Retaining walls are hardscaping heroes, making challenging locations more workable and preventing erosion in your outdoor space so it stays safe. In sloped backyards, retaining walls are especially ...

Ground with a steep pitch or slope can become a problem area if it is often eroded by runoff water from heavy rains. One way to contain the erosion is by leveling the slope with a terrace, then ...

Reducing soil erosion, turning steep slopes into terraced backdrops, creating focal points in the landscape—retaining walls serve many purposes. Indeed, they are some of the most common ways to ...

As we live on a steep slope we've had to build a lot of retaining walls in order to create functionalilty around access, water management and food production.

Humans have been building retaining walls for thousands of years to create flat, or gently sloping, terraces on hillsides. A lot of my readers have them on their own property – or need to build one – ...

“Tires can be used for all retaining wall applications,” the Geo-Rio director concluded. Translated by Mayra Borges Fonte: Scrap tires could be used for building slope retaining walls in Brazil ...