Landscape Edging in Long Lake.
Cut and set crisp edges that separate beds from turf, hold mulch and rock where you put them, and make the whole property read as cared for. Long Lake is a compact working city on the Highway 12 corridor, with about 1,800 residents, and properties near Long Lake and Nelson Lakeside Park bring their own conditions to a job like this one.
What landscape edging looks like in Long Lake.
A small city of largely modest, long-held homes, with a compact older core and newer building around the edges.
Small to moderate, straightforward, without the estate scale of the lake cities immediately south of it. Gently rolling around Long Lake itself, with the Highway 12 corridor running through the middle of the city.
The ground around Long Lake itself is low in places and holds water longer into spring than the higher ground north of the corridor. Two properties in this small a city can be two weeks apart on when work can start, and scheduling here is set by the wetter half of a property rather than the drier one.
Low ground near the lake holds water into spring while properties north of the Highway 12 corridor are workable earlier, so start dates here vary by a fortnight within a very small city. We set them from the property rather than the postcode.
This is a practical city and the honest recommendation is usually a smaller, better-finished project than the one people arrive asking about. On a modest lot the return comes from proportion and finish, not from area — and we would rather tell you where the money actually shows than quote the larger version.
People here often ask for more than the property needs. On a modest lot the return comes from proportion and finish rather than from area, and a smaller project executed properly consistently looks better than a larger one spread thin. We would rather tell you that at the estimate than take the bigger job.
We work throughout Long Lake, including the Highway 12 corridor, the Nelson Lakeside area, Brown Road and Old Long Lake, and around Highway 12 and Wayzata Boulevard. Two properties on the same street can still need different work — which is exactly why the estimate is free and done in person rather than quoted off a photograph.
How we approach landscape edging.
Clean, defined lines between beds and lawn.
On a small lot the edge is most of what people see. Crisp lines around compact beds do more for a bungalow's street presence than adding more planting would.
- Sharp, defined bed lines
- Mulch and rock stay put
- Easier mowing and trimming
- An instantly tidier property
Set the line
Curves drawn to the house and the way the property is actually viewed from the street, then walked before anything is cut.
Cut deep enough to hold
A spade edge has to go deep enough to stop grass rhizomes crossing. A shallow scrape is decorative for about six weeks.
Clear the trench
Sod and roots removed rather than folded back in, which is what causes an edge to close up over a season.
Install material where it is used
Where a physical edge goes in, it is set into the ground to proper depth so frost does not lift it out.
Finish the bed to the line
Mulch or rock brought to depth against the new edge so the line reads as intentional.
Where landscape edging usually fails.
Worth knowing before you hire anyone, including us.
Edging fails from being too shallow and from frost. An edge cut two inches deep is crossed by grass within one growing season, and plastic edging pinned at the surface is pushed out by the first hard frost cycle and then sits proud of the lawn looking worse than no edging at all. The other quiet failure is the line itself — an edge that follows nothing in particular makes a well-planted bed look accidental.
Priced by linear foot, adjusted for whether an existing edge has to be excavated and reset first. Long runs on uneven ground take longer per foot than short straight ones.
“From the very beginning, their team was communicative, transparent with pricing, and incredibly professional!”— Carrie Newton, Google review
Landscape Edging in Long Lake, answered.
What kind of edging do you install?
We cut clean natural spade edges, and can set steel, poly, or paver edging instead depending on the look you are after and how the bed gets used.
Can edging be added to a bed I already have?
Yes. Re-cutting a tired edge is one of the fastest and least expensive ways to make a property look looked-after again, and it pairs well with a mulch or rock refresh.
Nothing survives along our frontage near Highway 12. Why?
Salt and plowed snow. That band takes winter spray and snow storage every year, and most ornamental material cannot handle it. Salt-tolerant planting or a different treatment for that strip is the answer rather than replacing the same plants annually.
Do you work on smaller projects?
Yes, and on a modest lot a smaller, well-executed project frequently looks better than a larger one. We will tell you where your money actually shows rather than quoting the biggest version.
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Call or text and we will arrange a time to look at the property. You get a clear price for landscape edging before anything is scheduled — no charge, and no obligation.
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