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Leveling garden on a slope

4 replies

naturalblonde · 13/03/2008 21:47

Our garden is a total mess, and it's on a bit of a slope. We'd really like it levelled, and it was suggested that we use the remains of the concrete shed we knocked down to place at the bottom of the garden, to raise it a bit, the chuck a load of topsoil over it, then turf it. Is this a ridiculous idea or is it plausible?

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Alva · 13/03/2008 21:50

We had this problem and terraced the garden instead - looks much better than if we'd levelled it tbh.

NeverSayNever · 13/03/2008 22:03

Dh Landscape Gardener says, building up the ground with concrete is ok, but you must completly cover the concrete with AT LEAST 4 inches pref 6 of GOOD topsoil.
HTH

naturalblonde · 13/03/2008 22:50

Alva, def want to turf it, deliberately bought house with garden for dd to play in.

NSN, thanks, will put dp to work on his nex day off!! (I knew being pg would be useful at some point

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Mung · 14/03/2008 10:34

I have a friend who had a very uneven garden and the managed to put one terrace in using old sleeper s and then just level at the two different heights IYSWIM. It looks lovely now and I think the sleepers look fab too.

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