Landscape Edging Calculator

A 10×6 ft bed needs about 9 four-foot edging pieces and 16 stakes — enter your bed's length and width to get the perimeter, piece count, and stake count.

Bed length (ft)

Bed width (ft)

Edging piece length (ft)

Stake spacing (ft)

Waste margin (%)

Perimeter

32 ft

Edging pieces

Stakes

Edging (4ft pieces)
9 pieces
per piece for Edging (4ft pieces)
Edging stakes
16 pcs
per pc for Edging stakes

Enter your local prices to see an estimated cost.

How we calculate this

Perimeter = 2 × (length + width). We add your waste margin (10% by default) and divide by your edging piece length, rounded up. Stakes are spaced evenly around the full perimeter and also rounded up — you can always skip a stake, never stretch one.

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