Retaining Walls With Kohler Outdoor Can Be Used For Functionality And Also Aesthetics
Retaining walls can be used to level or enclose an area for a decorative garden. They are the ideal way to create an area definition, landscape accents and elevation transitions. Natural stone or manufactured blocks provide distinctive beauty and remarkable strength. Retaining walls serve yards well for both aesthetic or functional reasons.
Kohler Outdoor’s retaining wall projects include:
- Hand stacked stone walls
- 14″ limestone walls
- Hand stacked block walls
- Block seat walls
- Large block walls
A retaining wall is considered a hardscaping aspect of one’s landscape. It is a man-made structure composed of stone, concrete or brick. The purpose of a retaining wall is twofold: aesthetics as well as functionality. The wall is intended to hold back soil when there is a drastic change in elevation. Often, retaining walls are used to terrace yards that originally had a steep slope, and can help create usable outdoor space as well as control erosion.
Retaining walls can help divide up the yard and organize it, making the appearance more pleasing on the eye. Depending on how steep the slope, your yard may need multiple retaining walls — and each layer can house different plants or flowers,
Functionally, retaining walls prevent soil erosion and runoff. Depending on what the wall is supposed to be retaining, the material may change. For example, something heavy such as a pool will need a reinforced concrete retaining wall in order to support the weight. If the ground is composed of soil rather than clay, then large boulders will do the trick to hold the yard in place.
Reasons Why You May Need A Retaining Wall:
- A patio on the hill
A retaining wall can give you more flat space for a larger patio where Kohler Outdoor can add a fire pit, planters or lounge furniture for entertaining.
- Retaining wall materials
Depending on your slope and your tastes, your retaining wall design ideas can come to life with several different wall materials including: brick, block, keystone, concrete, rock, or stone. You can choose colors and textures that fit well within the environment and your design scheme. Kohler Outdoor can help you bring your design to fruition, or help you decide what you’d like.
- Shape your retaining wall
Depending on the needed height and the natural environment, why go for a straight-line retaining wall? Some curves actually fit the landscape and hold back the land better. Waves, curves, scallop patterns, etc. can give your yard a great deal of interest and creativity.
- Additional features for your retaining wall
If budget, time and taste allow, why not boost your retaining wall from just a wall to a thing of beauty. Consider adding fire pits, planters, fountains, ponds or even outdoor art and sculpture to your retaining wall design ideas list. Kohler Outdoor is ready to help with your outdoor space.
- Terracing
When working with particularly large slopes, a terraced system of graduated retaining walls with layers for planters and water features for drainage would work better and more reliably than one very high retaining wall.
For more information about retaining walls, call Kohler Outdoor at (816) 540-4400. Make an appointment at https://kohleroutdoor.com/make-an-appointment/.