Outdoor Stonework

Stone Patios & Fire Pits

Stone Walls & Pillars

Stone Water Channels

Stone Walls & Pillars

Retaining wall/planter box:

This front yard needed to be dug down significantly from the road level, so we put in a stone retaining wall and turned it into a planter box as well. We planted it with salvia and lilies, which will brighten this roadside with a colorful array of purple and yellow blossoms. The top of the wall makes a fine bench to sit on, too.
Note the flat capstones in this and the other stone walls and pillars shown here — an important detail of craftsmanship that protects the underlying stonework, like a roof, from rain and snow seepage that would deteriorate its joints over time.
Planter walls
 Planter-wall detail

Stone entrance pillars with street sign

Stone pillar with street sign and retaining wall
Stone pillars flanking entrance with street sign and retaining wallStone pillar with street sign

Stone pillar bearing monument plaque

Stone pillar with bronze memorial plaque
Closeup of stone pillar with bronze memorial plaque

The bronze memorial plaque reads:

June Carol Adams Preserve

June 16, 2005

753 acres of Edmondson Mountain and headwaters of the Catawba River forever preserved for wildlife

Acquisition by Foothills Conservancy made possible by the tremendous generosity of June Adams

Dedicated by June Adams in honor of her father Colonel Daniel Weisinger Adams

Curved stone retaining wall

Curved stone retaining wall
Curved stone retaining wall, closeup

Peaked stone retaining wall

Peaked stone retaining wall
Peaked stone retaining wall

Stone retaining wall at steep embankment

Stone retaining wall at steep embankment
Stone retaining wall at steep embankment, detail of peak
Closeup of stonework at peak of wall