Hilly garden help
amycm23
9 years ago
Hello our garden has a slope or rather a large hill. Any not too expensive ideas for it?
We have been here a year and a half and I managed to grow some veg on the very sunny patio.
We are in Scotland so think rain!
Thanks
We have been here a year and a half and I managed to grow some veg on the very sunny patio.
We are in Scotland so think rain!
Thanks
Featured Answer
Sort by:Oldest
Comments (12)
amycm23
9 years ago
PRORelated Discussions
Hilly back garden needs landscaping
Comments (1)It looks like you have a nice flat open area of garden too which is a must with young family. Have you considered a neat retaining wall in timber with an integrated slide (easily purchased and fitted) from the upper terrace down. I would keep it really simple and add some robust perennials and grasses to create some 'garden'. One other nice idea is to introduce some funky colour changing lights to brighten up the space on an evening - see our website for some inspiration and ideas and i wish you all the best....See MoreGarden design help needed
Comments (44)This thread was started by minnie101 in March and her comments at the end of May indicated she may have been by then well advanced in the planning if not the implementation. Doesn't that make suggestions for clearing and early stage design the following January somewhat posthumous? Changing topic to a piece orf growing advice for minnie101: we are now in a new year with a new growing season coming up. Instead of buying new lavendar plants to replace those which are getting leggy annd unkempt, why not look up how to take cuttings from those you have and replace with newly grown, free plants of your own? This will not only work with lavendar but with a huge variety of herbacious plants as well as most shrubs andd, if you have the patience to wait for the results, trees. You need some cheap plastic plant pots and some compost. A trowel would be useful. But you could even use an old spoon from the kitchen and a few empty yoghurt, margarine or other empty, washed packaging tubs with a couple of holes punched in the bottom for drainage. Here's an offer for all you Houzzer folk. If enough people would like to learn how getting free plants from your own cuttings works, I shall write an article for you and post it with a few pictures or drawings for clarity, here on the Houzz site if I can find out where to put it!...See MoreNeed help with my Garden
Comments (46)Bearing in mind that you have young children, the focus of the garden in my opinion should be on them. A small patio/dining/relaxing area for adults near the house, and perhaps also at the end of the garden would be lovely. I would also have most of the garden redone in grass (real grass!) with room to play. And I would keep the fence... its the most practical having children near a river, even if they're not babies anymore. I would probably break up the unusual shape of the garden with a few pots, planters and borders 'sticking' out into the garden so the eye is drawn away from the sharp, narrow end. I agree with what was said above though about just living with the space for a bit and seeing how you use it....See MoreBack garden 'help'
Comments (5)Hello, this garden has so much potential, and although it is dull, it looks well cared for, so less prep before you get to the pretty stuff. first thing is to move the washing line, because it cuts the garden in half. I would have it running behind the shed to the tank thing, which I would screen with woven willow. I quite like the silvery fencing, but if you like things to look new, use a garden paint, but avoid the fake tan look. i would the clothe fences, starting with the fence to the left, use vine eyes and wire, to give plants something to hang onto. Next dig a border 1.5 metres wide. Try to slice the turves out neatly then stack them grass side down behind tank thing. They will compost down.Plant climbers every 1.5 metres down the garden. Plant them 45 cams out from the fence. I would use honeysuckle and small flowered clematis as they are easy, use 4 or 5 canes on each plant to fan the strands up to the wire, and tie them in with twine. Then I would beg everyone you know with a garden for spare plants to complete that border, they will be happy to help. for the second stage I would plant a tree just beyond the tank, where it will soften the outlines of the other houses, this could be incorporated into a border along that fence, along side tall, easy shrubs like kerria, lavatera and buddleja, if these grow wherever you are. then I would make generous beds abutting the patio, so that the lawn is at first a grass path before opening out into the garden. It looks sunny, so you have a wide choice, the beds could contain herbs, or grasses, or anything you like, but don't be afraid of height there as long as the plants you choose aren't too dense.. It is really boring to see the whole garden at once, and it will make the patio pretty, so you could even start with this, so you have something nice to look at. hope this helps...See Morecatjanesawf
9 years ago
Samantha
9 years agoamycm23
9 years agoHello thanks for your suggestions.
The slope is quite steep and yes the patio and grass area are flat(ish). The hill is great fun for kids and my son and his friends love running around and hiding on it in the summer. His little house at the top is hidden behind the bushes once the leaves come out but I really don't like any of the bushes. They were planted by the developer when the houses were built about 7 years ago.
The idea of grasses is great. One idea I had was to build planter boxes into the hill to plant more veg and fruit bushes. I would also like to build the slide into the slope with tyre steps.
Next door have a retaining wall but that gives them a bit more flat area to use but ignores the rest of the hill. I have added a sneaky picture.
standroid
9 years agolmathematica
9 years agoamycm23
8 years agoamycm23
8 years agoamycm23
7 years agosmelyi7
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
Hi. We was moved in to a house with hilly garden, its took 2 years to do nice place to spend time with kids and friends. We was done all jobs with my husband (just money saving , because companies was asking to much) and kids :) Instead of wooden sleepers we take blokes and by regulations you can build 1.05cm in high without build warrant. We split our garden in to three zones - patio ; green zone; and play - work at the top. Your garden have good potential - just think and plan how high your garden and what you need it for, how much money or time you can spend there. Maybe you need just some construction job for support ground and other job you can do by your self. Use your back wall for kids activity - ladders or climbing wall, move there all kids stuff trampoline and house, slide can be on hilly space beside steps- instead of using steps they can slide down. Good luck
Oakfield Home Improvements