tiny, sloping front garden questions about gravel /rocks

my new garden has a tiny (approx 2m x 3m) front garden currently grassed over. As I will have to lug lawnmower through house I want to get rid of grass completely and put borders in with some kind of gravel, shingle, rocks all over. The garden is pretty flat from house to end except for last metre which slopes sharply down so if I put gravel etc on it would just wash off unless its somehow retained

my neighbours house is at right angles to mine so the bottom of my garden forms the side of his drive so dont want atuff washing off.

I am useless at diy so wd have to do my best at whatver i decide but wanted some ideas?

if i somehow contain the gravel/rocks at the end will they tend to migrate much? would bigger gravl/rocks be better than smaller stuff?

would something like a half buried log roll be sufficient. The drop in the last meter is about 10 inches

 

Can you post some pics?

 

hope this works

 

I'd be tempted to remove the turf so that soil level is just below the paving and then put down membrane covered with a mix of coarse and finer gravel. You could then cut holes through the membrane and insert pots/planters. I doubt if you'd get much creepage, but edging with either log roll or gravel board might be useful particularly at the bottom as it would keep the neighbour's car off your nice new bed.

 

Let me give it some thought, will post some ideas shortly.

 

Welcome to GC Flower-Power.

You could create little terraces (tiers) up until the point where the ground levels out, similar to this......

https://www.google.com/search?q=ter...com%2Fhub%2FHillside_Landscaping_Vol2;520;373

 

A terraced layout is exactly what I was thinking.
To stop soil erosion from that steep slope (once the grass is removed) is to use either a retaining wall or a series of terraces.
The terraces probably being easier and cheaper to do by using some railway sleepers.
Use relatively large gravel and pebble mixture with larger rocks on the ends to hold back the gravel and pebbles but still allow water flow.
The important thing here is to make sure that it also slopes a bit towards the brick paving.
Below is what I had in mind.
Please note that I know very little about the actual plants used and which would be suitable for this application and the ones I put on the pic were simply for effect.

Hope it's of some help.

 

Thank you JWK

 

thanks everyone for the feedback. I did think of a railway sleeper but thought it might have looked stupid but putting a couple in is something I never thought of (duh!) and that makes it look better I think. Plants I am ok with its just the layout of exactly what to do I struggle with! ooh and great photo diy dave!!! I am very short on visual planning so thats helped!

 

No problem @flower-power glad it was of help.

 

Nice layout Dave , a couple of sleepers and some gravel will break the area up and stop creep onto next doors drive

 

Thank you Harry.