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When to Build A Terraced Retaining Walls And Why To Hire Someone to Do It

Building terraces and retaining walls require special skills and the ability to move some materials that may weigh up to 100 pounds! If you install some terraced retaining walls in your yard you’ll get two immediate benefits: flat-planting beds in locations that may have been unusable and a solution to soil erosion problems. Terraced retaining walls should be considered anywhere with a longer or larger slope where a wall higher than 3 feet tall is going to be required. This site would be the place to consider installing a retaining wall. The main difference between a retaining wall and a

Sloping Landscapes Do Offer Great Opportunities

A sloping yard can present landscape challenges. But it also offers great benefits. The slopes can screen views you don’t want to see. They can add visual interest because of the different levels. You can direct visitor’s eye to what you want to see. Plus slopes offer great opportunities for planting and outdoor living areas. That is if you have a good design. Actually, many homeowners who don’t have natural slopes create them. If a slope is well designed it can do many things. One is that it can make a small yard appear to go on forever. If it

Boulder Landscaping: Retaining Walls, Waterfalls, Cascading Pools

Landscaping with boulders opens up a world of possibilities. Using only natural stone you can transform a landscape or solve many problems in a yard. When you use natural stone boulders you are designing an accent or landscape feature that will be a life long thing. We have all seen landscapes where it appears that boulders were just taken off a truck and placed in the yard. Our landscape designers and architects will develop a specific plan with your yard in mind. They will place the boulders in such a way that it can look like Mother Nature did it

Patios A Hundred Different Ways

It used to be that a patio was a grey concrete slab with some folding metal chairs. Obviously, those days are gone! Today, there are hundreds of ways to design patios and countless materials to choose from to create a patio. You can use brick, concrete, brick pavers, cobblestones, stamped concrete, natural stone, marble, tile, and the list goes on. How is the best way to choose what will work with your house, fences, driveway, and paths and fit in your neighborhood? Our landscape designers and architect can help you design the right patio or patios for your space. They’ll help

Night lighting: Light your Yard for the Pleasure of Increased Outdoor Entertaining and Family Time

A light above the door and a post lantern in the front yard with a floodlight in the back yard used define outdoor lighting. Now there is no limit to the types of lighting for yards. The best systems for lighting your house at night provide three things: safety, security, and ambiance or mood. Take an inventory with these three requirements in mind. Our MN landscape designers and architects at Alternative Landscape Design can offer advice and show you how they have incorporated night lighting plans in multiple landscapes. Safety is critical, look at both your hardscapes and yard. Whether

Free Admission: Apple Valley Chamber Home &Garden Expo ~March 31, 9 am-3 pm

Come and talk to us about your landscaping dreams at the Apple Valley Home & Garden Show! It’s easy to attend because there is FREE parking and admission. In addition, there are things for children to do as they are featuring Minnesota Zoo animals and free children’s arts and crafts. ALD is a featured landscape design exhibitor at the show that covers the latest in home, garden, landscaping, remodeling and much more! It’s a great time to plan any landscaping or garden project you have in mind. We are a multi-speciality landscape company. Our licensed and educated landscape designers and

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When to Build A Terraced Retaining Walls And Why To Hire Someone to Do It

Sloping Landscapes Do Offer Great Opportunities

Boulder Landscaping: Retaining Walls, Waterfalls, Cascading Pools

Patios A Hundred Different Ways

Night lighting: Light your Yard for the Pleasure of Increased Outdoor Entertaining and Family Time

Free Admission: Apple Valley Chamber Home &Garden Expo ~March 31, 9 am-3 pm

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