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Posted by Mike Martin (U14339257) on Wednesday, 12th May 2010
In garden make-over programmes it often happens that an existing lawn needs to be reconfigured. When this happens the garden designer will often mark the new outline with some kind of white spray marker. Can anybody tell me exactly what it is that they use and where I can get it? I have enquired at a number of garden centres but nobody seems to know.
Not sure where it can be bought instore, but it's freely available online:
You should be able to get line marking paint at most big DIY chains or at your local builders merchant.
I use white flour in an old washing up bottle to mark out bed edges etc. Much cheaper & easily scuffed away with your foot. Not ideal to do in the rain though. J.
The gardener we engaged some time ago to alter the shape of the lawn, used sharp sand.
Easy to use, inexpensive and positively good for the garden!
No other than the great Alan Titch used sharp sand dipensed from a milk bottle.
another option for wavy shapes;
use a rope/string then use the edger/spade to quickly cut a line.
unless one was doing a lot of edging spray can or buying anything special seems overkill?
even sticks in the ground will give a curve.
laying hosepipe on the ground gives nice wavy lines and curves, and as it is not intended to have straight edges, a bit of waywardness when it gets kicked 2 feet from where it was, only adds to the charm.
Marking out spray can be had from most builder's merchants but like others have said sand will do the job just as well.
First person I saw demonstrating the sand and bottle idea (wine bottle in his case) was Geoff Hamilton. He said the tip had been given to him by Rosemary Verey, so it's got a good history.
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