.

Keeping the weeds under control is hard enough without having to deal with grass creeping over into the flower beds. Probably the best way to prevent this from occurring is by installing a garden border.

For best results, the border should be sunk into the ground. If the border just sits on top of the earth it won't be long before roots spread under the barrier and grass begins to grow on the other side as well.

Borders keep flowers and lawn separated but it also makes cutting the grass and trimming a lot easier. If you have a border, you don't have the worry of damaging plants with the mower or destroying plant shoots with the trimmer. It's so simple to just keep the mower or trimmer running along tight to the garden border.

A bamboo border can be used to separate different flower beds or types of foliage, but they can also be used to accent various elements in your outdoor paradise.

For example, you might want to have a path meandering through your backyard. Maybe there will be a rock garden here and a pond over there with a bench to relax on. A bamboo border can nicely separate while at the same time providing definition to each individual section. And in doing that help you to get the feel and the look you envision.

Bamboo borders are constructed out of short bamboo poles. They are pre-assembled in staggered heights and different lengths so it's quite easy to move them around and to arrange them in different ways until you decide on a design.

An interesting use of bamboo border edging is inside the home. You can use bamboo as window coverings, or even on walls. Bamboo borders can also divide areas within a room or accent a plant display.

Whether for inside or outdoors, using bamboo borders is an environmentally friendly choice. Bamboo is a type of fast growing grass and so is considered a sustainable product.

There are lots of options when putting up a garden fence. Is the fence strictly to add beauty to your yard or are you trying to keep out wandering animals? One unique type of fencing is a bamboo garden fence. Bamboo garden fences are made in different designs and come in many sizes. They come premade as fence panels or you can create your own from rolled or split bamboo. Either way will produce outstanding results.

If you're feeling creative and have some extra time you may want to build your own fence. There are a few things that can make it easier. When building a bamboo garden fence, it's best to use pressure treated posts to sink into the ground. These have a longer life than cedar posts, so your bamboo fence will last a lot longer.

When it comes time to attach the bamboo, use a fine bladed hacksaw to make any necessary cuts on the bamboo canes. Other types of saws can cause splitting. When you cut a bamboo cane, always cut above the joint and at an angle, rather than straight across. That way the membrane can protect against water collecting.

When attaching the bamboo to the posts, use a drill to make a hole slightly bigger than the nail. This reduces the chance of the bamboo cracking or being crushed.

One important fact about bamboo is that it is a grass and not wood. Therefore it shouldn't come into direct contact with the ground or it will deteriorate. You can avoid this from occurring by putting a piece of wood along the lower edge of your garden fence with the bamboo above it.

Bamboo fencing can easily last years when it's built and cared for properly. Just like you need to treat a wooden fence with a preservative to keep it in good shape, a bamboo fence is no different. Use a preservative that has UV protection for best results.