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 ...

One easy, low-maintenance style of outdoor wall is a dry-stacked stone wall, which requires little more than a collection of stones in different sizes and shapes.

Chris Randles of Athyrium Stone and Garden offers advice on incorporating a rock wall into your garden.

A recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece was headlined “Paving Paradise.” There were reports last month, amplified by a group opposed to key elements of the project, that artist and designer ...

Q: Tim, I read a column on your website about rock retaining walls. I’m having a hard time believing you can build a lasting wall and not use mortar between the stones. I’d love to just build ...

For those homeowners who feel au naturel is the way to go, real stone affords a beautiful, substantial and timeless garden or retaining wall or even a flower bed border.

Ledge stone This popular profile consists of rectangular-shaped stone veneers of a similar size, stacked to create a natural-looking feature with prominent horizontal definition (hence the ledge).

Dry‑Stacked Stone Wall Workshop Posted by stepanie rogers on November 1, 2016 in News A two-day Dry Stone Walling workshop took place on campus October 22 and 23 in the Herb Garden behind DeWolfe ...

A stacked stone wall relies on its own weight and the friction between the stones to hold back the soil. Larger stones typically work best, however.