Side Yard Garden Design Ideas with a Retaining Wall

Retaining Walls
Retaining Walls
Nilsen Landscape Design, LLCNilsen Landscape Design, LLC
Crisp concrete retaining walls delineate the lawn terrace from the meadow garden.
Simple yet stunning
Simple yet stunning
Gorski LandscapingGorski Landscaping
Low mainteance with a touch of pink ton help illuminate Japanese lace leaf maple tree
Page Road Residence
Page Road Residence
C2 | Studio Landscape ArchitectureC2 | Studio Landscape Architecture
A conceptual framework of long, straight lines anchors the landscape design for this proposed contemporary house set in a rural wetland environment. Against this datum, the site’s subtleties reveal themselves for interpretation and appreciation. The iconic element of a strong axial grass ‘runway’ serves both as a horizontal extrusion against which to read the natural topography and also as a platform for viewing the site’s wetlands. A monolithic retaining wall stratifies the entry area into a lower, private parking court and an upper, public one, which is further defined by a series of rough-hewn stone planters containing formal plantings of dogwoods. These planters break the plane of the retaining wall and extend to the ground, alluding to the substantial bedrock deposits that underlie much of the site. Stepped down from this plane is the fire pit terrace, nestled into the rocky structure of the site and offering views towards a vernal pond. Scott Carman
Integrated LED Lighting Provides Navigation and Drama
Integrated LED Lighting Provides Navigation and Drama
Eden Garden DesignEden Garden Design
Steel steps with pea gravel treads provide circulation on the side of the home. Low-voltage, LED lighting fixtures are integrated throughout. Photographer: Greg Thomas, http://optphotography.com/
Hillside Haven, Kent
Hillside Haven, Kent
Acres WildAcres Wild
Dramatic Hillside Garden, Kent, UK
Horse Farm in Upstate New York
Horse Farm in Upstate New York
Studio 511Studio 511
The pool is painted a brilliant blue to offset the gray and brown stone walls, the deep green grasses and the purple heather.
Potomac Kitchen Garden and Outdoor Living Area
Potomac Kitchen Garden and Outdoor Living Area
Landscape Projects, Inc.Landscape Projects, Inc.
Large boulder steps facilitate circulation in the back yard, with drift roses and hakone grass plalying off each other. The kitchen garden area is to the right. Designed by H. Paul Davis Landscape Architects. ©Melissa Clark Photography. All rights reserved.
Sound buffer
Sound buffer
Michael Flaugh, Landscape Architect, P.L.Michael Flaugh, Landscape Architect, P.L.
The client needed both visual and sound buffering from the roadway, I utilized natural stone and layered tropical plantings to achieve both
Deer Mountain Home
Deer Mountain Home
The Crafted GardenThe Crafted Garden
Cottage garden with deer proof plants including Digitalis, Buddleia , Microbiota, Perovskia, Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail', Iris, Calamagrostis xacutifolia 'Karl Foerster' . Susan Irving

Side Yard Garden Design Ideas with a Retaining Wall

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