Garden Edging Stakes
Metal garden edging needs proper anchoring to prevent shifting over time due to soil movement, weather conditions, or physical impact. Tapered or angled stakes are essential for stabilizing the edging, ensuring it maintains the garden’s layout and appearance.
These stakes provide a secure foundation, keeping the metal edging flush with the ground and preventing gaps or unevenness that could affect the garden’s aesthetics. Tapered and angled stakes are crucial for a professional and durable garden edging installation.
Metal Tapered Stakes:
Tapered stakes are pointed at one end, allowing them to be easily driven into the ground. The tapered design ensures that the stakes penetrate the soil smoothly and provide a strong anchor for the metal edging. As the stake narrows towards the tip, it offers less resistance when being inserted, which reduces the risk of bending or damaging the stake during installation.
Metal Angled Stakes:
Angled stakes are designed with a slight bend or angle, which allows them to grip the soil more effectively. This angled design ensures that the stake applies downward and outward pressure, helping to keep the metal edging securely in place. The angle also helps resist the forces that could push or pull the edging out of position, such as soil expansion, foot traffic, or garden tools.
Why They Are Required:
Metal garden edging is often used to create clean, defined borders between different areas of a garden, such as separating flower beds from lawns or pathways. However, without proper anchoring, the edging can shift over time due to soil movement, weather conditions, or physical impact. Tapered and angled stakes are required to prevent these shifts, maintaining the integrity and appearance of the garden layout.
What's The Thickness?
For those seeking robust and long-lasting performance, our stakes are made from Australian BlueScope steel with a gauge of 2.5mm for Tapered and Angled stakes at 3mm. This premium material not only provides exceptional strength but also resists the harsh outdoor elements, ensuring your garden edging remains pristine for years.
Are Stakes Included?
Stakes are not included when ordering steel edging and will need to be ordered separately unless purchasing a Garden Edging Kit. The general rule of thumb for selecting the right stake is making sure the stake is more than twice the profile height as a minimum.