Concrete Curbing & Landscape Curbing

Decorative curbing is giving entrepreneurs across the country a creative edge in the competitive concrete market. For many it is a stand-alone business; for others a lucrative add-on.

“Concrete curbing is one of the fastest growing segments of the landscape industry,” observes Jeremy Garrett, president of Tygar Manufacturing Inc. He’s not alone in this assessment.

Larry Rose, president of Curbmate Corp., and Lane McKinnon, director of manufacturing at Tool Engineering and Manufacturing (maker of Curb-King), also report the majority of decorative curbing is used in landscape applications.

“It has the lower edge set at the same height as the firm sod for lawn-mowing applications,” Rose explains. “It then curves over and up so that the back side is higher, allowing for raised flower beds. In the early days we emphasized the beauty of this style by saying that it was like putting a picture frame around your landscaping.”