Recycled concrete retaining wall

Laramee Haynes, a California-based landscape designer, often reuses pieces of broken concrete in gardens as an alternative to pouring a slab of concrete. 'Broken concrete can be reused over and over again,' Haynes said. 'It has a very organic quality.' Here, he offers a look at his techniques:

My contractor Chris Gilliam found a place locally where he was allowed to pick over the concrete (free!) that had been dropped off for recyc...

We needed some new, low retaining walls in our top garden. And my idea? Reusing old, broken up concrete slabs to make the new 'bookleaf' walls.

In the fall of 2010 we envisioned a project to use recycled concrete to shore up the back fence that had a grade difference with our neighb...

We are still remodeling our home in Fallbrook! I'm beginning to wonder if it will ever end! I have started to do some landscaping as well as remodeling the kitchen. We reclaimed some broken concrete chunks to build a retaining wall in our front yard to create a space for grass and a picnic bench. It

We're about to tear up our back patio, and were thinking we could kill 2 birds with one stone (no animals were harmed in the posting of this message) and use the recycled concrete to build a retaining wall in our sloping front yard. The thing is, we don't love the look. So my question, which I'm h...

Recycled Broken Concrete Recycled or Broken Concrete is a great cost effective alternative for use as patio paving material, stairs, retaining walls, raised planters, walkways and driveways. We are living in a time in which the cost of energy and resources are rapidly rising and by using a local recycled product like Broken Concrete, we can individually do our part Continue Reading

A variety of Sedum growing on rubble wall below the slat house in Volunteer Park is a great example of vertical gardening using recycled materials.