A collection of backyard retaining wall ideas and terraced gardens.
Rock retaining wall garden.
Building a retaining wall is suitable for diyers as long as the wall is a maximum of 3 feet tall in most.
All kinds including wood rock stone brick gabion concrete low garden and more.
By cutting into a slope and allowing for level ground both above and below the wall retaining walls increase the amount of flat usable ground in a yard.
Retaining walls are used to create a transition from one level of ground to another.
Terrace gardens date back to ancient times and are still a beautiful but rarely seen luxury in modern times.
There are a few ways to incorporate a raised garden bed into your retaining wall project.
If you re retaining wall isn t really retaining anything important just making life easier maybe you should build a series of smaller dry rock walls no mortar or concrete and have fun planting yourself a rock garden in each one.
Everyone loves the look of a raised garden bed.
Imagine enhancing a bed s look with a handsome stone brick timber or concrete retaining wall.
Another advantage of dry stacked stone walls is that you can create planting pockets for small rock garden plants such as sedums.
A dry stacked stone wall looks so natural.
Mar 27 2017 explore doug scott s board rock wall gardens on pinterest.