Designing Garden on Slopes

Contents
The Design Brief – First meeting with clients: Portfolio and Budget; Client Wish List to Design Brief; Budget and Design Brief; Summary – Taking a Full Client Brief. Surveying Slopes – Surveying Sloping Gardens; Measuring Levels; Level Surveying Basics; Datum Points and Reduced Levels; Typical Garden Survey Abbreviations; Recording Relevant Information; Summary – Surveying Slopes, Essential Information. Communicating Design Ideas – Functional Basics; Designing for Slopes; Design Principles; Dimensions of Key Features; One garden, Three Ideas; Summary – Design Idea Essentials. Design Presentation – Communicating the Design; Making Plans Easier to Understand; Ground Shaping; Design Presentation Summary. Groundworks and Construction – Cut and Fill; Mistakes to Avoid; Moving Soil Around Trees; Summary of Essentials. Steps, Retaining Walls and Rock Gardens – Steps; Guidelines for Step Dimensions; Summary – Steps; Retaining Walls and Summary; Rocks and Boulders; Gabions; Building Regulations and British Standards for Sloping Gardens. Ground Surfaces – Summary; Portfolio of 6 Garden Projects. Soil and Planting on Slopes – Soil Erosion on Slopes; Examples of Materials Used in Geotextiles; Planting on Slopes; Plants for Covering Slopes and Stabilizing Soil; Grasses for Planting on Slopes’ Alpines for Planting on Slopes, and Other Plants for Rock and Scree Gardens. Further Reading, Index