Landscaping A Front Door Entry On A Steep Slope

Ground cover and planting ideas for steep hillside entryways

Regardless of front yard or backyard, this is a good example of landscaping a steep slope or hillside.

Most of the yard and lawn area is level enough to allow good saturation before the water runs off. However, the front door entry is quite a problem area. Still, even with a slight slope or hill you may want to take measures to insure the lawn and landscape gets enough saturation. See watering lawns on steep slopes and hillsides for more details on this.

The boulders and rocks in the planting area are a good idea to help hold the slope and smaller ground cover gravel in place. However, they would look more natural and work better as a terrace if they were slightly dug into the bank and laid horizontally like a natural outcropping. And being quite visible at the front door entry, this is especially true.

Also see hillside designs on steep slopes for more specific details of design.