Understanding the Garden Borders & Edging Category
The Garden Borders & Edging category, identified by ID 502986, is a specific classification within the Hardware > Fencing & Barriers hierarchy. It is designed for products intended to delineate areas of a garden, lawn, or landscape, serving as a boundary between different surface materials or planting zones.
This category includes items used to provide a clean edge for garden beds, pathways, and driveways. Examples from the US market include rubber, plastic, and corrugated metal landscape edging rolls, cedar or eucalyptus wood garden borders, steel edging strips, no-dig edging kits, and ornamental iron garden edging. These items are strictly for decorative or functional landscaping separation rather than structural fencing.
Do not place products here if they belong to neighboring categories within the Fencing & Barriers hierarchy. Items such as fence pickets, gate components, heavy-duty fence posts and rails, and complete fence panels belong in their respective categories. Additionally, safety and crowd control barriers, gate accessories, and lattice structures are distinct classifications and should not be mapped to this category. If your product is a decorative garden fence meant for structural security, verify if it fits within Fence Panels instead.
Since there are no subcategories for this classification, it represents the most granular level available. Always choose this level to ensure your products are correctly indexed by Google's automated systems.
To map these products in your feed, use either the ID 502986 or the full path: Hardware > Fencing & Barriers > Garden Borders & Edging. Providing this attribute is optional but highly recommended to override Google's automated categorization. Remember that this classification is distinct from the free-form product_type attribute.