How to install a border

This is a good idea because it will not only give you a good set of guidelines for where to plant, but it will add a lot to the overall look of your garden itself.  Borders make your garden look more planned, and depending on the materials you pick to make the borders with, the borders themselves might look nice on their own.

Another benefit of the borders is that they will also help contain plants that naturally want to take over the rest of your garden, like ivy or other decorative ground plants.

The first thing that you need to do when you're going to install a border is to choose the part of your garden that you want to contain.  Is this going to be a large area, or a small one?  Are you looking for a thick border, or just a little bit of something to delineate the different sections?

If you're looking for just a thin line, you could choose to install a thin wooden border - just make sure that you've stained and treated the wood first.  One thing that you should keep in mind is that this border will look great for the first few years, but eventually the wood will start to discolor and rot.

If you are looking for something that is going to last a bit longer than this, you can go with a stone or concrete border.  Just make sure that the stones or bricks are sized right so that you can put them in easily.

In order to make sure that you keep particular plants inside of one section of the garden, you should make sure that you dig down below the ground a few inches.  If you put the barrier down there as well, you'll prevent root systems from moving to the other part of the yard and growing there as well.

If you want a really stylish look to your garden that is going to last, then you should definitely look at the more permanent types of borders.  These stone and brick borders are just as easy to install as wooden ones.  The benefit, of course, is that you will not have to replace the border after just a few short years.