Landscape design ideas: terracing the slopes of the garden plot and backyards!

Landscape design ideas: terracing the slopes of the garden plot and backyards!

Terracing is a method in landscape design that allows you to create several flatter areas from an inclined area. Together with the alignment of the slopes, terracing allows:
– To create a simple drainage system, which means to prevent or eliminate water erosion of soils.
– Perform zoning of the territory and design it uniquely.
– It is useful to use all available space.
– It is safe to move around the site.

The slopes, decorated by the method of terracing, look spectacular, but the use of this technology has several significant drawbacks:
– Carrying out preparatory work: soil assessment, analysis of the depth of groundwater.
– Caring for plants will require a lot of effort: they need more frequent watering.
– High construction costs.
To minimize the disadvantages, it is important to inspect the site in advance, the features of the slope, its angle. This will help prevent unnecessary spending on unnecessary structures. Also, before creating terraces, you need to identify for yourself their functional purpose. If you plan to grow plants on the site, it is better to immediately choose those that require less watering.

Types of terraces and their features
The purpose of using future terraces and the angle of inclination of the land plot determine the choice of a certain type of structure. These can be the following types:
– Stepped structures are suitable for areas with a slope of 8-12 degrees. The steps are made from 3 to 15 meters wide and reinforced with masonry.
– Trench terraces are used if the slope angle has a slope of more than 10 degrees. A layer of fertile soil is removed from the trench and from the adjacent territory. The bottom layer of soil from the trench is used to create shafts. After the shafts are formed, the previously removed soil layer is laid out on the bottom of the trench.
– Ridge structures are created when the site is tilted up to 8-12 degrees. Mounds of ridges are formed across the slope, their height is about 30-50 cm.
– Terraces-ditches are used on steep slopes, the angle of which is from 35 to 40 degrees. Soil is taken out of storm ditches and shafts are poured out of it. Each subsequent shaft is made higher than the previous one by 2-2.5 m.

Herbaceous plants, shrubs, fruit trees can be used for the decoration of terraces. The features of the created structures allow you to create hedges. To do this, next to the retaining walls, you need to plant climbing plants, such as grapes, ivy, creeping vines. The plants used can be both ornamental and fruit crops.

When planning terraces for growing plants, it should be borne in mind that the angle of inclination of the site significantly affects the illumination, humidity, and soil temperature. So one degree of slope shifts climatic factors by 8-10 km in the direction in which it is directed. That is, on the southern slope with a slope of 1 degree, it is necessary to grow such plants that are grown in a climate located at a distance of 8-10 km to the south. In addition to flower beds and bushes, terraces are ideal for the construction of small waterfalls, groups of reservoirs on neighboring sites.

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