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Build Usable Space on Any Slope
Retaining walls turn challenging grades into usable, beautiful spaces. By stabilizing soil and defining levels, they create terraces for patios, planting beds, and play areas, while helping control erosion and manage runoff.
From modular block to natural stone or boulders, there’s a solution for every style and site. Thoughtful design; solid base prep, proper drainage, and right-sized scaling support long-term performance, and details like caps, steps, and gentle curves add a finished look. The right wall brings structure, safety, and standout curb appeal.
Block Retaining WAlls
Engineered strength with a clean finish
Block (segmental) retaining walls combine structural performance with refined style. Interlocking units create dependable support for slopes and grade changes, while allowing graceful curves, tiers, and integrated steps to shape usable terraces for patios, planting beds, and play areas.
The result is more flat, functional space with crisp lines that complement your hardscape and water features.
With proper base prep and drainage, block walls are durable and low-maintenance. Choose from a range of sizes, textures (split-face, smooth, tumbled), and colors to match your architecture, then finish with coordinating caps, seating edges, or lighting for a polished look. Individual blocks can be replaced if needed, keeping your landscape looking fresh season after season.
Boulder Retaining Walls
Engineered strength with a clean finish
Boulder retaining walls use large, strategically placed stone to tame grade changes while adding sculptural beauty.
The organic shapes and weathered textures blend seamlessly with plantings and hardscapes, creating terraces for patios, garden beds, and even framing water features with a look that feels rooted in the landscape.
Built with proper footing and drainage, boulder walls are long-lasting and low-maintenance.
Their varied sizes and profiles allow graceful curves, niches for steps or seating, and planting pockets that soften the structure over time. Choose stone tones and finishes to suit your style—from rustic and rugged to clean and contemporary.
Redi Rock & Gravity Walls
Large-block strength, natural-stone appeal
Redi-Rock and other gravity wall systems use massive, interlocking concrete blocks to retain soil with sheer weight. An ideal choice where space is tight or tie-backs aren’t practical.
With sculpted faces that echo quarried stone, they create terraces, drive edges, and feature walls that look refined and feel permanent.
Fewer, machine-set units allow efficient installation plus smooth curves, corners, and step integrations. Depending on site needs, these walls can function as standalone gravity structures or be reinforced with geogrid for added height.
With proper base preparation and drainage, they offer long-term stability and a polished finish that complements surrounding hardscapes.
Free Standing Walls
Define spaces, add seating, finished style
Free standing walls (also called seat walls or garden walls) bring structure and comfort to your outdoor living areas without holding back soil.
They frame patios and walkways, create natural room dividers, and add built-in seating at an ideal height. Use them to edge fire pits, anchor dining zones, or outline planting beds for a polished, cohesive look.
Built from modular block or natural stone, these walls deliver durability with low maintenance. Details like gentle curves, end pillars, matching caps, and integrated lighting elevate both form and function.
With Compass, you can match textures and tones to your hardscape, ensuring the proportions, layout, and finishes feel tailored to your home and the way you use your space.
Chris and his crew did an awesome job constructing a two-tiered retaining wall to form our raised backyard patio area. We originally planned to only have a fire pit and a hot tub on the patio, but Chris envisioned and convinced us to add a waterfall in between the two. We are so glad he did! We still need to purchase our hot tub and have Chris add the aquatic and terrestrial plants around the waterfall, but when finished we'll be sitting around our fire or soaking in our hot tub next to a beautiful babbling brook. Pure relaxation!
"I can’t say enough great things about Compass Outdoor living. They completely transformed our Koi pond from a boring and non functioning space to a beautiful and self sufficient pond. Chris and Corinne gave us clear expectations and delivered in every way. Even after installation, they would continue to check in and make modifications. I would highly recommend them!"
Deena Sullivan
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"We just built a new home & had Compass outdoor living do all our landscaping. It looks amazing! We love how it turned out!! We were very impressed by their work ethic. They arrived early every morning & left everything neat & tidy when they left in the evening. Chris is extremely talented & his landscape design is very creative. We would highly recommend using them for all your landscape needs. We couldn’t be happier!!"
John Schmidt
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"Compass, outdoor living, help me fix some major issues with my irrigation, and I couldn’t be happier with the results! Chris and Carinne are unbelievably friendly, responsive and knowledgeable, and overall simply fantastic to work with! Something that I thought was going to be extremely complex and difficult, they made seem simple and very affordable for me to handle. Thanks and keep doing what you do!"
