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unusual dry stack wall - looking for advice

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Posted by madtripper 5/6 Guelph (My Page) on
Mon, Dec 11, 06 at 22:32

I'd like to combine a dry stack wall with growing alpines and plants that like dry conditions. My idea is to build a wide wall - maybe 3 ft wide. Rocks on the front side and on the back side. Basically two dry stack walls close together. Then fill the resulting space between the stones with sand and soil for planting.

Larger stones would bridge the two walls for support. The wall would be about 3 ft tall and free standing.

Has anyone done this? Any special suggestions for such a wall?

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RE: unusual dry stack wall - looking for advice

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Here's a link to the website of the Dry Stone Wall Association of Canada. I'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but there are a lot of pictures of dry stacked stone walls. Making them a little wider shouldn't be a problem.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dry Stone Wall Association of Canada

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Jugglerguy - thanks a lot for the link. I just might take one of their courses.

I'd still like to hear from anyone who has done this type of wall.

  
 

 

 


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