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Tiered Steel Retaining Walls and Steps

No. 27 Landscaping · Modern

Tiered Steel Retaining Walls and Steps

Weathering steel retaining walls form planted terraces alongside gravel steps lit up by integrated lighting at night, leading to a flagstone patio with a fire pit.

Modern Drought-tolerant Paths & walkways Retaining walls Landscape lighting All landscaping

Design notes

Modern landscaping is structured: massed grasses and succulents, gravel and steel-edged beds, a few sculptural trees and lawn reduced to a deliberate panel. Lighting grazes walls and uplights trunks.

What to look for

  • Three layers: canopy, shrubs, groundcover
  • How hardscape and planting share the edges
  • Plants suited to the climate, not just the photo
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