# Best approach for simple landscaping

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**Created:** [September 15, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.arkio.is/t/best-approach-for-simple-landscaping/234 "2024-09-15T12:04:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.arkio.is/t/best-approach-for-simple-landscaping/234/2 "2024-09-17T19:26:36Z")

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@Colin_Jones welcome to the community and thank you! 🙏🏻. Okay, so this is a bit of a tough one to explain since there are a few ways to approach modeling topography.

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> Is it better to build the floor of the basement on the Arkio foundation, the model the ground as wedges, or is there a way to excavate so the foundation is representative?

Both ways would work. One thing that is somewhat hidden is the green table can be edited like a regular Arkio geometry, so you could use the table as your landscape starting point and subtract the area in the table to represent your foundation. Personally I prefer the former option, I find it easier to set the lowest point of my site and build up.

Let me know if this helps ! I can make a screen capture of this process if it would :arkio_red:

Also! Don’t forget to [say hi](http://community.arkio.is/t/say-hello/22) 🕺

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