Sloping Garden at Roundhay
Sloping garden at Roundhay with a ramped path leading from the lower patio area to the upper lawned garden.
The patio outside the house extension was used as for outdoor eating and as a utility area whilst the top part of the garden was a large lawned area. This large lawned garden was the home football pitch. The garden design connected these two areas with a gentle ramped path, the gradient being suitable for wheelchair access. The walls were rendered smooth and painted a bright white to bring light into the garden and a crisp and modern garden atmosphere. Planting consists of herbaceous planting with specimen trees as focal points. Colours are blues, purples and soft greens.
A small vegetable plot was also incorporated into the design with timber sleeper edgings and water butts.
![ramp path up a yorkshire garden rendered walls and planting for wheelchair height sloping garden path landscaping](uploads/content/images/case_studies/ramped/landscape_gardeners_roundhay_4.jpg)
Rendered walls create a crisp, clean look
![sloping path leads up the garden with rendered walls and accessible planting](uploads/content/images/case_studies/ramped/landscape_gardeners_roundhay_3.jpg)
Sloping path leads up the garden
![blue geranium planting sloping garden graded path for easy access rendered wall](uploads/content/images/case_studies/ramped/landscape_gardeners_roundhay_5.jpg)
Soft herbaceous planting
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Clients garden prior to landscaping
![marking out for landscaping white spray paint on patio area garden construction paving slabs and breeze blocks](uploads/content/images/case_studies/ramped/landscape_gardeners_roundhay_7.jpg)
Garden marked out prior to paving
![block retaining wall circular pattern paving and setts Yorkshire landscaping garden construction](uploads/content/images/case_studies/ramped/landscape_gardeners_roundhay_9.jpg)
Paving down and retaining walls in place
![marking out for landscaping white spray paint on patio area garden construction paving slabs and breeze block wall decking](uploads/content/images/case_studies/ramped/landscape_gardeners_roundhay_6.jpg)
Garden marked out prior to paving
![yorkshire garden landscaping construction circular paving sets and decking block wall for rendering](uploads/content/images/case_studies/ramped/landscape_gardeners_roundhay_8.jpg)
Paving down and retaining walls in place
![autumn yorkshire garden colour grasses sloping access path rendered wall landscaping for wheelchair](uploads/content/images/case_studies/ramped/landscape_gardeners_roundhay_2.jpg)
The garden in Autumn with richly coloured planting