Garden Walls

Straight or curvilinear, square, rectangular or circled, walls are vibrant additions to the design of your landscape. At Exterior Worlds, we have built them for needed privacy, as the backdrop for raised flowerbeds or rock landscaping, to demark property lines, for a visual divide between your turf and the garden beds or between your patio and lawn, to guide guests through your gardens, or to terrace the contours of your property.

A type of landscape architecture, walls are the means to accomplish a beautiful end: as a living garden wall to give your space verdant definition, as a natural and visual transition between your house and the yards, put to work as a sturdy retaining garden wall, perhaps doubling as permanent seating or planter. In other words, use them anywhere you need to define a space with a lovely touch.

Our clients have enjoyed them in additional ways. We have installed outdoor walls to function as the dividers that close off part of a patio to provide a quiet retreat and to encircle an outdoor room. We have created micro-climates with them—building a wall facing north or east followed by planting species of plants that prefer shade. Similarly, we have used the wall as support for vines and climbing roses.

For material choices when building an outdoor wall, you have a wide range of options, including stone, brick, pre-formed masonry blocks, wood, stucco and frosted glass, each with its own look. For example, a brick garden wall lends a formal touch to your landscape in comparison to wood. Because the wall should unify your landscape with the architecture of your property’s structures, we encourage our clients to carefully consider the relationship of the wall to their home and the style of both.

Because exterior walls come in all heights, they are perfect tools within your landscape’s “language” for creating physical or mental private areas and barriers. Exterior Worlds is known for our expertise in navigating through the approval process that most municipalities have in place for walls built over a certain height. For instance, some cities may require that an engineer approve plans for any wall built two feet or taller.

We have found that an exterior wall fits into any garden theme or design. You will find walls work well in a Zen garden or modern garden décor, while the romantic ones, such as English gardens and Southern gardens, practically demand one.

Walls in gardens complement other features within your landscape design—for example, paired with a luxury spa, thus providing additional seclusion and a sense of enclosure. They are also suitable for garden wall fountains which you can find in a range of shapes, styles and configurations.

Outdoor walls are delightful, charming and useful architectural elements in your yard’s design. But please keep in mind that building such a structure is a craft, in its planning, placement and construction. At Exterior Worlds, we pride ourselves in the highest level of professionalism and workmanship, which will only increase your pleasure in your outdoor wall—now, and for all the years to come.