The Importance of Retaining Walls in Landscaping

A retaining wall is a key feature of landscaping. Although it is not prominent and starkly noticeable, it plays an important role in landscaping. It is an important hardscape, Los Angeles element, which provides structural support, design and appeal to a landscape.

Retaining walls are the small and big walls in the landscape which demarcate different areas of the landscape. It could be the wall creating the terrace like appearance on the landscape, the wall around the vegetable or flower bed and more so.  A retaining wall, therefore, divides a garden from the land, demarcates the outdoor seating space from the greens, allows for the creation of a water feature in the landscape and more so. Retaining walls enable improvements in landscape design.

What’s more, they serve other purposes too.

• Soil erosion due to wind and water is a reality of landscaping. Surface runoff due to rains and floods also ruins the soil and landscape. Retaining walls provide support to the soil, especially in spaces where shrubs and plants are absent and cannot prevent soil erosion.
• It allows for better usage of land through demarcations into different features like a garden, seating etc.
• Retaining walls also provide flood control by installing drainage pipes in the system.
• Spaces on hills or those with sloping surfaces can be better used and designed through terracing. These spaces are otherwise not suitable for growing greens as water runoff is common there. So, retaining walls add functionality to such spaces through terracing.
• Retaining walls made of concrete and stones are bold and attractive features that rarely fail to add appeal to the landscape. Walls made from natural materials amidst the greens provide the much required aesthetics to the landscape.

However, usage of the right material and appropriate design is essential for creating the perfect retaining wall. The team at Rain Forest LA is well versed and experienced to do so.

Contact them at www.rainforestla.com