Garden design on a slope At the Portland, Oregon, home of garden designer Erin Ray, both the front yard and the back yard slope steeply. The traditional approach to a site like this involves retaining walls and terraces, but Erin and her husband wanted a more creative solution. You can see the result in her article "From a Useless Slope to a Luscious Garden" in the September/October 2011 issue of Fine Gardening. (#141).
To identify many of the plants in these photos from the article, move your mouse over the circles. There are two photos to view, each on its own page. To continue, click the "NEXT" link at the bottom of each page.
Large planting pockets in the front yard allow for flexibility in plant choice, resulting in a lively area full of unique plants in various sizes, shapes, and colors.
