Another section of the property was still utterly inaccessable, steep and overrun with ivy, holly, & hawthorne. The neighbor’s property occasionally flooded over onto the slope, so we needed to think fast for how to manage excessive water on a steep slope, while enhancing access and maintaing planting space. We integrated a series of rain catchment basins filled with drain rock and french drains, allowing us to catch and maintain moisture in the hill while draining off the excess so as to not hyper-saturate the steep west side slopes that are prone to landslides. We installed retaining walls with a sloping aspect to allow for future planting in the cracks, and worked in a stairway