A Terraced Garden Makeover

Our clients in Stirling have a sloping garden which wasn’t practical for their young family so they got in touch with us asking for some help to make the garden much more usable for them. They wanted a sunny seating area, new levels that were easy to move around and flat areas for children to play on. There was also the matter of some poor drainage to tackle too – queue Vialii for a terraced garden makeover!

Our design for the terraced garden makeover
Our design for the terraced garden makeover

We designed the garden using beautiful sandstone to create a morning patio at the back door linking to a path along the back of the house. A path takes you down to the main dining patio in a sunny corner of the garden.

Before: the sloping garden was not practical for a young family

We used vertical sleepers to create a retaining wall which allows for two new flat grassy levels.

The new garden creates areas for the whole family

A gravel ditch at the bottom of the garden creates a space for the water to run down to.

The new garden is a lot more practical whilst being very low maintenance

The bottom fence was replaced with a new double slatted fence providing privacy for the family.

For more sloping garden inspirations check out these garden makeovers:

A Sloping Garden Makeover

A Sloping Family Garden

A Terraced Garden

A Contemporary Terraced Garden

If you have a garden which isn’t working for you, please get in touch for a free design consultation.

Thanks for reading.

All at Vialii

Garden Trends for 2019

Gardening used to have a reputation for being boring and something people do when they retire. These days it is trendy to spend more time outdoors and use your garden as an extra room. So we have our (green) fingers on the pulse and have brought you the big garden trends for 2019 which you don’t want to miss!

FUNK IT UP

As Bruno Mars would say, you need to funk up your garden! There are all sorts of ways you can do this from adding a rendered wall painted bright colours; add funky mirrors to the garden; do unusual stepping stones made from tyres and artificial turf. Let your imagination go wild and add things which are personal and mean something to you. You will love your garden all the more and will want to spend more time out there.

Funk your garden up in 2019 (Source unknown)

Funk your garden up in 2019 (Source unknown)

CONSIDER THE CLIMATE

Create a climate change garden by thinking of its sustainability and its impact on the climate. There are lots of small changes you can make such as:

COLOUR OF THE YEAR 2019

The Pantone colour of the year for 2019 is PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral. We LOVE this colour and it’s the perfect way to keep your garden on trend. Plants such as phormium, heuchera, kniphofia, iris, dahlia and peonia are just a few that come in gorgeous coral shades to add some warmth to your flower beds.

Pantone colour of the year 2019

Pantone colour of the year 2019

TAKE THE INDOORS OUTDOORS

You will want to spend more time outdoors if you make it as comfortable as being indoors. There are lots to try such as:

BE BOLD

It’s time to be bold in the garden and push the boundaries a bit. Introduce bold colours into your garden – this could be as simple as painting your shed a bright colour or adding in some oversized planters. Bold planting is on trend, either go for strong colours or go for large jungle style planting such as phormium, bamboo, fatsia japonica and dicksonia antarctica, all of which look exotic but will survive well in your garden.

Planting Dicksonia antartctica is a great way to make a bold statement in your garden

Planting Dicksonia antartctica is a great way to make a bold statement in your garden

If you need some advice with what to do with your garden in 2019 then please get in touch.

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