Edger

An edge cutter is a device for cutting off overhanging grass at the edge of a path or at the edge of a bed. In Meyers Konversations-Lexikon Volume 6 from 1887, the manual gardening tool is described as a 10 cm wide, 25–30 cm long, crescent-shaped iron with a wooden handle for cutting the edges of the lawn and paths. There are also petrol and electric motor powered variations.

The catalog of the International Horticultural Exhibition in Hamburg 1869 shows that an edger exhibited there was awarded a bronze medal.

At the end of the 19th century, the botanist Ernst Hallier described the use of the tool in his work Basic features of landscape gardening : “You have to constantly help the lawn edges with the edge cutter and lawn shears ; Defective areas have to be repaired with turf tiles, which should be kept ready in any quantity for every larger park to avoid clover and other weeds from your own cultivation. "

Individual evidence

^ Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. An encyclopedia of common knowledge. Vol. 6, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, 1887, p. 924.
↑ Conc.-No. 302. In: Catalog of the international horticultural exhibition in Hamburg from September 2 to 12, 1869. HG Voigt's printing works, Hamburg 1869, p. 143.
^ Ernst Hallier: Principles of landscape gardening, an aesthetic of landscape gardening, dedicated to gardeners and gardening enthusiasts. GH Meyer, 1896, p. 222.

[1] Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. An encyclopedia of common knowledge. Vol. 6, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, 1887, p. 924.

[2] Conc.-No. 302. In: Catalog of the international horticultural exhibition in Hamburg from September 2 to 12, 1869. HG Voigt's printing works, Hamburg 1869, p. 143.

[3] Ernst Hallier: Principles of landscape gardening, an aesthetic of landscape gardening, dedicated to gardeners and gardening enthusiasts. GH Meyer, 1896, p. 222.