Hillside Planter-Set of (3) D.I.Y Erosion Control Soil Slope-Stabilization Runoff Conserves Water ECO 1-5 Gallon

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So turn a tough hillside flower bed into a beautiful planting by selecting easy-care groundcover plants for slopes that root into the bank wherever their stems touch soil. We hope this article gives you ideas for your sloped landscaping project and gives you confidence when it comes to landscaping on a hill. This method takes on building a sloped raised bed frame using cut wood to match the angle of the hillside. The shell-motif lunette on top, reeded side columns, and center motif of cattails and Poseidon’s Trident.

Rocks and naturalistic plantings turn an eroding California hillside flower bed into a colorful oasis that blends with the surrounding desert habitat.At the lower levels, you can do it without extra equipment, and the boxes are not just easy to work in; they create a garden room for relaxing and entertaining. Having now visited five out of eight, I continued to marvel at how perfectly groomed they all were for tour day: No weedy bits around the edges, every plant deadheaded and dead-leafed (any unsightly leaf removed). Usually, I blend Allan’s and my photos together to describe a garden, even though we often walk through at a different pace and direction. To create these miniature terraces on hillsides, just bend the perforated Corten steel planters to the shape you need, pound into the ground with a rubber mallet, insert your plants, and then the gray Corten weathering steel will develop a beautiful rust patina that will actually protect the base metal from corrosion.

Great for home gardens, burnt out areas, reforestation, habitat improvement, and highway/municipal beautification. These planters are in very good condition, two have a hairline crack to the front face that does not affect form or function and they have overwintered in Connecticut uncovered for several years with no damage. If the ground is weird and uneven, or the slope is particularly steep, you can also build legs instead. And you can outfit these planter boxes with cold frames in the autumn and winter months to extend your growing seasons.Terracing the walkway while leaving the planting area elevated gives the effect of encompassing passersby in the flowers. You don’t want to spend 8 hours figuring out how many hillside planters will fit in your sloped landscaping project. To anyone just joining this blog: I have a collapsed knee (which will be dealt with this winter) and some dizziness and balance issues AND acrophobia.