If your property includes gradient changes like sharp slopes or hills, it’s strongly encouraged to contact a retaining wall installer for your landscaping. Retaining walls are very common, but you may not fully realize how they can benefit your property in the long run. Here are three benefits of adding retaining walls to your yard.

Structural Support

The most basic benefit of adding retaining walls to your yard is to provide structural support to your property by keeping soil in place. This prevents issues like landslides that could ruin your landscaping at best and potentially put you and your home in danger at worst.

Retaining walls aren’t simply practical—you can choose from a wide variety of designs and materials to integrate the retaining wall into your landscaping rather than it being a structural necessity.

Flood Control and Soil Erosion

Erosion is a constant issue for any landscape as wind and water wear down the land. Retaining walls prevent the soil from eroding, which is especially important if your property doesn’t feature many trees or shrubs that naturally keep the soil in place. Retaining walls also help contain and control flood waters so that your property doesn’t become waterlogged from heavy storms. The walls manage this by providing proper drainage that directs the water away from your property so the soil doesn’t become muddy and unstable enough to threaten your home.

More Functional Space

Slopes and hills add a natural texture to your yard but are often not very functional. You likely can’t use them for further landscaping because they don’t provide stable foundations. Retaining walls level out the soil in different tiers, making that soil available for gardening, landscaping, and other applications. These terraces may also serve as ideal spaces for setting up chairs and tables where you can relax and get a great view of your yard.