Ways to decorate a garden on a slope
The hillside garden is very decorative. In such a garden, terraces and alpine slides look favorably. However, many gardeners are trying to level the slope and make the site level. This is the biggest mistake, because the main decoration of the garden is the slope.
The whole landscape design plot on a slope is built on the features of the relief. You can decorate a garden located on a hill using three design techniques:
- zoning;
- terracing;
- masking individual areas of the garden.
All these techniques will allow you to rationally spend space in the garden, so you can plant more ornamental and fruit trees. Let's consider the possibilities of using these design techniques in more detail.
Garden zoning
Zones are needed on any site, but in a garden on a slope they look most beneficial. The advantage of zoning a hilly garden is that you do not need to use a large number of materials to highlight individual zones.
Due to the unevenness of the terrain, all zones on the slope have already been identified by nature. The gardener can only use the irregularities of the garden for his own purposes. You should strive to visually level the area in height.
Plant tall fruit trees in the hollows, tall shrubs higher up, and undersized plants in the highest points of the garden.
This way, you won't shade the plants in your garden. Cascading plants are a great way to brighten up a shady garden.
Terracing the garden
It is not necessary to use a limited area in order to arrange seating areas in the garden. The plot on the slope allows you to arrange a large number of terraces in the garden.
Terraces are a good way to artificially increase the size of the site. On the terraces, you can arrange not only recreation areas, but also ponds or landscape objects, for example, flower beds or flower beds.
Terracing can be complete or partial. Full terracing is used in gardens with a slope greater than 45 °. The terrace on such a site is a flat area located above the "cliff". This terracing allows you to divide the garden into levels.
Partial terracing allows you to select separate areas in the garden. When using this technology, it is necessary to maintain the slope of the site. The partially terraced garden can be decorated with tall flower beds.
Masking individual areas of the site
In the lowlands of the garden, you can arrange an area with outbuildings. It is specially hidden behind trees and tall shrubs so that it does not spoil the general appearance of the garden.