Sloping garden ideas - how to create brilliant sloping borders...

How to garden successfully on a slope. Whether you're living on a mountain or just have a small bank to plant up, experienced gardeners Richard and Lesley explain how gardening on a slope is different from gardening on the flat. Here they share their top tips:
00:00 You don't need special plants for a slope
00:30 How to start gardening on a slope
01:06 You see slopes from more angles than flat gardens have
01:58 Should you plant a slope with the smallest plants at the front, tallest at the back?
03:34 Work out how the sun falls on your slope
03:48 Staking is important on a slope
05:15 Do you need 'mat-forming plants'?
05:30 It's essential to mulch your garden well
06:00 Watering a sloping border
06:51 Terracing a sloping garden
09:56 Managing shady slopes
10:45 What have been your most successful border plants?


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