Decorative Retaining Walls

A decorative, tiered retaining wall is an amazing landscape improvement. The levels deliver multiple planting, lighting, and design options, and deliver a rich, elegant ambiance year round.

Decorative retaining walls truly enhance your landscape. Decorative retaining walls include sitting walls, tier walls, and garden walls. Sitting walls are free-standing walls that enclose an outdoor living space. Tier walls can be structural or decorative depending on the design and implementation. Our team installs tier walls to create depth in landscape beds by stair-stepping the retaining wall as it ascends. Garden walls are small walls installed in garden or landscape bed areas. These walls are not designed to retain much back pressure.

Consider your options and learn more about decorative retaining walls from the pros at Integrity.

#AtoZChallenge – Y is for Your Before and After

There are few joys more fulfilling for a homeowner than to revel in the amazing transformation of your property by the Landscape experts at Integrity Landscape solutions. Our many clients tell us that they knew it would be an improvement, but to experience Your Before and After is truly breathtaking. Here are a few of the hundreds of reactions we've received from people viewing their Before and After:

"We just wanted to say thank you for the incredible job you guys did with our front yard landscaping and our patio. We think it turned out fantastic and are really enjoying the transformation of the front yard and the beautiful patio. It was really amazing to watch your entire crew work like a well-oiled machine. They were incredibly fast, hard-working and detailed. By the end result, we are very happy to have chosen Integrity for this job. You guys said what you were going to do, and did just that. In short, you lived up to your name, Integrity."  -- Justin & Bridget L., Oak Creek, WI

"The work on the Reflection Pond and surrounding areas is beautiful! I toured it this afternoon. What a delightful place it is becoming!" -- Chuck L., Muskego, WI

"My goal was to turn my small back yard into a beautifully landscaped sanctuary that I can also share with my family and friends. I now have exactly that. I love it! Everyone who has seen it loves it! My experience with Integrity from start to finish is one of the best I have ever had with a contractor. I would highly recommend them to others and would use them again." -- Randy H., Milwaukee, WI

#AtoZChallenge – J is for Japanese Garden

A Japanese Garden is rare and exotic landscaping treasure.

According to Wikipedia, Japanese Gardens are traditional gardens that create miniature idealized landscapes, often in a highly abstract and stylized way. The gardens of the Emperors and nobles were designed for recreation and aesthetic pleasure, while the gardens of Buddhist temples were designed for contemplation and meditation.

Japanese garden styles include karesansui, Japanese rock gardens or zen gardens, which are meditation gardens where white sand replaces water; roji, simple, rustic gardens with teahouses where the Japanese tea ceremony is conducted; kaiyū-shiki-teien, promenade or stroll gardens, where the visitor follows a path around the garden to see carefully composed landscapes; and tsubo-niwa, small, courtyard gardens.

Japanese gardens were developed under the influences of the Chinese gardens, but gradually Japanese garden designers began to develop their own aesthetics, based on Japanese materials and Japanese culture. By the Edo period, the Japanese garden had its own distinct appearance. Since the end of the 19th century, Japanese gardens have also been adapted to Western settings.

Anticipating Your Lawn’s Return

We have had a brutal two months to close out this winter season, but that doesn’t mean spring temperatures aren’t right around the corner. While the forecasters tell us another visit by Mother Nature’s snow machine is not out of the question, we’d like to remind you that sensible gardening has to pay attention to the erosion that’s possible with the spring melt.

Especially in cases where your home is built on a steeper grade, runoff from piles of snow can quickly become gushing torrents, carving ruts into the sides of your property.

One way to avoid these issues is to push your end-of-season snow banks further away from your house. Be sure to watch for and avoid blocking off any drainage culverts.

Another way is to consider a terracing job once the warmer weather is truly in swing. Proper drainage will ensure your basement stays safe and dry, while also increasing the curbside appeal of your house, raising its market value.