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Deborah Vanderzel Designs perhaps you can recycle the flagstones into a new gently curving path to the door. It may be worth it to have them set in concrete so the suface is level and stable. You can research the many varities of confirs and evergreen bushes that will survive and soften the area around the house. In addition, think about planting bulbs for bursts of spring and fall colors.
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Ironwood Builders Ferns in the woods makes sense. They can be used as foundation plantings and will die down in the winter, look good in spring and summer. Conical shaped evergreens as noted by Deborah should be OK in the slides. Placing something on the roof to break up the slides is another possibility...we don't have them in Sonoma County, CA but I've seen them in photos of New England houses. [houzz=Edgewater Design LLC] [houzz=Hume][houzz=Jack & Marilyn]

donnavt I probably should have mentioned that the flagstones you see in this photo, which had made up about half the width of the walkway, were moved close to the house temporarily, to ensure that dripping water slants away from the house -- until spring, when we can grade the area properly. We wouldn't have them there permanently. The ground area nearest the house needs to be porous so water doesn't splash up onto the cedar siding. We had lots of hostas all along the front of the house (because they die back in the fall so aren't mashed by snow). You won't be surprised to learn that deer are a bit of a problem in the woods; sometimes it seems we're planting salads for them.