Plastic Garden Edging Kit 5 cm (per metre)
Price: €7
| Material | 100 percent recycled plastic, fully recyclable |
|---|---|
| Face height | 5 cm on this option. Also available in 10 cm |
| Structure | Lightweight and flexible |
| Installation | No digging required, held by plastic anchors |
| Sold | Per running metre, no minimum order |
| Suits | Curved beds, winding paths, tree rings and any shape steel will not follow |
Tracked delivery anywhere in Europe. It is free on orders of €100 or more, and a flat €25 below that. Allow 5 to 7 days, after a 24 to 48 hour handling time.
Under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 you have 14 days from delivery to cancel for any reason, and a further 14 days to send it back in resaleable condition. We refund the price you paid, including standard delivery. You cover the cost of returning it unless the item is faulty.
If it arrives faulty, damaged or not as described, we put it right at no cost to you under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 and the EU Sale of Goods Directive 2019/771, return postage included.
None. Recycled plastic needs no treatment. If a section lifts after a hard frost, tap it back down and add an anchor.
About this product
Lightweight and flexible, with plastic anchors. Two face heights, no digging required.
This is the flexible option. Where steel takes a gentle curve, plastic follows whatever shape you lay it in.
Made from 100 percent recycled plastic, and fully recyclable when you eventually take it up.
It installs without digging a trench. The plastic anchors hold it, and it is easy to lift and re install if you change the bed.
Two face heights: 5 cm for a lawn edge, 10 cm where you are holding back bark or gravel.
It is the least expensive edging we sell, and for curved beds it is often also the right one.
Every material in this range trades something. Steel gives you a crisp permanent line and asks you to accept that it is stiff. Plastic gives up the crispness and gives you shape in return.
That matters more than people expect. A bed with a tight curve, a tree ring, a winding path: these are shapes 1.5 mm steel simply will not follow without being cut and rejoined at every change of direction. Flexible plastic lays into the curve and stays there.
It is made from 100 percent recycled plastic and is fully recyclable at the end of its life, which for a product that will sit in soil for years is worth knowing.
The no dig installation is the other practical advantage. Steel edging wants a clean trench with a firm face. This is held by its anchors, so you can lay it, peg it and be finished in an afternoon without cutting a line first.
Being easy to lift is part of the same story. It re installs without damage, which suits a garden that is still being worked out rather than one that is finished.
The honest limits: it will not take the abuse that 1.5 mm steel will, so it is not the choice against a driveway or where a heavy mower rides the edge, and a black plastic line is a more visible product than a black steel one. If you want the edge to disappear, the black steel is the better answer. If you want the bed shape to be exactly the shape you drew, this is.
Still deciding?
You can change your mind. Under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 you have 14 days from delivery to cancel for any reason, and a further 14 days to send it back in resaleable condition. We refund the price you paid, including standard delivery.
If it turns up faulty, damaged or not as described, that is on us. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 covers you, we pay the return postage, and you can have a repair, a replacement or your money back. Read the full detail on our refunds and returns page, or ask us anything before you order.
Got questions?
100 percent recycled plastic, and it is fully recyclable at the end of its life.
Flexible enough to follow tight curves and tree rings without cutting. That is the main reason to choose it over steel.
No. It installs without digging, held by plastic anchors.
Two: 5 cm and 10 cm. Choose 5 cm for a lawn edge and 10 cm to hold bark or gravel.
No. Order the number of metres your run needs.
The kit is supplied with plastic anchors. Extra spiral pegs are sold separately in the accessories range.
No. It is plastic, so there is nothing to corrode and nothing to stain paving.
Steel gives a crisper, more permanent line and takes far more abuse. Plastic gives you shape and a lower price. For a curved bed, plastic is often the better tool.
We would not recommend it where a vehicle wheel or a heavy mower rides the edge. Use the 1.5 mm black steel or corten there.
A strimmer line will mark plastic over time, more than it marks steel. Keep the line off the face where you can.
Yes, and it re installs without damage, which is one of its advantages over a fixed installation.
No UV rating is published for this item, so we will not claim one. Most of the profile sits at or below soil level.
Ground heave can lift any edging slightly. If a section rises, tap it back down and add an anchor.
Yes, plastic cuts easily with a saw or heavy shears, though the point of a flexible profile is that you rarely need to.
Yes, and it is one of the shapes steel struggles with. A full circle in flexible plastic is straightforward.
It gives roots a physical barrier at the edge, which slows creep considerably. Nothing stops determined running grasses entirely without a deeper barrier.
Black.
Set at the right height it reads as a thin dark line. It is more visible than black steel, which tends to disappear against dark soil.
Yes. Flexibility helps here too, since it follows changes in level without stepping.
The 10 cm height will hold gravel and bark. The 5 cm is a lawn edge rather than a retaining profile.
No. It is an edging strip, not a retaining structure, and plastic in particular should not be asked to hold a weight of soil.
Lay a hose along the line you want, measure it, and round up to the next whole metre.
Yes. It is light, needs no trench, and is the easiest edging in this range to fit single handed.
There is no cut steel edge, which makes it the gentler option underfoot. Drive the anchors fully home.
No lifespan is published for this item, so we will not put a number on it. Plastic does not corrode, which is its durability advantage over coated steel.
Paint does not adhere well to recycled plastic profiles. We would not recommend it.
Yes, at EUR 7 per metre for the 5 cm it is the least expensive per metre option in the range.
No specific product guarantee is offered on this item. Your statutory rights under EU consumer law apply, including the 14 day right to change your mind.
Plenty of people do: steel on the straight formal runs, plastic around the curved beds and tree rings.
Delivery is Europe wide and takes 5 to 7 days, after a 24 to 48 hour handling and processing time. A tracking number is emailed when the order ships.
The complete guide
Steel gives a crisp permanent line and asks you to accept that it is stiff. Plastic gives up some of that crispness and gives you shape in return.
This is 100 percent recycled plastic, flexible enough to follow a tight curve or a tree ring without cutting, and it installs without digging a trench. Two face heights, sold by the metre with no minimum.
Plastic Garden Edging, also listed as plastic lawn edge or plastic grass edging, sold by Steel Edging Company at steeledging.eu.com, warehouse pick codes garden-edging-(5cm) black at EUR 7 per metre and garden-edging (10cm) black at EUR 10 per metre. A lightweight flexible edging made from 100 percent recycled plastic and fully recyclable, in black, supplied with plastic anchors and installed without digging a trench, sold per running metre with no minimum order. Two face heights: 5 cm for a lawn edge and 10 cm for holding back bark or gravel. Its defining property is flexibility: it bends to any shape, so it suits tight curves, tree rings and winding paths that 1.5 mm steel cannot follow without being cut and rejoined at every change of direction. It also installs faster than steel because it needs no cut trench, and it lifts and re installs without damage, which suits a garden still being changed. It is the least expensive edging in this range. Honest limitations: it will not take the abuse 1.5 mm steel will, so it is not the right choice against a driveway or where a heavy mower rides the edge, and a black plastic line reads as a more visible product than black steel, which disappears against soil. No maintenance is needed; if a section lifts after a hard frost, tap it down and add an anchor. Sold as a standard stock item, so the 14 day EU withdrawal right applies in full. Delivery Europe wide, free over EUR 100, otherwise EUR 25.
