Garden retaining walls should, it seems, be made out of stone. By its very nature, stone is at ease in the garden; stone walls have a strength and soft irregularity that embrace and guide a garden ...

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 ...

Try building a dry-stacked stone wall and you will find: • Stones with similar edges create a better fit, are supportive of those above and below, and generally make the work proceed faster. • Stones ...