Ideas for a user friendly sloping garden
maxibird145
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Buying a house for my mum, has a flat part that we will patio then slopes away, need it user friendly and easy for a 75 year old, ideas?
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Carolina
3 years agoSome ideas in this story perhaps https://www.houzz.co.uk/magazine/garden-pro-ideas-for-tackling-sloping-plots-and-varied-levels-stsetivw-vs~131752243
Raised beds so she can easily take care of plants would be a good idea.
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Comments (15)Hi there, was having a tough time figuring out the shape of your garden. Judging by the photos it looks like you're on a triangular plot so I've done a few doodles accordingly (although I might be completely wrong) and it's not to scale btw. Either way I think there's a few things which could be done relatively cheaply. Take up the paving slabs including the path way slabs. These could be cleaned up and re used to make new patio and garden border. Border: keep the one on the left and push back the borders round the other edges so it's the same distance from the fence all round. Like I said you could re use some of the paving slabs stuck on end, dig a trench and pop them in and this will give a good edge between lawn and soil. I'd suggest having some sort of patio outside the kitchen ? window as this gets the most sun. Gravel could be your best friend:) It's relatively cheap and you could use it to fill in the gaps and possibly cover the concrete, maybe use the slabs and gravel in a grid formation (see pic). You will also need a border between gravel and lawn, bricks, log border, anything will do. The fence looks like it's seen better days but a lick of stain should make it look better, I'm thinking a charcoal colour would look nice. Lawn: keep existing lawn next to shed and either use turf of artificial grass for the other, whichever you prefer. As for planting, tidy up the ivy and shrubs on the left, I think you need a tallish shrub or tree in the far corner suitable for north facing wall but other than that plant whatever appeals to you. Just check eventual height and spread. Anyway, hope all this helps:) Just to let you know I'm not a professional but I love giving ideas so seek advice for laying patios and lawns....See Moregarden design advice for my edible/wildlife friendly front yard
Comments (14)Rachel and Carolina, thank you both so much for taking some of your time to think and design those sketches, it has really helped me in a stage I was blocked in my project. I now can keep on moving forward, that's so great. Carolina, I like your designs and they are actually similar to the sketches I was doing before I imported the soil in the garden but I think at this stage, following the natural curves of the garden will be much easier for me. I really like a lot of ideas you emitted. I will indeed add a birdbath somewhere and possibly a mini pond :-D Rachel, you just put into words and sketch a vague idea that I had but that I didn't know how to formulate! you basically read my mind. yes, I noticed there was some natural lines, and I wanted something more in curves but I didn't know how. your design makes it all look possible and realistic. to answer your questions, the round things are wine bottles. I was thinking of adding more wine bottles for edging but they might be a bit too short for high enough raised beds. I'll have to think about it... yes, the silver planter is a dolly tub. I was thinking of planting a clematis in it and some colourful flowers at the base of the clematis. I thought it would look nice somewhere against the white wall... thank you both so much about your ideas. I'll send you an update when it's more advanced. (it might take a long time though, but I'll get there!)...See MoreCarolina
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