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Build a retaining wall to add an architectural element to your landscape design and create a raised planting bed. We'll show you steps for building a block retaining wall and give you retaining wall ideas for your front or backyard to make the most of your outdoor space.
In this DIY tutorial, I demonstrate how to build a retaining wall using interlocking landscaping blocks, step by step. I’ll cover everything you need to know so you can get started with confidence. First, here’s a quick image that sums up what it takes to build a retaining wall.
Learn how to build a rock solid retaining wall right the first time. Anyone with a strong back can stack up a bunch of blocks and build a pretty stone retaining wall.
Learn how to build a retaining wall with retaining wall blocks. We'll share what the experts do, so you can do the same.
Building a retaining wall is an effective way to manage slopes in your landscape, prevent soil erosion, and create usable outdoor space. In the video above, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook demonstrates the process of building a concrete block retaining wall.
Retaining walls can be made from wood, bricks, natural stones or concrete blocks. For DIYers, it’s easiest to use concrete retaining wall blocks that interlock. Interlocking blocks fit together and add extra security to the wall.
A concrete block retaining wall is the perfect solution to control erosion, to eliminate a hard-to-mow slope, to add a planting bed, or to level an ideal patio area. These systems are easy to install, durable, reasonably priced and available in a variety of colors and textures.