Something there is that doesn't love a wall,That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,And spills the upper boulders in the sun;And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. A look at the state of some ...

This class on Saturday is a little spendy ($90, including lunch), but I've always wanted to build a stone wall across the front yard. Haven't you? A talk on the ancient art of dry stack stone walls ...

Before you start building a stone retaining wall, it's important to assess your garden's landscape and determine where the ...

Stone walls have purpose, personality and permanence. Historically, their purpose was to contain livestock, define boundaries and serve as convenient storage for the many rocks removed from fields to ...

For 21 years, Trent Rosenbloom has scurried up the ridges that gird West Meade. The hills rise sharply from the hollows and bottomlands between Belle Meade and Bellevue, Highway 70 cresting ...

We’ve all seen them adjacent to roadway overpasses. Vertical walls of concrete or stone holding back immense masses of retained earth. Most of us have likely also witnessed such walls in failure mode ...

Walls can do amazing things for a garden. Here in Eugene we rarely see free-standing walls enclosing spaces, but retaining walls abound. I’ve visited many hillside gardens in Eugene that would be just ...