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Personal Touch Landscape & Gardening
This tiered retaining wall is made from stone and helps to add depth to this landscape! While serving its essential function, this wall also hosts a variety of garden beds!
Wagner Hodgson
North Cove Residence
Shelburne, Vermont
We worked very closely with the architect to create a multi-generational home for grandparents, their daughter and 2 grandchildren providing both common and private outdoor space for both families. The 12.3 acre site sits facing north on the shore of Lake Champlain and has over 40 feet of grade change from the point of entry down to the lakeshore and contains many beautiful mature trees of hickory, maple, ash and butternut. The site offered opportunities to nestle the two houses into the slope, creating the ability for the architecture to step, providing a logical division of space for the two families to share. The landscape creates private areas for each family while also becoming the common fabric that knits the 2 households together. The natural terrain, sloping east to west, and the views to Lake Champlain became the basis for arranging volumes on the site. Working together the landscape architect and architect chose to locate the houses and outdoor spaces along an arc, emulating the shape of the adjacent bay. The eastern / uphill portion of the site contains a common entry point, pergola, auto court, garage and a one story residence for the grandparents. Given the northern climate this southwest facing alcove provided an ideal setting for pool, utilizing the west house and retaining wall to shield the lake breezes and extending the swimming season well into the fall.
Approximately one quarter of the site is classified as wetland and an even larger portion of the site is subject to seasonal flooding. The site program included a swimming pool, large outdoor terrace for entertaining, year-round access to the lakefront and an auto court large enough for guest parking and to serve as a place for grandchildren to ride bikes. In order to provide year-round access to the lake and not disrupt the natural movement of water, an elevated boardwalk was constructed of galvanized steel and cedar. The boardwalk extends the geometry of the lakeside terrace walls out to the lake, creating a sculptural division between natural wetland and lawn area.
Architect: Truex Cullins & Partners Architects
Image Credit: Westphalen Photography
WINN Design+Build
Large contemporary backyard full sun garden in DC Metro with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers for summer.
Outside InStyle
New build pony wall entry allows greater interest with level change.
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary front yard full sun xeriscape for summer in Los Angeles with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers.
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary front yard full sun xeriscape for summer in Los Angeles with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers.
Heather Dale Garden Design
Render of the retaining walls lightens the shadiest part of the garden.
Inspiration for a small contemporary backyard shaded formal garden in Other with a retaining wall and concrete pavers.
Inspiration for a small contemporary backyard shaded formal garden in Other with a retaining wall and concrete pavers.
Amanda Shipman
Amanda Shipman
Small contemporary backyard full sun garden in Hertfordshire with a retaining wall and brick pavers for summer.
Small contemporary backyard full sun garden in Hertfordshire with a retaining wall and brick pavers for summer.
Ketti Kupper Conscious Life Design
Photo by Ketti Kupper
Inspiration for a small contemporary front yard full sun xeriscape in Los Angeles with a retaining wall.
Inspiration for a small contemporary front yard full sun xeriscape in Los Angeles with a retaining wall.
LOCKHART SUVER
Design ideas for a contemporary front yard garden in Seattle with a retaining wall and concrete pavers.
Boodle Concepts
An understated row of Ornamental Pear trees sit in from of a freshly Dulux-painted boundary fence in Hawthorn, Melbourne.
Galvanised steel trellis on timber posts provides height and drama to the garden space, allowing Star Jasmine to climb up the vertical garden and screen out the neighbours (adding privacy). A freshly positioned boulder retaining wall gives the space an organic feel.
Invigorating grasses add a lush element to the back yard, colour matching the artificial grass. Groundcovers cascade down and soften the severity of the timber retaining walls.
Styling by Votre Monde.
Image by Benjamin Carter of Boodle Concepts Landscaping
Tech Scapes Australia Landscaping
Mid-sized contemporary backyard partial sun formal garden in Sydney with decking and a retaining wall for summer.
Mid-sized contemporary backyard partial sun formal garden in Sydney with decking and a retaining wall for summer.
Concept Landscape Architects
Steven Kingsley
Photo of a small contemporary front yard partial sun formal garden in London with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers.
Photo of a small contemporary front yard partial sun formal garden in London with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers.
Borealis Landscape & Design DBA Skipley Farm
no and low maintenance gardens with a flair and four season interest. photo by Gil Schieber, Borealis Landscape & Design
Design ideas for a small contemporary front yard partial sun xeriscape for winter in Seattle with a retaining wall and concrete pavers.
Design ideas for a small contemporary front yard partial sun xeriscape for winter in Seattle with a retaining wall and concrete pavers.
Yorkshire Gardens
The design brief for this project was to bring order to chaos. Just 13 metres from the end of the extension to the hedge at the back but with a rise of 4 metres. Obviously the slope was a major issue and there were going to be a lot of walls. Rather than use traditional masonry we thought that steel gabions filled with a local sandstone would give a different, more organic feel. As this garden is also supporting the garden of the next property the gabions provide the necessary structural support without having to use several tonnes of concrete. We also installed planting bags within the gabion stone so that walls will be softened with greenery.
The gabion walls were very hard work. On top of the excavation we brought in 48 tonnes of stone to fill them. Due to limited access this was all done by hand.
As well as the walls we needed lots of steps and oak sleepers fit the bill here. The lower patio was extended and the middle section is where the hot tub goes. Rather than the usual wooden shelter for the hot tub we used a detachable shade sail. The sails come in many colours and can be changed to suit the mood.
The garden was to be low maintenance but we still managed to fit a few plants into the scheme and pots will eventually provide a bit more interest. To finish things off a small amount of lighting to give just the right mood at night.
New Eco Landscapes
Photos by Anthony Chrisafulli
Mid-sized contemporary backyard full sun garden in New York with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers for summer.
Mid-sized contemporary backyard full sun garden in New York with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers for summer.
A J Miller Landscape Architecture PLLC
Jamie Young Photography
This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary sloped partial sun xeriscape for fall in New York with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers.
This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary sloped partial sun xeriscape for fall in New York with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers.
ADLA Studio
Inspiration for a large contemporary backyard partial sun xeriscape in Austin with a retaining wall and gravel.
ADLA Studio
Sara Pierce
Inspiration for a large contemporary backyard partial sun xeriscape in Austin with a retaining wall and gravel.
Inspiration for a large contemporary backyard partial sun xeriscape in Austin with a retaining wall and gravel.
Gregory Davis & Associates
Landscape Design and Installation by Gregory Davis & Associates, www.gdalandscape.com
Abran Photography
Contemporary backyard garden in Los Angeles with a retaining wall.
Contemporary backyard garden in Los Angeles with a retaining wall.
Contemporary Outdoor Design Ideas with a Retaining Wall
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