Your ideas for a "green" retaining wall

Help. I recently bought a north facing house with concrete block walls in the back yard on all 3 sides. The back wall is 8" high , 74' across, with the ground sloping away from the wall about 6'. We want to put in a retaining wall 4" high and plant there.

Any ideas on green material that won't heat up in the summer months to the alreay cement filled area?

Thanks!!!

Tags: building, design, green, landscaping, materials, retaining, wall

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Comment by Liz & Dan on December 20, 2012 at 3:04pm: Maybe some photos would help with this discussion? I'm having trouble visualizing...

Comment by Gaile S. on December 20, 2012 at 6:06pm: Hope these photos help. Thanks.

Comment by Gaile S. on December 21, 2012 at 3:45pm: All ideas are welcome!

Comment by Liz & Dan on December 24, 2012 at 10:19pm: I may be missing something, but don't see any photos... did you add them to this posting or to your personal page? Just so I know where to look.

Comment by Gaile S. on December 25, 2012 at 8:50am: hmmmm...thought there were here...guess they're on my personal page? How do I post them here for you to see? Thanks.

Comment by Liz & Dan on December 25, 2012 at 9:38am: When you create a post there are icons above the box where you type the text. Right next to the "LINK" button is the "Image" button (but there isn't a word just a landscape looking icon). Click that and follow the directions. It all starts to get easier the more you navigate the website... :) Took me awhile to figure this out.

Comment by Gaile S. on December 25, 2012 at 11:41am: Thanks. I just reposted the photos as you suggested and I think it's now a complelely new post with similar title. Looking forward to your thoughts.

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