Retaining Walls That Work With Your Landscape
Make a slope part of a useful outdoor space, with a wall that belongs beside your patio, paths, and planting.
Give Your Yard a Clearer Shape
A slope can divide the spaces you want to use. Landscape Charlie designs and builds retaining walls as part of a landscape that connects: a patio with a defined edge, steps between levels, or planting that has a deliberate place beside the house.
The right wall feels connected to the home and to daily life outside. Its line, height, finish, and relationship to the adjoining ground all matter. For an existing wall that has moved or begun to fail, the condition and cause need evaluation before choosing a replacement.
The block walls shown here combine steps and integrated lighting, bringing a change in level into the wider outdoor design.
Choose a Wall That Belongs in the Yard
Block can give a wall a defined pattern and a consistent line. Large stone can bring a more varied, natural appearance, as the boulder detail shown here illustrates. Compare options that suit the wall's purpose and the space around it.
Look at the wall from the house, patio, and approach. Consider how its face and cap will meet steps, paving, and planting. The appearance should work with the landscape, while the selected system and supporting design must suit the site.
Connect levels with steps or explore how a wall can fit within a backyard renovation.
Include the Work Behind the Finished Face
Wall height, ground conditions, nearby loads, water movement, and access shape the construction scope. Foundation, reinforcement, and drainage requirements depend on the actual system and property; any required engineering and approvals belong in the project plan.
Compare the proposal's removal, excavation, materials, drainage, adjoining work, and restoration. Clarify design responsibilities and unresolved site questions so the visible wall and the supporting work are considered together.
Design and Construction for the Whole Outdoor Space
Established in 2009, Landscape Charlie is a family-owned landscape design-build company with 30+ years of experience. Retaining walls can be considered alongside patios, steps, planting, and lighting, keeping the way you use the yard central to the design.
Explore the project gallery, then bring the slope, existing wall, or outdoor area you want to change into the conversation.
Make the Most of Your Yard's Changes in Level
Request a complimentary on-site consultation. Share your priorities and photographs of the wall or slope so we can discuss the possibilities for your property.
Plan Your Retaining Wall