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Landscaping suggestions

  • 09-07-2009 12:16pm
    #1
    40701085
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭


    Folks

    The ground on our site rises as you go back, with the house "set into" the site, so that the site might benefit from being segmented into different levels rather than 1 long slope from front to back. It's an acre site so plenty of room for choice.

    Am considering the landscaping options but looking for some inspiration - know of any online resources I could search, for ideas, sketches, photos, etc? (Budget won't stretch to hiring a pro I'm afraid).

    Looked in the gardening forum but not much luck

    Thanks for any tips ;)


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  • #2
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    Surely there's plenty of magazines in your local newsagents?


  • #3
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,171 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    type "landscape architecture" in google images...


  • #4
    Carlow52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭Carlow52


    a 'pro' opinion for some ideas in an outline sketch is IMO always worth the money as it will cover what heavy landscaping needs to be done and then will give a selection of planting options. You can then have the heavy work done when machines on site and then plant yourself at your leisure/budget.

    Get some recommendations for a 'pro' from ur local garden centre, go look at their work.

    Whatever u do will be in your line of vision for a long time.

    Watch the drainage as well as the need for retaining walls etc and cater for sudden downpours.

    AFAIK, 1" of rain is 100 tonnes of water to the acres: my grandfather told me this:)


  • #5
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    hi, different levels can be very effective in a sloping garden.

    homebase.ie has links to design/planning software free and is fun!

    bbc.co.uk/gardening for ideas

    garden.ie for ideas

    Best thing to do though is use google ..

    search: sloping garden design - garden planning - garden levels - etc etc

    You'll end up on all sorts of random sites but might find something!

    Good idea when doing this is to open word doc (call it garden?) then anything you like copy and paste into doc..
    you can view the ideas/pics later all together.

    If you don't have many gardening books, your local library probably does..

    Ask friends if any of them have garden mags you could borrow for a while, also great for inspiration. The Irish Garden (garden.ie) do a feature garden plan every month so if you had back issues you might find a plan for a sloping site! Not sure whether plans are on their website!


  • #6
    40701085
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭40701085


    Thanks for all the advice folks, plenty there to go on. :)


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