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Sloping site

Posted by chris on August 10, 2008 at 5:23pm in Landscaping
I have just been asked to do a job on a sloping site 12m wide by 6m depth sloping away with a 2m fall the customer has asked for the grass to be killed and bark to be put down then planted with shrubs or anything which grows about 3m high . i said if we put bark down it is going to wash away i need the best option available any ideas would be appreciated thanks
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  • David Riches August 10, 2008 at 9:16pm
    Can you not terrace it with sleepers or similar before planting?
  • marzenna August 26, 2008 at 6:29pm
    Hi.
    You could use biodegradable blankets. They are sutable to seed underneed or planted using notch system. The blankets are holding the soil but degrade with the time when the plants are strong enough to hold the soil. This way you can design very nice mix of groundcovers and shrubs and even have a wild flower meadow.
    One product I specified is by BioNet.
    Let me know if you need any more information.
    Marzenna
  • chris August 26, 2008 at 10:01pm
    if you could give me some uppliers thanks
  • marzenna August 27, 2008 at 7:22pm
    chris said:
    if you could give me some uppliers thanks

    http://www.salixrw.com/site/soil_erosion_control.htm
    Contact this supplier. I know from large scale project but if you speak to them, you will find if they are supply smaller amount. They are very friendly and I am sure that you will get good advice out of the conversation.
  • Simon Smith August 31, 2008 at 9:03pm
    HI Chris this project sound like a job I did last year, I have posted some picture of the job
  • Paul September 1, 2008 at 8:14pm
    Hi Chris

    Perhaps dividing the area with beds thus creating a series of levels that are flat?? Maybe in a staggered fashion?

    Good luck with the job it sounds very interesting...and very time consuming!

    Paul
  • chris September 1, 2008 at 8:30pm
    Cant get the pictures
  • Simon Smith September 1, 2008 at 8:35pm
    hi chris here is link
    https://landscapejuice.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?scree...
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