Have you got any pics of the area? You need to add a lot of grit before planting alpines. Will the slate slide down a slope? Look at the Goy pages for rockery and alpines to give you some good ideas.

Thanks for your reply. We were going to teram the area first. I will go and take a pic and perhaps you can advise. It is more of a bank.

Here is the photo

ow and wouldnt a nice pond/water feacture look good . with a slope you mite be able to have a stream with a pond at the bottem and a pond at the top smaller with just plants in.maybe a bridge or 2 with a pathe miandering over the stream etc. just a thaught .

Hi, we have three labs so a pond is not a good idea. Your idea does sound wonderful!
Please see my pic and you will see it is a mess and i am not a gardener.

I have just replied on your Pic LL.

ow i see its still got great potential just mite need a dog run and a pond.i have a raised pond that also becomes one side of my dog run.i got a springer so i know what you mean lol.

A water feature does sound nice but not a pond. We do have a dog run but the dogs are in the garden all day.
I need something low maintenance.
Do you have any suggestions for summer flowering ground cover that will stay green in the winter months?

im more of a hard landscaper as aposed to a plantsman . id ask docbob or bamboo maybe they know there plants truley .