![]() So a major piece of landscape design for any slope is planning to deal with water. When it rains, the water is going to go somewhere and it is far better to channel it to where you want it to go than just let it run. That brings up the first thing to think about when landscaping for slopes. One example from a project completed a few years ago is this house set high on a hill that created drainage and erosion problems. Hopefully your slope goes down from the house to the street and not the other way around. Having a significant slope to your front yard isn’t all that unusual. Boulder steps down to the water help maintain the natural rocky outcropping look while providing seamless access to the lake shore below the patio area. From the seat wall, stepping stones lead up to the house. On the house side of the patio, we designed a seat wall to provide a resting area looking out across the fire pit and the lake below. ![]() To prevent erosion and maintain a natural look to this new area, we brought in natural boulders from Tennessee and Virginia to create a natural looking outcropping at the top of the flagstone patio. Using a grading technique called “Cut and Fill,” we were able to cut into the hill and move the dirt forward to create a level area for the patio and fire pit. ![]() Like many properties along a lake, this one was severely sloped. Cut and Fill to Create More Flat Yard Space We added a sitting area outside of the screened porch, with a bench and a bird feeder to provide more space to enjoy the backyard. This allowed for easy access to the pond from a screened porch. To keep a natural look that fit in with the rest of the yard, we installed large stone slab steps into the hillside. In this case, there was a flatter space at the bottom of the hill where the homeowners had installed a pond, but there was not a good path or steps to safely walk down. ![]() The Classic Sloped Backyard – Creating a Walking PathĪ common feature in many homes, especially those near Lake Wylie, is a fairly step hill in the backyard. Here is some inspiration for what your sloped yard could be, based on some of the projects we’ve designed and built in the past. Otherwise, you are probably searching for ideas of how to deal with landscaping a sloped yard. There’s an advantage to that if you are interested in having a walkout basement. Urbanization tends to flatten out central business districts, but residential developers usually only flatten the building pads on their lots. After all, that’s how “Uptown” got its name…from sitting on top of a hill. We’re not as hilly as the mountains and foothills, but there are still plenty of slopes in the Charlotte metro area. They call this area the Piedmont for a reason. If your Charlotte area home has a fairly flat yard, then you are lucky. ![]()
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