Here is the video of Permaloc’s aluminum paver restraint edging, BrickBlock, and our residential aluminum landscape bed edging, ProLine, being installed in a yard for the popular television show Yard Crashers.

BrickBlock was used on the concrete paver patio, and ProSlide was used to divide the landscape beds and the synthetic lawn.

Enjoy!

Also, be sure to watch our appearance on last season’s Yard Crashers, and stay tuned for our next episode, which premiers May 20!

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Straight lines do not occur naturally in the landscape.  This is an ongoing challenge for the landscape contractor faced with the task of installing and maintaining angular and rectilinear landscape designs.  Often these designs are used in maintenance strips and walking paths, but also accentuate contemporary structures and formal gardens.  For the landscape contractor, this challenge extends beyond the installation and can become a long-term maintenance issue.  For the designer and the property owner, the challenge is to select products that achieve the designer’s intent at installation and sustain it over time against damage from power maintenance equipment and the eroding forces of nature. 

Often inter-locking pavers are used in these situations because they lend themselves to hard structural edges that can be easily maintained.  When properly restrained, pavers provide a beautiful and long-lasting effect.  It is when the landscape design introduces new materials that do not naturally create straight lines, that a challenge is created for the landscape contractor.  These materials include stone, decomposed aggregate, mulch, asphalt and countless others.  These materials are often utilized for natural walking paths, bikeways, drives and maintenance strips, as well as landscape forms. 

Harder & Warner Nursery of Caledonia, Michigan was faced with just such a challenge on a recent project in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  With tight deadlines brought on by inclimate weather, Harder & Warner was struggling to replicate pin straight lines in the landscape to accent a contemporary-style office building.  Using a traditional metal landscape edging that was designed to be flexible, maintaining these lines proved to be a painstaking effort that was adding pressure to a quickly approaching deadline.  In their effort to find a better solution, they contacted Permaloc Corporation of Holland, Michigan. 

Permaloc has a long-standing reputation as being the expert for edging and restraints. They recommended a product called PermaStrip.  This is an aluminum landscape edging specifically designed for straight runs in the landscape.  PermaStrip uses an L-shaped design that makes this product incredibly rigid, saving time during installation and insuring long-term performance.  Harder & Warner elected to change the job over to PermaStrip and was able to complete the project ahead of schedule.  Harder & Warner saved money on labor, improved the quality and look of the project, and delivered on time, while the facility owner received a product that will maintain the design intent for years to come.

On the same project, the general contractor utilized AsphaltEdge.  Here the product was used to create the desired pin straight lines along the edge of the asphalt parking lot and drive.  This product, like the PermaStrip, is L-shaped to insure rigidity and is also made by Permaloc.  It is anchored into the sub-base, and the vertical edge creates a perfectly vertical wall that can be maintained, insuring the straight lines will withstand the effects of nature, unlike a typical tapered asphalt installation.

The more common challenge of straight lines occurs in maintenance areas along buildings, fence lines and parking areas.  These landscape features can consume valuable installation time and quickly detract from the overall look of the project if incorrect materials are used. 

Unique products like those manufactured by Permaloc can save time, money, and add to the overall quality of the project.  When you encounter unique applications, there is often a supplier that manufactures a product specifically designed for that application.  Don’t waste time and money trying to make a product work that wasn’t designed for your exact application.    Use the internet, trade magazines, your local distributor, or word-of-mouth through your friends and contacts in the industry.  Somewhere out there is a company making exactly the right product or tool for exactly what you are doing.