Landscaping in West Virginia is a hillside more often than a lawn. Water runs off the mountain into the uphill wall, and the only flat ground may be a pad cut for the house. Retaining walls, stone steps, and drives that switch back are the yard. If those walls lean or the drive washes, that is the call. A green patch at the bottom of a hollow can be a wet sponge against the foundation.
Shade is deep on one face. Moss, damp soil, and a tree line at the porch are normal. Mowing, where there is grass, may be a small terrace rather than an acre. Leaves and limbs from the hill end up on the roof. Erosion after a hard rain will move a bed you just shaped. Describe the grade honestly: steep above the house, steep below it, or a narrow valley floor.
The eastern panhandle and the high plateau do not garden on the same calendar. Ridges have a short season. Valley towns stay humid and can grow more, then drown a low spot when the creek is up. Irrigation is less the story than drainage, though a system that exists still needs a shutdown before a freeze. Do not soak the uphill foundation. Say wall, drain, tree, or cut grass so the visit fits the slope.
Access is the hidden half. A truck may not make the last turn. Debris comes down a steep walk. Deer and brush are part of life at the edge of the yard, and they are not a reason to pretend the lot is suburban. Plants have to tolerate shade and cold, or valley heat, whichever you actually have. Say the county or the elevation in plain words.
Walk the uphill wall after a rain. Landscaping in West Virginia should keep the mountain water out of the house and make a steep lot usable. Call the number on this page.