Retaining Walls have a weight problem…We have your solution!
Easily build beautiful, plant covered landscape walls!
Varden™ lightweight blocks are the easy solution for DIY home improvements and installers searching for solutions to heavy lifting. Our 3 lbs. blocks provide the structure of concrete, without the weight. 🏋️♀️
Searching for sustainable landscape ideas? Varden™ living retaining walls add green-space, habitat and cooling to any outdoor space.🏡
🌱Our “plantable” alternative to concrete blocks features light weight for easy handling, and huge plantable soil volumes held in each block. Making our VARDEN™ Living Retaining Wall Blocks the best performing, plantable retaining walls in the business.
Varden™ lightweight retaining wall blocks build just like concrete retaining wall blocks.
🏋️♀️ Blocks do not have to be heavy to be structural and Varden™ gives you the ability to build retaining walls in hard to reach areas with ease.
🌱 Varden™ plantable blocks follow the same basic installation sequence and methods as traditional segmental block/modular block retaining walls. Review our Wall Detail Booklet for the info.
😎 Installers reap the benefits by staying fresh all day, avoiding injury, and building in places that are hard to access with heavy blocks and equipment.
🧠 You can review our technical papers on Varden vs. Concrete and Varden Basic Install Instructions by clicking the links. Our Support Docs page is loaded with info to help you make an informed choice.
👇 Solving many problems with one 3 lbs. block.👇
Why Choose Living Retaining Walls?
🪴Plant-covered retaining walls are so darn beautiful and each one is totally unique. Plants growing right out of the facing provides a completely different look, that creates beauty beyond that of solid concrete walls. Living Retaining Walls have individual plants living in each block, with root structure that strengthens the wall over time. Varden™ blocks enable habitat for pollinators and enhanced environmental service by absorbing rainwater and cooling the environment around the wall. Perfect additions to the urban and suburban landscape you will enjoy for decades.
🌱Varden™ Plantable “Living” Retaining Walls are evolving landscape walls.
- Based on 30+ years in the plantable retaining wall market, you are buying a lightweight retaining wall block designed for ease of shipping, handling and installation, while providing the structure to build landscape retaining walls up to 8′ tall.
- Each full size module covers 1.0 sf, is made of injection molded plastic, and weights only 3 lbs!
- Varden™ plantable blocks are a revolution in the DIY and landscape retaining wall business, designed to grow over with thriving plants, growing within each block for “living” face coverage. Varden™ walls cool the environment while creating green-space and habitat.
- Each vegetated retaining wall is a living masterpiece that does not just separate your landscape, it is your landscape!
Visual Block Info, Install Tips & Guides
How to Build a Varden™ Plantable Retaining Wall
Building a DIY retaining wall is simpler than many first-time gardeners and landscapers assume. Even if you don’t consider yourself a DIY-er, you can still create a gorgeous DIY garden wall in your outdoor space by following these easy step-by-step instructions for a living retaining wall.
Varden™ blocks install using the same proven methods as modular concrete retaining walls, but they’re much easier to move and handle.
Do Your Research
- Check with your homeowner’s association and local building codes. The first course of action is to do your research on local codes. There may be some restrictions or guidelines you’ll have to follow in order to legally build your wall.
- Call ahead of time to discover any potential underground utilities where you may begin digging.
- Review our Varden Wall Detail Booklet. Visit our FAQ page and Support Docs page for more.
Find and Engineer or Installer
Need an engineered set of plans for your project? Want to find a professional wall installer for your project? Reach out to us for assistance through our contact page and we are happy to help you get a great Living Retaining Wall built.
Review our ever-evolving installer and engineer map below.
Specifications for Professionals
Want more information to complete a client’s landscape design project? Review and download Varden™ Support Documents.
Connect with an engineer to provide sealed designs ready for installation. Look for the red pins on our map.
