Planning a Living Retaining Wall?

Planning a Living Retaining Wall?

The Season Is Turning — But Not Everywhere

Across the northern states, the building season is winding down. Frost is creeping into the forecast, and many homeowners are switching from building to planning. Meanwhile, from Southern California to Georgia, Texas and the Carolinas, the landscape season is still going strong — fall’s milder temperatures, often in the 60s and 70s °F, make it one of the best times of year to build and plant.

Wherever you are, one thing is the same: a great wall starts with a great plan. That’s why we’ve launched a new page on Verdtech.com dedicated to project planning — with resources for landscape professionals and for homeowners and DIY builders.

Built for Professionals

Landscape architects, contractors, engineers and specifiers need more than product photos. Our new professional section brings the technical side of Varden™ Blocks together in one place:

• Technical Data Sheet for DIY and Landscape Pros
• Installation Details and Drawings 
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Direct Access to Our Team for Project Support

Whether you’re specifying a residential patio, a commercial slope or streetscape project, you’ll find what you need to design, bid and build with confidence.

Built for Homeowners and DIY Builders

If you’re planning your first retaining wall, we’ve made the path simple:

• Measure and estimate — figure out how many blocks your wall needs and a material estimate for budgeting. Estimator/Guide
• Choose your package — 10-packs, 125- and 250-block quantities with delivery included in the price.
• Learn the install — step-by-step guidance for base preparation, setting courses and backfilling.
• Plan your planting — choose plants that suit your climate, sun and slope.
• Get the free Project Guide — our Varden™ Living Retaining Wall Project Guide walks you through it start to finish. Sign up on our block page.

Varden™ blocks are lightweight and easy to handle, so many projects that would require heavy equipment with traditional concrete block can be done by a homeowner over a weekend or two. See customer reviews that can be found in our shop and on the dedicated review page. Landscape Pros and DIYers give product feedback and share pictures they shot of their Varden™ living retaining walls.

Southern Builders: Now Is Your Moment

In Southern California, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Texas and across the Sun Belt, fall is prime time:

• Cooler days make site work more comfortable.
• Fall rains help new plantings establish roots before summer heat returns.
• Perennials, groundcovers and native grasses planted now are ready to fill in come spring.

If you’ve been putting off that eroding slope or bare hillside, order now and build while conditions are ideal.

Northern Builders: Plan Now, Build First Thing in Spring

Winter is the perfect time to get ahead. Use the planning page to measure, sketch your layout, pick your plants and line up your materials so you’re ready the moment the ground thaws. Professionals can use the off-season to specify Varden™ Blocks in upcoming spring bids.

Why a Living Wall?

A retaining wall doesn’t have to be a slab of gray concrete. Varden™ blocks hold back soil and hold plants, turning a structural necessity into a growing, flowering landscape feature — one that softens hardscape, supports pollinators and helps cool the space around it. Designed, manufactured and shipped everywhere from St. Louis, Missouri.

Start Planning Today

Pro or DIYer, north or south, your next wall can be alive.

Visit Our Shop and Sign Up for Our Free Project Planning Guide.