8/22/2023 0 Comments Stone walls for landscapingThey anchor shapes, forms, lines and levels, and in doing so, can relate the lines of the house to the lines of the garden. In the process of helping solve practical problems with slopes and lack of separation of spaces in a garden, stone walls also help provide a permanent garden structure and framework. Retaining walls, sometimes with steps up through them, create terraces so that previously sloping areas become useful places for gardening or outdoor living. For example, they separate the refined garden from the hay meadow or the outer edge of the lawn from the street. Freestanding walls, in particular, provide a classic, durable background for a mixed perennial and shrub border, while at the same time separating (and therefore, clearly define the purpose of) areas of different character. They also trap the sun’s heat, thereby creating microclimates, or provide casual seating along the tops of walls. They increase the feeling of privacy by separating public sidewalks, for example, from your private garden. Stone walls are incorporated into my designs for practical as well as aesthetic reasons. Retaining walls, a requirement of terrain, are associated with hilly, rolling terrain, where it is necessary to hold back soil. Retaining walls are open only on the front side the back side is buried as it holds soil back to create a raised level area in otherwise sloping land. Freestanding walls are self-supporting fences open on both sides and can be built on flat or sloping ground. Stone walls are built in two basic forms: freestanding and retaining. Gordon Hayward has listened to stone where he builds: His experience offers guidance for our efforts in Canada. We are blessed with stone that defines our diverse regions: Atlantic coast to Canadian Shield to the Rockies.
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