The stone wall planter shown here is functional, beautiful and relatively easy to build. It's designed to hide an exposed concrete foundation, and provide a place to grow plants and shrubs.

Lovers of all things rustic rejoice -- there's no need to spend a fortune on a stone accent wall. You can DIY a fake one with ...

6. Take special care at corners and ends to make sure seams never line up. Use larger stones at corners. 7. Keep a selection of larger stones to use as the top layer, or “capstones” of the wall.

To build a stone wall, a sound base is essential. Henry Homeyer Special to The Journal. Many years ago, when I was young and foolish, I decided to build an 80-foot-long terrace for fruit trees, ...

John Vivian’s book Building Stone Walls expands on the subject of this article and also discusses how to quarry rock and build stairs, stiles, gates, and retaining walls. Vivian is also the ...

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 ...

Any wall over 6-feet tall should be designed by a structural engineer who has a deep history of producing plans for retaining walls. Laying stone can be challenging, and I recommend that you build ...

Are you looking for a winter project that will add a sense of solidity and style to your garden, while solving landscape problems at the same time? Consider building a stone wall to level a slope ...