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Could any one help with my sloped garden

kay0129kay0129 Posts: 2
in Garden design
Hello I was wondering if anyone could help me.

I have a sloped north facing side garden.

When it rains the water runs down it and puddles on the path down the side of the house. With the free time I have been getting I have been trying to dig and turn the soil over to see if I can improve the drainage but it appears that this garden is on top of rubble. Is there anything I can do? Are there any shrubs/trees/plant etc I can grow in a north facing area with limited digging? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!! 

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  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Can you send us some photos? @kay0129  It will help people to picture what you are dealing with.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It won't be easy. Photos would help, but things like Cotoneaster will grow - grows anywhere,and they help secure the slope too. Buddleias , even in that aspect, will survive.
    Getting plants of any kind to establish will be the biggest task, unless you can add a lot of soil. It may be a case of trial and error. The size of the area will be a factor, your local climate and conditions, where you are in the country, and whether you want to make terraces etc, or just address it as it is  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • valerierobertsvalerieroberts Posts: 726
    We had the same problem way back. So we built a retaining wall and filled it with top soil. Hard work and expensive but it worked. So it depends if this is your forever house and if your spending is priority on that area. Decision time. Otherwise it’s as Fairygirl says tough old plants to secure the soil. Valerie
  • kay0129kay0129 Posts: 2
    Hello. Sorry for the delay in photo. Thanks for the help!
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    I wonder if you dug a trench around the paving and filled with gravel it might help with the water run off by acting as a soakaway. 
    Can you afford some large stones to dot around giving a rockery effect,  positioned so you can get extra soil amongst  them giving you planting pockets for hosts, ferns and other shade loving spreaders, ajuga, some hardy geraniums, even a clematis to scramble if you can get deep enough soil in somewhere.




     
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