Garden Sloping towards house

Hello,

I am trying to plan how to do my garden and hoped to get some advice.

It's a small garden, at the back of my garden is a public footpath which I have access out onto via my back gate, however the ground gradually declines from this point all the way down a slope until my backstep.

I can see that water is draining down to here.

What I would like to do is build a decking area from my backstep and raise this area up a bit.

Then have a grass area where my son can play with his football and toys, he's only 1.

At the very back is a slab bed area with a small shed and bin storage.

My concern is the gradual decline from the path at the back of my garden all the way down to my house.

 

Pics will help with this... You may get some more advice or someone who will do a drawing for you ;-)

 

Terracing may be the answer - similar to my garden. My builder friend installed some railway sleepers about a third way down the garden - resting on a concrete base and tied in with sturdy wooden stakes. He used the soil from one terrace to make the previous terrace level. I've installed a garden arch, through which you access the rear terrace - it looks quite effective and was cheap - 2 x £9.99 metal arches one behind the other. Terracing will stop the water run off to your house - the grassed/flower bed areas will absorb it.

Each terrace can be treated as a separate 'garden room' - so one grassed for the children, the other for flower beds, the other for perhaps a patio area.