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3 Ways Retaining Walls Can Help Add Value to Your Landscaping

27 January 2021

Tommy Franklin

If you have an elevated or sloppy landscape, then retaining walls will be a reliable solution for you. You may also need to add these features if your contractor wants you to open up different functional and aesthetic possibilities on your home's landscaping. 

A professionally installed retaining wall will transform your landscape into a remarkable space—something you won't do if you choose to install it yourself. Here are three reasons retaining walls are an excellent way to add value to your landscape.

They Make Your Yard's Appearance Visually Striking

If your yard or landscape has slopes, you might think of levelling the entire area so it can have a uniform look. However, you might just spend a lot of money on this project and eventually not achieve your expectations. Moreover, you may have to remove most of the plants on the landscape and start nurturing your garden all over again. 

But you can avoid all this work by installing retaining walls and still give your landscape a visually appealing look. Just get some landscaping contractors to design the area and help you install walls that will give it a sculpted feel. As the contractors install retaining walls, they will help level the yard even if it's in a hilly area, making it more visually striking.

They Help Weatherproof Your Landscape

Besides enhancing your landscaping's kerb appeal, retaining walls offer functional benefits. If your landscape isn't even or is sloppy, running water will easily cause soil erosion. Although soil erosion might seem a simple problem, it can affect your house's foundation in a big way. It might even damage it and demand some costly repairs. 

But when you install retaining walls, you will prevent water issues that leave your yard soil without nutrients. This means your yard soil will be rich in nutrients and be able to support the growth of your flowers, shrubs or trees, and your foundation will remain safe.

Note that the landscaping contractor may include drainage systems so the excess water can flow away, minimise soil erosion and leave the property intact. Retaining walls will also help you avoid problems like landslides, promoting the safety of your loved ones, house and yard.

They Help Create Additional Yard Space

Although mounds are great landscaping features, they usually eat up valuable space and make landscaping more difficult. However, when you opt to create steps using retaining wall sequences, you get extra functional space in your yard. You can use this space to grow more flowers and shrubs. These walls also make terracing easier—something that helps you highlight key landscaping features like patios and flower gardens clearly.

Retaining walls play an essential role in enhancing landscape kerb appeal, promoting safety and preventing soil erosion. So, when you invest your money in these features, you increase the value of your landscape. Remember to choose a seasoned landscaping contractor to help you install retaining walls because they know how durable and functional the walls should be.

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