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Uphill Slope
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hi all, so we are currently house hunting and I’ve found a house with a long garden although north facing seems quite long it gets sun. But it’s putting off my partner as it slopes up hill, does anyone have pictures of their garden to inspire him, of how it could look? I like a challenge but he sees it as he has to cut all that grass uphill
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There are lots of wonderful sloping gardens to inspire you - almost any Castle (Powis is especially good), Winkworth Arboretum 'azalea steps'. As my RHS book says, the great advantage with a sloping garden is that the view from one end is entirely different from the view at the other
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I agree a sloping garden can be much more interesting than a flat one, if you create different levels and heights, a series of garden ‘rooms’ with two or three flattened lawn/terrace areas held back by raised beds and connected by ramps or steps. The terraces don’t have to be square or in a row even if your garden is a simple rectangle, you can stagger them to create different vistas and a winding path, have a circular lawn with wedge shaped beds around it at the top with a paved seating area at the bottom... the possibilities are endless. I’m sure if you google ‘terraced garden’ there will be loads of ideas to inspire you.