Be creative when landscaping a hillside. It's much more interesting to have several sets of steps with a landing in between than one long stairway...safer, too.

Rectangular granite stepping stones and gray gravel create an informal entry and a permeable path.

This last photo serves to remind people of the importance of landscape design in how we perceive and move through changes in level. Many of the previous examples feature minimal plantings or just lawn areas, reinforcing the clean modern edges of the steps and terraces. Yet here the trees and bushes intrude upon the stepped walkway, which is appropriately treated with the stone in a natural way. Everybody has their own preference, but having the planting, hardscape, and even the architecture work together is very important. More: Level Changes Define Interior Spaces

Japanese maples

slope and steps

permeable walkway

Like the series of small steps with landings rather that one long series of steps

Nice natural feel

Chemin jardin

more interesting to have several sets of steps with landing in between than one long stairway

Gravel and flag

slate path

Path

love the mix of leaf colors

Stone steps

stone with rock in-between

large cement stepping stones

Steps and gravel

The wall is gret

great combo of plants

Color

hillside

path and steps

Walkway

pavers and DG with steps

Paving

Love the natural stone blended with square pavers and gravel.

love

I like the pavers in gravel. The retaining walls are nice too.

Stone steps + blue stone pavers + pea gravel

Backyard

walls

retaining/wall steps

sd

Variety of materials and plantings

Clean, crisp yet interesting. Like varying levels.

Maple

permeable path

steps

path

Sideyard trees Add privacy

Maple tree

even odd pavers

Love the mix of trees

pavers

permeable surfaces mixed with garden

Nice canapy

Too Japanese? How about square stones for walk vs natural orange fieldstone?

love the red chinese tree with green

nice

Like the gravel and pavers

Beautiful concrete steps with gravel

hardscape walkway

Japanese maple

movement through changes in levels

like the steps

slate stepping stones in gravel

hillside landscaping

step up transition for sloped yard

tree on slope

beautiful uuse of red maples to frame walk

Walkway and garden walls

stepping stones

Boulder border

Stairs from driveway to house

The path isbordered by asymmetry and looks great. Also the path is lower than the planting beds.

Walkway across the front yard

nice proportions, clean, casual, functional

different size step pavers

hillside path - plan a landing at the bend

Beautiful walkway

jp

Stone walkway size and arrangement.

Love for my front entrance

Would be beautiful in rock garden, little patio in square pavers

land

for a walkway

Lovely contrast with gravel ans stepping stones all modernised to reflect a more western perspective on Japanese design. The Maples give a great sense of completion to the entire garden.

stepping stones, gravel, rocks, plants

raised bed with seating

Great entry!

Several staircases instead of just one...landings with seating...

slabs on pea gravel

Slopes

entry ide with retaining wall to incorporate in our existing garden

maple trees

stone pathway. maples. uses straight lines and natural lines with stone

Water saving hardscaping

plant colors

flagstones in gravel, and red maples

pavers and gravel (instead of mulch) - sets off color of plants

Like the lights

here the trees and bushes intrude upon the stepped walkway, which is appropriately treated with the stone in a natural way

tree lined path

xeriscape paver pathways

beautiful japanese maples

herman

irregular shaped pavers are inset in pea gravel

Stone walk

walkway

wow

Side yard

plitki

level changes, hard scape low wall, cement pads

Paving colour

concrete softened by foliage and natural rock

GARDEN STEPS AND PAVING

The boulders, moss, plants with lighting, gravel and paving

Shade landscaping and Retaining wall

Colleen

Front yard idea

no mow idea

iregular large stepping stones

stone steps

stone walkway

Maple

Fake boulder wall in front of bed at crimson maple and maybe plant the dwarf fountain grass all over the bed...get more of those?

Land

Path with flatbrocks

good rock walls red maple or asian maple

Color, texture, layers

nice stoework

stone and gravel path

Pathway

perfection

stones and mixed stepping stones

shows how side yard could have walkway appeal with stone affects

Gravel paver

Slant

symmetry, mix of mossy rock with clean gravel, trees

like the plants

Japanese maples and hakone grass

nice

Wandering path, casual landscaping spilling over the edges.

Retaining wall-Step

steps with a wall on one side and boulders on the other shaded by red maples

Stone wall incorporated as patio, off center cement "pads" for walk way

Entry from side of house

Full

Path it's simple

Squares in gravel

red maples, flagstones

bloodgood maples

Stones

levels

garden

Retaining wall

Door entrance idea for plants

walkway

Backyard idea

Pavers and gravel

another nice combination of colors, sizes, shapes and textures, and definitely that density I love. also like the idea of using natural rocks as demarcation.

boarder idea

Sloping path

steps

Mixing in the Japanese maple

Mix of plants

What do you think about walls and levels here? Love the trees.

Multi terraced

backyard

Wolfe project

Color combination

several landings

dense plantings

love the different levels of the backyard

natural looking rock walkway

nice pathas

front yard

make several landings on the middle terrace

steps, landing, steps

Garden colour in trees , maples

our back yard

combo of rugged and angular hardscape media

random flag stone walk and retaining wall look with boulders on left to naturalize. pea gravel walk

color

path and boulders

plants

Risers to steps

pavers

concrete path

wall border

stone and sand

Giardino wild bello cmq

stone, concrete, maples ... nice

japanese

path with gravel

bahce-çeşitlilik

stone, retaining wall

boxes

Color! Love the maples.

Stone and gravel path and wall

Steps

PROPER TERRACING

off set pavers and pea gravel

everything

japanese maples

Pavers

Bean Res front entry idea