Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. A ...

Nobody enjoys wrestling with a steep lawn. Transform this hillside with terraced planting beds along rough stone stairs rather than turf grass. For year-round texture and color, fill the tiers with ...

If I could pick any garden in the world as my very own, I would choose to have some form of topographical change in my landscape, whether it is a hillside or a cliff face. My clients often tell me ...

It's difficult enough to garden in heavy clay soil, but when that soil is on a slope, you face a double whammy of gardening challenges. Slopes are both hard to mow and hard to water. Worse, slopes are ...

Slopes change a gardener's perspective. No flat lawns and meandering paths, but inclines and declines on which it can be difficult to stand, dig or weed and where plant choices seem more precarious.

Not every garden is made the same - and more are on uneven ground than you might think. Sloping gardens allow you to create your dream outdoor space because of - rather than in spite of - the incline.

House with a sloped garden bed - Pc Photography/Getty Images Whether caused by weather conditions or human activity, soil erosion can affect the fertile topsoil in your yard and damage the ecosystem, ...

When Rick and Laurie Jarmer bought their Five Mile home in 2016, they realized the landscape wasn’t exactly the garden of their dreams. They immediately rolled up their sleeves and got to work. “I ...

And now back to Park Slope for another garden make-over…The only before picture we have gives an idea of what was here initially when we bought our North Slope garden duplex in 2002—a couple of bushes ...