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Creating embankments is a popular approach to tackling a slope. But these are expensive and should never be steeper than 33 degrees to prevent slippage. One of the biggest risks is that heavy rainfall could cause erosion and severe washouts.

It makes much more sense to use dry stone walls to stabilise slopes and make the space useable. By cleverly constructing terraces, the space becomes bigger, and the maintenance easier. These walls also make ideal seats and tables. Other advantages include their flexibility, which makes them less vulnerable to frost, and how they create a habitat for animals and plants. Dry stone walls can be integrated into the surrounding landscape by adding plants that thrive in rocky conditions, high-quality grasses, perennials and particularly striking trees and shrubs.

You can find a selection of our hillside garden projects here

Over the years, Peter Berg has developed a particular specialism for properties on a slope. By placing stones, building dry stone walls and through clever terracing; the slope can be harnessed, the useable area increased, and the level of maintenance reduced.

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We are delighted to be part of the new issue of “Gardens Illustrated”. The stunning photos by Marianne Majerus and the report by Tony Spencer show our project in its full splendor.

“Gardens Illustrated” is undoubtedly one of the most respected magazines for garden lovers and experts worldwide. Each issue of “Gardens Illustrated” features the world’s most beautiful gardens and insights from top designers and plant experts. The magazine publishes 13 issues a year.

Gartendesigner unter sich! Peter Berg im Interview mit Carolyn Mullet!

Last summer – with pouring rain – we had a visit from the enchanting garden designer Carolyn Mullet and her “Carex Tours” travel group. Carex Tours organizes tours to gardens all over the world. Their stopover with us in the Ahr valley was a real experience and we met wonderful people. Garden connects! And of course we took the opportunity for a little interview, which you can now listen to on YouTube or here on this page.

By the way: On November 10th, Carolyn’s new book “Adventures in Eden” will be released – we are very happy that our slope garden will also be presented in it. Feel free to have a look at her Instagram channel, you’ll find all the details there. https://www.instagram.com/ccamullet/

We are pleased about this very nice article in the current DEGA GALABAU 12/2018. The author Verena Groß reports here about the garden landscape by Berg & Co. GmbH for the Arp Museum on the current exhibition “Im Japanfieber”. The show garden was created especially for this exhibition and can be viewed there until autumn 2019.

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On Sunday 26.08.2018 the exhibition “Japanese Fever” was inaugurated at the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Hans-Arp-Allee 1, 53424 Remagen, Germany. Peter Berg Gardendesign designed the garden that is part of the exhibition.