"The Complete Guide to Stonescaping," by David Reed, presents the basics of stonescaping in easy-to-understand terms for projects that will be functional and beautiful. Many property owners with ...

This class on Saturday is a little spendy ($90, including lunch), but I've always wanted to build a stone wall across the front yard. Haven't you? A talk on the ancient art of dry stack stone walls ...

Before you start building a stone retaining wall, it's important to assess your garden's landscape and determine where the wall will be most effective. Take note of any slopes, erosion-prone areas, or ...

For those homeowners who feel au naturel is the way to go, real stone affords a beautiful, substantial and timeless garden or retaining wall or even a flower bed border. There are some basic steps you ...

Try building a dry-stacked stone wall and you will find: • Stones with similar edges create a better fit, are supportive of those above and below, and generally make the work proceed faster. • Stones ...

A two-day Dry Stone Walling workshop took place on campus October 22 and 23 in the Herb Garden behind DeWolfe House on the Agricultural Campus. The workshop was led by John Shaw-Rimmington, a dry ...

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 for ...

“The Stones. I love the Stones. I watch them whenever I can. Fred, Barney ...” ­­— Comic Steven Wright I like the Stones, too. And the Beatles and The Who and, at least some of the time, Pink Floyd ...

Old rock walls, many dating to the 19th century, line roads and divide pasture land throughout the American mid-south states of Kentucky and Tennessee. But many of these stone structures, which were ...