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Prabha Khandelwal

last year

Hi, I’d love your opinion on a garden project. We have a sloped garden, and instead of leveling it completely, we chose to install decking. It’s been going well so far, but due to the slope, one side of the decking sits much lower into the ground — almost sunken in.

Now we're left with two options:

Cut and reshape the land: The builder will dig out the higher side to match the slope down toward the wall, but that would make the rest of the garden more noticeably sloped.
Install raised beds in an L-shape: This would avoid making the garden more sloped and could help integrate the sunken side of the decking more naturally into the design.
I'm leaning toward the raised beds, but I’m not sure — would they look good in that space?

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Sarah L

last year

You don't need raised beds where you've highlighted, but would make sense where the decking is above the ground.

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Sarah L
last year
What are you're plans for the rest if the garden? The decking looks odd in isolation right in the corner. Plants are definitely needed.
Prabha Khandelwal
Original Author
last year
I was thinking of adding raised bed to the right corner of the wall as keep planters nearer the fence but now because of slope landscape guy has suggested to put raised bed in the L shaped as I have highlighted in the pictures
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Prabha Khandelwal
Original Author
last year
This what my garden ATM
katlucy
last year
Raised beds near a seating/dining area is perfect for interest and scents and if you are careful not too plant too densely it shouldn't shorten the garden visually and you will still see the children playing,(you could perhaps even extend the raised bed right across and have a step down on the left or centrally).

You could plant climbing roses and clematis trained around the walls so think about some supports and underplant with herbs or salvias, a packet of cosmos seeds look amazing swaying in the breeze, some solar lights pegged in amongst that you can switch on and off, or on a timer for a few hours …
katlucy
last year
If planting beds are too daunting then you could build up bench seating with sleepers?
Prabha Khandelwal
Original Author
last year
I am thinking to add something like this in the L shaped area. I have highlighted in one my pictures. So shall I go with raised bed idea?

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