Building a retaining wall has many benefits from preventing flooding to creating an attractive landscape. Learn how to build a concrete block retaining wall, gabion wall or wood retaining wall for your home.

Save your yard from soil erosion, prevent flood damage, or create beautiful terraces by building a retaining wall. Retaining walls are also used to create property boundary markers, terraced gardens and to create more usable space on a hill. The experts at the Family Handyman can teach you how to build a concrete block retaining wall, gabion wall or wood retaining wall that will transform your landscaping.

In this online workshop you’ll learn:

How to properly prepare the ground for stable retaining walls.

Tips for incorporating drainage in a block retaining wall.

Expert tricks for laying blocks for a professional looking block retaining wall.

How to build a wood retaining wall with lightweight, off-the-shelf treated lumber.

How to build a modern gabion wall.

In this expert-led online workshop you’ll learn how to eliminate steep, difficult to mow slopes, create terrace landscaping and stop soil erosion with retaining walls.


This premium online workshop creates the experience of an in-person workshop but uses a flexible timeline that works around your busy schedule. That means you can log in and view each week’s content at whatever time works best for you.