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Garden retaining walls and borders in Mobile, AL

Low walls that hold a raised bed, level a small slope or frame a patio. Built in timber, block or stone, with fire pits and seating walls to match.

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Low timber retaining wall stepping down a side yard beside a brick house
Timber walls stepping down a side yard.

What we build

  • Low garden wallsHold back soil for a raised bed or a small change in grade.
  • Timber and railroad-tie wallsA warm, natural look and the lowest-cost wall to build.
  • Block and stone wallsSegmental block or natural stone for a longer-lasting wall.
  • Borders and edgingTimber, block or stone edges that keep beds and lawn apart.
  • Fire pitsBlock or stone fire pits, often on a paver pad.
  • Seating wallsA low wall around a patio or fire pit that doubles as seating.

Sized for gardens, not hillsides

Our walls are garden walls: the kind that hold a raised bed, terrace a gentle slope or square off a side yard. Taller walls that hold back a real hillside need engineering, and those aren’t walls we build.

Every wall starts with 811 and a level, compacted footing. Drainage behind the wall matters as much as the wall itself, because water pressure is what pushes walls over. If the slope sends a lot of water down, we may pair the wall with a drain.

One of our recent jobs was a retaining wall in Mobile, built in three days.

Timber steps and wall in a narrow side yard

Recent wall and border work

Timber edging along a new fence in a side yard
Timber edging, side yard
Timber border set around a side-yard bed
Timber border around a bed
Timber steps and wall in a narrow side yard
Timber wall and step

What every Superior Scapes job includes

Big or small, these happen every time.

  • Insured$1M general liability coverage.
  • 811 before every digBuried lines marked first, even if it moves the start date.
  • A written contractSigned before any work starts.
  • Mats under machinesGround mats keep equipment from tearing up the grass.
  • Materials on tarpsSoil, rock and mulch stay off your lawn and driveway.
  • Cleanup before we leaveThe yard is cleaned up at the end of the job.

Retaining walls across Mobile and Baldwin County

Superior Scapes is based in west Mobile and does garden retaining walls and borders across Mobile County and Baldwin County, including Mobile, West Mobile, Grand Bay and Daphne. See every town we cover.

Questions we get

Timber or railroad-tie walls usually cost the least. Block and stone cost more but last longer. We’ll price the options on the estimate so you can compare.

We build low garden walls. Taller walls that hold back a hillside need engineering, and we don’t build those.

For a gentle slope, regrading the yard, terracing with timber borders or planting the bank in pine straw beds can work without a wall. We’ll tell you if a wall is really needed.

Most garden walls take 1 to 3 days. A recent retaining wall job in Mobile took three days.