edger
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An edge trimmer or lawn edger is a garden tool, either manual or motorised, to form distinct boundaries between a lawn, typically consisting of a grass, or other soft botanical ground cover, and another ground surface feature such as a paved, concreted or asphalted area, or a granular material such as sand or gravel, or simply uncovered soil, for example an unbounded garden.
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10 sectionsContents
- Manual lawn edgers
- Spade-based
- Roller-based
- Hand shears
- Motorised lawn edgers
- Adaptable string trimmers
- Purpose designed lawn edgers
- History
- See also
- References
An edge trimmer or lawn edger is a garden tool, either manual or motorised, to form distinct boundaries between a lawn, typically consisting of a grass, or other soft botanical ground cover, and another ground surface feature such as a paved, concreted or asphalted area, or a granular material such as sand or gravel, or simply uncovered soil, for example an unbounded garden.
There are six main types of lawn edger: Manual Spade-based Roller-based Hand shears Motorised Adaptable string trimmer Single-wheel purpose-designed Multi-wheel purpose-designed
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