Had a very small planting area by our pool that look just awful with weeds and grass growing wildly.  Clean it all up and put plastic sheets down to prevent further growth.  Have a wonderful flowering vine and shrub growing in the middle of this area and used the edging to put around the plants and the outside of the planting area.  Filled the whole thing with pea stones.  It now looks wonderfully neat and is much easier to water to promote growth and remain pretty.  The edging is just what I needed for this project.