Rock Wall Yard

Use large rocks to create a retaining wall to increase your home s curb appeal.

Rock wall yard.

A rock wall garden is a great way of making your garden unique. Rock your gardens with rock garden designs. They add interest in all seasons. A retaining wall is a diy front yard landscaping idea that can be done with boulders or large river rock depending on the size of the wall.

Landscaping walls make a great addition to any yard. A paneled retaining wall on a courtyard wrapping the lush green yard that s filled with abundant plants and trees. Prepare the footing photo by russell kaye. The stone effect looks great on the walls and anywhere in the home.

A stone garden wall has also become a very popular project for do it yourselfers. Put a piece of pipe in every few feet for drainage. If you are wondering what else dream yard has to offer you can easily find it all by clicking on our sitemap. Stone age needs no introduction.

Sometimes all the junk wire in the yard disappears behind the first large rock at the base of the wall and is filled with cement. Ask a stone yard to help determine how much material you ll need and have it delivered as close to the site as possible. Apart from adding to the aesthetics of your home a rock wall garden will add privacy and security to your home. Keep your wall under 4 feet tall.

Create a rock retaining wall. Once built you ll have a rock solid retaining wall without all the heavy mortar lines. Stone and rock retaining wall ideas thin slate stones stacked create a natural looking simple barrier between the landscaping and the grass. We ve used expanded metal barbed wire chicken wire orchard fence etc.

It will stand out from those of your neighbors. Creeping phlox or other trailing plants add an interesting waterfall effect to your wall. Otherwise a building permit may be needed. Wire and cement at least the base of the rock wall if you need a long term wall.

How to build a rock wall 1. Rock gardens can easily be made of a combination of tiny pebbles large stones and big boulders that all work together to create depth and diversity like this one done by studio h. Give the illusion of a level yard by incorporating stone steps and a stone retaining wall.