The Front Entry Landscape
The small retaining wall in the front entry landscape is more for visual design purposes than for retaining a slope or grade.
There really is no grade in this small area. However, in this entryway idea as well as the rest of the landscape, the retaining wall is more than just a functional hardscape for hillside landscape design. It's also a unifying element that helps tie all the areas of the landscaping together. While it's certainly not the only way to design, you will notice a lot of repetition in our own ideas.
More about this design at front yard circular driveway landscape design on a slope.
Landscape Plants In This Entryway Planting Bed
- Diascia (red)
- Verbena (purple)
- Gray Leaf Cottoneaster - (shrub next to wall)
- Red Tip Yucca - Hesperaloe
Another design aspect in this view is how the two retaining wall ideas on either side of the walkway are in perfect line with each other. If you refer back to the original design plan, you can see this clearly from a top view.
Related Design Resources
We do this a lot in designs to help tie two areas together. It works especially well in landscaping ideas where you have one small secluded area that you can't figure out what to do with. It just helps it fit.
