Garden design ideas: Sloped garden ideas to fall for
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Checkatrade

Gardens come in all shapes and sizes. Not every garden is level, but even in a sloped garden, you can still create an inviting, functional and attractive outdoor space.

From streams and water features through to scattered flowerbeds, shrubs and patio areas, it’s easy to transform a sloped garden into an inspiring space to enjoy season to season.

Here are some of our top sloped garden ideas.

What are the benefits of sloped gardens?

Despite popular belief, sloped gardens actually offer lots of benefits.

If you’ve ever dreamed of integrating a stream into your garden, for example, sloped landscapes are ideal. As well as helping you to connect various sections of your space, a stream can also do wonders for the aesthetic appeal of your garden too, adding a striking focal point that can be both beautiful and therapeutic.

Sloped gardens can also offer beautiful views, so they make the perfect setting for a terrace or decking area with steps, as well as for layering greenery. The possibilities are endless when it comes to landscaping a sloped garden, with opportunities to create new sections in each part of your outdoor space.

What are the downsides of sloped gardens?

Of course, it’s important to understand the downsides of sloped gardens too. For example, steep slopes of grass offer little usable space, and there’s limited space to plant shrubs and flower beds and, if you need to put up a fence, this can often emphasise the slope further.

Sloping gardens also frequently experience flooding and soil erosion, which you should always make a conscious effort to stay on top of.

Looking for ways to make the most of your sloped garden? You’re in the right place.

What can I do with a sloped garden?

From creating an inviting and relaxing terrace area to adding a water feature and using self-seeders to fill the gaps, there are lots of ways that you can work with a sloped garden.

Sloped gardens are great for experimenting with and as a canvas for different landscaping techniques and materials, such as sleepers, borders and stone boulders. Gabion walls – wire caged structures filled with rubble or stone – are good for stabilising sloping ground.

And don’t forget to add solar lighting to enhance the different areas of your garden at night. Lighting can really bring your garden to life in the evening.

Can you level a sloping garden?

Yes. If your sloped garden is causing you issues, there is a way to transform it into a series of level garden areas by building terrace walls made from wood, stone or concrete. Don’t attempt this without speaking to a professional first though; levelling a garden can have an effect on your home’s foundations.

Once you’ve thought about how you would like to transform your sloping garden, it’s time to start planning the work. To get the best results, we’d suggest turning to the skills of a professional landscape gardener. Search our network of checked and vetted traders to find someone local to you.