A retaining wall can offer both functional and aesthetic benefits for your yard. Here's the lowdown on the two different types of concrete retaining walls.

But many homeowners are opting for segmental concrete block retaining walls because they cost less and their appearance has improved.

Richard shows how to maintain a mini split; Mark and Jenn build a garden retaining wall.

There are three basic types of concrete retaining wall installation: concrete blocks, precast concrete panels, or poured-in-place concrete. This allows you the flexibility to choose the method ...

Chris Randles of Athyrium Stone and Garden offers advice on incorporating a rock wall into your garden.

For those homeowners who feel au naturel is the way to go, real stone affords a beautiful, substantial and timeless garden or retaining wall or even a flower bed border.

Companies that use concrete can reliably calculate the strength of their walls, but it’s nearly impossible to estimate the engineered strength of any particular dry stone wall.

Segmental retaining walls SRWs are a subset of gravity retaining walls that use modular, interlocking concrete units to retain soil. These dry-stacked units rely on their mass and interlocking ...

But many homeowners are opting for segmental concrete-block retaining walls because they cost less and their appearance has improved.