Custom Landscape Walls
Birmingham, Alabama
Decorative landscape walls are used in the garden design to either retain grades or create privacy. Landscape walls used to create privacy are actually categorized as outdoor fences and are free-standing. These can be made of brick, block, stone, or segmental materials and create different engineering issues than do structural or retaining walls.
Structural or retaining landscape walls are used to hold back the earth. The most common methods for building landscape walls are dry stack, segmental and masonry. Dry stack landscape walls are usually stone, old concrete, or Railroad ties. They must have footers and be engineered to suit the project loads. Dry stack materials tend to be less expensive than masonry and should be selected based on architectural and structural needs as well as budget. Segmental landscape walls are a type of dry stack and are made with pre-engineered concrete products. There are many brands, systems, styles and colors. The specifics of a segmental wall should be determined by the needs of the project and are usually engineered. These landscape walls can look very good, but always have a concrete sense about them.
Masonry landscape walls are the most expensive and often best looking. Typically, these walls are either block faced with stone, brick or stucco or poured in place concrete. Masonry landscape walls carry the architecture of the residence out into the landscape tying everything together. These walls need to be engineered with substantial concrete footers, rebar and concrete filled voids.
All decorative landscape walls shown in this section were designed and built in the Birmingham, Alabama area by John Russell Landscape Architect, Inc. Contact us today for more information on our custom landscape walls.
