Abstract: An L-shaped lawn and garden edging has a leg that is inserted into the ground and a flange that rests on the ground to impede plant growth under the flange. When the edging is inserted into the ground adjacent a building or other above ground object, the grass adjacent the building need not be hand trimmed after the lawn is mowed with a mower. The present invention includes an edging having an upstanding retainer section joined to the junction of the leg and flange. The retainer section is useful for retaining selected above ground garden materials into desired areas. The flange may be slit to permit bending the edging into curved configurations. The ends of the edgings may be cut at an angle and placed into end facing contact to bound multi-sided areas. In a modified embodiment, the flange is pivotally connected to the leg by a hinge of material.