Rock Retaining Wall Garden

Using retaining walls to create raised garden beds is a great way to accomplish a task while making it look good.

Rock retaining wall garden.

Terrace gardens date back to ancient times and are still a beautiful but rarely seen luxury in modern times. Building a retaining wall is suitable for diyers as long as the wall is a maximum of 3 feet tall in most. A dry stacked stone wall looks so natural. 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.

All kinds including wood rock stone brick gabion concrete low garden and more. A collection of backyard retaining wall ideas and terraced gardens. 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. Everyone loves the look of a raised garden bed.

Another advantage of dry stacked stone walls is that you can create planting pockets for small rock garden plants such as sedums. Imagine enhancing a bed s look with a handsome stone brick timber or concrete retaining wall. The spaces between stones in the retaining wall allow water to drain through relieving pressure. See more ideas about rock wall gardens outdoor gardens dream garden.