Adding brick edging to the garden has two advantages in organizing the yard space.
One advantage is that brick edging will add aesthetic appeal to your garden.
The second benefit is that it will make the yard more functional, tidy and easier to maintain.
Brick borders give a clean and organized look, as well as keep green areas away from paths and garden beds planted with flowers and other vegetation.
Brick edgings are resistant to natural elements such as rain, snow, sun and drought. Various types of bricks are available to suit any yard and style.
There are both classic red bricks and modern grays that will complement your landscape and surrounding plants.
Follow the examples below to find a creative way to incorporate brick edging into your garden space.
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1. Brick-Edged Flower Bed
via: BHG
Curved brick edging neatly separates a vibrant flower bed from the lush green lawn.
A variety of plants, including ornamental grasses, hydrangeas and flowering annuals, are highlighted by a layer of mulch, adding both color and texture.
The curved brick edging stops the spread of the lush grass to the garden bed with a variety of plants.
The bricks are placed vertically and horizontally, which makes the edging look elegant and orderly. Its curved shape gives tenderness and balance to the garden space.
The soil under the plants in the beds is sprinkled with colorful mulch, which highlights them, adds color and texture.
The other benefit of mulch is that it inhibits weed growth.
With such brick edging, you can raise the flower bed, which will emphasize your flowers.
2. Red Blooms and Brick Border
via: The Spruce
3. Rustic Garden Border
via: The Kitchen Garten
The curved brick border is again composed of two rows of differently arranged bricks.
Its red color brings a rustic style to the yard against the background of lavender bushes, greenery and blooming flowers.
The convenience of the bricks thus arranged in a horizontal plane allows movement along the garden bed for easy maintenance of the garden.
Vertically placed bricks do not allow the soil to spread over the lawn.
4. Mulched Flower Border
via: The Spruce
The bricks arranged in this way create a neat border that separates the lawn from the garden bed.
The elegantly built red bricks are arranged in a stretched line along the house.
The delicate pink colors of the flowers and green plants stand out above a yellowish layer of mulch.
The bed is created along the wall of the house, which allows the grass not to enter the walls of the building.
5. Garden Border with Bird Feeder
via: Martha Stewart
Curved brick edging surrounds a garden bed of lush foliage and flowers.
The tall trees are also fenced off by this curb that gently surrounds them. All this is outlined against the background of a well-kept grass lawn.
The bricks are arranged in a high border that prevents the grass from merging with the garden bed.
A built-in bird feeder adds charm and attracts wildlife, enhancing the garden’s peaceful atmosphere.
6. Curved Brick Edging
via: Hobart Landscaping Services
In this example, the bricks are placed in a horizontal plane, showing that however you shape your brick edging this way, it will be enough to separate the lawn from the garden bed.
The positive of this option is that mowing the grass will be a little easier than with a high border.
The bed is planted with the most diverse plants, including a pine tree.
Bricks provide a clean, classic edge that complements the vibrant green lawn and varied textures of garden plants.
7. Modern Gray Edging
via: Adbrimasonry
In this example, the grass area is limited by modern gray bricks.
The elegant edging is followed by a mulched area with low green plants. In the center of the beds is a raised water area, the borders of which contrast with the gray edging.
The bricks along the edging line follow an arrangement that makes the strip the same width in all its directions.
Again, we have horizontally placed bricks, which makes the water area stand out, creating a relief in the yard space.
8. Tiered Stone Edging
via: Adbrimasonry
If your yard is too flat, here’s a raised garden bed option with tiered stone block edging.
This curved border keeps the mulched area from spilling and separates the beds from the green lawn.
Textured stones complement the natural mulch, which is topped by a stunning tropical plant and smaller ornamental grasses.
9. Red Brick Pathway
via: Family Handyman
This example shows how a brick edging can outline an entire path and differentiate it from the lawn and flower bed.
Again, we have horizontally placed bricks, which creates an elegant plane between the three different surfaces.
The red color of the bricks contrasts with the white path and is complemented by the flowers in the beds and the pots of charming plants placed on the path.
10. Brick Path with Brick Edging
The entire path is made of bricks. Red bricks lead in the middle, and the edging is made of gray bricks.
This outlines the green area along which this beautiful path winds.
At the bottom we have a raised flower bed that is outlined by bricks raised like a wall and holding beautiful low plants and evergreen shrubs.
11. Stone Path with Brick Edging
via: Minster Paving
A path of large stone blocks is bordered by a red brick edging.
The contrast between the two colors diversifies the yard space.
To the side of the path is a garden bed strewn with small gray pebbles.
This paving creates the necessary texture, complementing the brick and stone elements for a cohesive and stylishly elegant walkway.
Embossed stone pots with evergreen shrubs are placed in the garden bed for added elegance and a stylish yard space.
12. Serene Garden Path
via: Angi
This flat stone path with a light brick border meanders charmingly through a lush, busy garden.
The lawn is well maintained and arranged around a diverse range of flowers and plants.
All this tranquility is complemented by a birdbath and a comfortable sitting area in the background, to which the markedly elegant path leads.
13. Stone Edged Patio
via: NitterHouseMasonry
When the paths around the house are made of paving stones, it is good to make the border in harmony with them.
In this case, the stone curb matches the color and texture of the paved walkway.
The raised garden bed is framed by the border and surrounded by grassy ornamental plants that bring softness and color to the decor.
14. Brick Raised Beds
via: Southern Living
Raised beds can be built using entire brick walls as shown in the example.
Garden parts are organized in neat geometric patterns.
The beds are filled with a variety of herbs and plants.
Terracotta pots and decorative cloches bring a rustic look to this patio space.
The white gravel paths are also outlined by brick edging, which are set in triangular shapes.
This makes the picture even more vivid and fascinating.