That's the most common use for retaining walls ... homeowners and landscapers can create freestanding walls, seat walls, columns, stairs, ... to two-tiered seat walls. ...

With innovative hillside landscape ideas, such as terraced beds and low-maintenance plants, you can make the most of a sloped or hilly yard. A sloped yard doesn’t have to be a landscaping challenge.

Retaining walls help create more usable flat space in a sloped yard, and concrete materials ensure it’s built to last. Building a block wall yourself isn’t exactly easy, but the steps are ...

In this photo, the patio block wall has been removed at at Kneff Lake Day Use Area in the Huron-Manistee National Forests. It will be replaced by a tiered boulder retaining wall.

(BPT) – When you picture a retaining wall, do you imagine it holding back dirt? That’s the most common use for retaining walls — to address elevation changes and prevent erosion. But ...

That’s the most common use for retaining walls — to address elevation changes and prevent erosion. But concrete segmental retaining wall (SRW) units are multi-purpose landscaping tools with ...

"Because segmental retaining walls are both durable and beautiful, landscapers and homeowners can use them to create outdoor seating, raised patios and other features," says Arnold.