Holding ground, and making more of it

A slope you can’t mow, a bank washing into the driveway, a bed that wants lifting off the lawn. All of it is a wall problem.

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Landscaped garden bed with shrubs beside a gray-sided house, enclosed by a curved stacked-stone retaining wall.
Raised stone flower bed with plants outside a gray-sided house and front porch

How a wall is built

It’s an engineering job before it’s a landscaping one: it needs drainage behind it, a compacted base beneath it, and the right backward lean so the hill doesn’t win. Done wrong, it bows within a few seasons.

A retaining wall holds back a slope

Lifts a planting bed, wraps a porch, or edges a driveway. It carries less load, so the work is mostly in the line it takes and the quality of the capstones.

A garden or seat wall

Both get the same base. The difference is what goes in behind: clean stone, a perforated pipe carrying water to a point where it can get away, and filter fabric so the stone doesn’t silt up and stop working in year three. None of it shows on a finished wall, which is why it’s worth asking about before you pick a bid.

What goes in behind

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Landscaped garden bed with shrubs beside a gray-sided house, bordered by a stacked stone retaining wall and green lawn.
Stone retaining wall garden bed with plants and flower pots beside a home's front porch
Landscaped stone retaining wall beside a house with potted plants, shrubs, and a grassy lawn
Landscaped front yard with trimmed shrubs and ornamental grasses in a raised stone garden bed beside a freshly paved driveway and parked bicycle.
Raised stone garden bed with leafy plants, string lights, white lattice, and a green garden hose beside a house
Landscaped front yard with a raised stone flower bed, trimmed shrubs, walkway, house entrance, and bicycles in an open garage.
Raised stone-edged garden bed with ornamental grasses in a landscaped backyard

Thinking about a project?

Send a photo of the spot and roughly what you have in mind. We’ll come out, measure, and give you a written price.

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