5 Best Lawn Edgers of 2024

Spear & Jackson have created an incredibly lightweight tool with their Select Lawn Edging Knife. Weighing just under 1 kg, it is a particularly useful item for gardeners who struggle to manage heavier equipment.

The reason it’s so light is that the tubular shaft is made from steel, cutting out the weight that other solid-wood shafts bring. The carbon steel head doesn’t add much weight, whilst still cutting firmly into soft ground to create neat edges.

With a comfortable non-slip handle, this edger isn’t too taxing too use; however, the T-bar is a little on the small side. For those gardeners with larger hands, there may not be quite enough room to hold the handle as one might like. On the flip side, the foot ledges are generously sized, making it easy to push the blade into the soil.

This Spear & Jackson edger is best suited to use in soft ground as it doesn’t work as effectively on hard soil.

Something else to bear in mind: if you have small, curved edges in your garden – such as flowerbeds – you might be better off with a narrower edger. This model is well suited to creating neat, straight lines, and long arcs, but not smaller curves.

The Spear & Jackson Lawn Edging Knife is an excellent lightweight tool, weighing just 760g. It’s also completely weatherproof, meaning that jobs don’t have to be rained off just because the weather won’t play ball.

This lightweight lawn edger is made from mirror-polished stainless steel which works in two ways against corrosion: it’s rust resistant, and also prevents soil from sticking to the blade causing damage.

Thanks to this edger’s lightweight design, it’s pretty comfortable to use for extended periods, and the wooden handle provides good grip even in the rain. It doesn’t have a padded handle, and nor is it ergonomically shaped, so you may find it’s more comfortable to use with gloves over extended periods.

Whilst well-suited to creating neat edges, and well balanced in general, you might want to choose a different tool if you’re looking for something that will help you in the fight against roots. This Spear & Jackson edger isn’t quite as tough as some other models, and its weaknesses become apparent when faced with hard ground or solid roots.

There are some products that really do live up to their name, and this Radius Garden Root Slayer is certainly one of them. Not only does it neaten borders, sitting up there with the best lawn edgers around, it also hacks up roots, obliterating before they even know what’s hit ’em.

Now, that’s not to say that you don’t need to put in a bit of work, but the things that can be achieved with this Radius Garden Root Slayer, with a little bit of elbow grease, will leave you wondering how you ever lived without it.

Complete with a round, ergonomic handle, designed to be comfortable and reliable, this lawn edger also provides 4 x the grip of traditional D-handle tools.

It digs through lawn edges and roots with ease thanks to its sharpened cutting blade and root-cutting teeth, staying sharp for an impressively long time too. The tactic is to lift the edger up vertically, and then bring it down with force, saying goodbye to any medium-sized roots as you go.

The only thing to bear in mind is the handle is not that long – if you’re over 6’ tall you might find that it’s a little on the short side.

We all want a garden that we can be proud of, presumably that’s why we’re all here checking out the best lawn edgers, I would imagine! And the Ambassador Stainless Steel Lawn Edger is another high-quality tool that helps make those crisp-lawn-edge goals a reality.

Unlike some lawn edgers, this Ambassador model has plenty of room at the top of the blade to allow you to really push down on it with your foot. Sometimes there just isn’t enough space to allow for this, making edging tough on the hands – but not on Ambassador’s watch!

The sturdy ash-wood shaft and handle, alongside the sharp cutting blade, allow for confident, effective cuts to be made into the lawn. Cleanly neatening up edges and creating crisp lines with minimal effort or previous know-how required.

At 87 cm, the shaft might be a little on the short side for some gardeners – compare this length with similar tools that you own to get a feel for if it will be a good fit.

For something a little different, there’s the Wolf Garten Lawn Edger. It’s especially useful for those gardeners who already own other Wolf Garten products, because this lawn edger head can be fitted onto Wolf Garten’s ‘Multi Change Range’ shaft.

So, one thing to establish straight away: this edger comes as only the blade – the shaft needs to be purchased separately. But, if you’re a fan of the range, buying interchangeable tools is a great way to save money in the long run.

FYI – The product details in the specification table above have been calculated with the Wolf Garten handle included.

If you often struggle to find tools with a shaft which is long enough for you, buying tool heads separately can allow you to fit them onto a longer shaft. You don’t get lumbered with the shaft which is already attached to the lawn edger.

This is certainly also a space-saving design, removing the necessity to have several full-size tools, creating a perfect scenario for those gardeners who are always struggling to find room for storage.

Turning to the blade itself, the half-moon shape makes it easy to cut a straight, sharp line into the lawn and the self-sharpening blade is refreshingly low maintenance.

The blade is best suited to standard lawn-edging jobs, so if you have particularly hard ground, or a lot of roots to hack through, you might need to consider a slightly tougher tool.