Terraced Hillside Landscaping Nobody enjoys wrestling with a steep lawn. Transform this hillside with terraced planting beds along rough stone stairs rather than turf grass. For year-round texture and ...

Everyone Feroshia Knight knew advised her not to buy the house on a steep lot in Portland's West Hills. "I had contractor friends tell me they wouldn't come near it," recalls Knight. "It was an ...

Slopes change a gardener's perspective. No flat lawns and meandering paths, but inclines and declines on which it can be difficult to stand, dig or weed and where plant choices seem more precarious.

As challenging as sloped building sites may be for architects, they’re also an opportunity to unleash some serious creativity. Homes with varying levels, some built into the earth, can unfold in a way ...