Residential

Boulder and cut-stone walls that turn a slope back into usable yard.

A long curved natural stone retaining wall below a shingle-style home, with lawn falling away in front of it

Residential

Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota
Scope: Retaining Walls, Plantings, Walkways

Most retaining walls we build exist to solve a problem someone has lived with for years: a slope that wastes half the yard, a driveway cutting awkwardly across a bank, an old wall that has started to lean.

We work in boulder, cut limestone and modular block, choosing the material for how it will sit against the house and the existing paving rather than for what is quickest to lay. Drainage behind the wall matters as much as the face of it, and it is the part nobody ever sees.

Where a new wall meets something already on site is where the work shows. Blending it into an existing driveway or a mature planting bed takes longer, and it is the difference between a wall that looks added and one that looks like it was always there.

Bluestone stair treads climbing between cut limestone retaining walls, with autumn leaves on the steps

A boulder retaining wall and perennial planting below a white shingle home

A rear elevation at twilight under a pink sky, flanked by boulder retaining walls

From the client

“NRD did a phenomenal job on my retaining wall - everything from design, product selection, and installation went off without a hitch. They took extra time to blend the new wall into an existing driveway which made for a dramatic improvement over the old wall. I highly recommend NRD for any of your landscaping needs!”

— Mark EmmenHappy client