Levelling out garden

pledgeX

One of my projects this year is to sort the garden out. The problem is that it's not level.

It's about 11 metres long and 6.5 metres wide. The garden backs onto some allotments. The house and the allotments are pretty much level. The first 4 metres (nearest the house) is also pretty level. The lowest point is about 3m from the end of the garden and is probably about 40-50cm lower than the house at its lowest point.

I'll be paving the area nearest the house so may be able to move a bit of the existing soil towards the end but that's really not going to make much a difference.

Any hints on how to fill the dip? With the amount that needs filling in I'm guessing that much topsoil would cost a bomb. Maybe fill it with some hard core or maybe even some cheap plastic piping with a large diameter then cover with topsoil?

Any advice as to how much this would cost and where I could buy the materials would be appreciated. Thanks.

Leif

Why do you want it level? The cheapest solution would be to level the end and hence create a two level garden.

pledgeX

Leif wrote: »

Why do you want it level? The cheapest solution would be to level the end and hence create a two level garden.

2 reasons:
- One, it floods after heavy rain
- Two, it would look better

If I had two levels then I'd imagine the lower half of the garden would flood even more.