Transforming challenging landscapes with retaining walls

Custom retaining walls for your outdoor spaces

Retaining walls are more than a practical necessity. They are an opportunity to bring structure, beauty, and long-term value to your property. Retaining walls create level areas for outdoor living, form elegant terraced gardens, and provide vital support to sloping land. A well-designed retaining wall not only prevents erosion but also adds long-term value to your property.

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Retaining walls with timeless appeal

The Tauranga Landscaping team – Link to ABOUT combines engineering precision with a design-led approach to ensure your retaining wall not only performs its structural role but also enhances the character of your landscape. From natural stone and timber through to concrete block and modern modular systems, we select materials that complement your home and outdoor living spaces while delivering enduring strength.

Built with craftsmanship and care

Our retaining walls are constructed to the highest standards, with careful attention to drainage, stability and finish. The result is a landscape feature that not only solves practical challenges like erosion and uneven ground but also elevates your outdoor environment and adds to the long-term capital value of your property.

Structure that elevates the landscape

Here is how we work

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Initial meeting

We’ll meet with you at your property to discuss your vision, understand your budget, and explore your expectations in detail. This site visit allows us to assess the landscape, consider the natural surroundings, and identify both the challenges and opportunities that will shape a thoughtful, tailored design response.

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Design concept

After our initial meeting, we begin shaping your vision into a refined design concept. We’ll present detailed plans that bring together the creative direction, spatial layout, and key design elements of your landscape. This includes recommendations for plant selections, materials, and structural features. We’ll fine-tune the details together, ensuring every element aligns with your expectations.

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Pricing

We will provide a transparent, detailed and itemised estimate or a fixed-price quote based on the scope of the work, as this will help you make an informed decision. It will include the cost of designs and plans if required, as well as the itemised cost of construction.

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Accept and pay the deposit

When you are happy with our proposal, we will send you a deposit invoice and schedule your job.

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Project management and construction

Not only do we specialise in high-end landscape construction, but we also provide expert project management and clear ongoing communication during all aspects of your
build.

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Maintenance

As an additional service, we can provide ongoing maintenance to keep your garden looking as good as it was the day it was installed.

FAQs

We can use a variety of materials depending on your budget and preferences, the most popular being treated retaining timber because of its low cost. Other materials we can use include gabion, natural stone, concrete blocks or even concrete sleepers to create a durable and aesthetically pleasing retaining wall.

Yes, we specialise in creating retaining walls for all types of terrains, including steep slopes, ensuring both safety and style.

Depending on the materials used, our retaining walls can last for many years. We ensure they are built to withstand weather and soil pressures, that are unique to your property, and are constructed using proper installation techniques.

Retaining walls must have drainage behind the wall to prevent water build-up that increases the load or lateral pressure of the retained area, and reduces the load bearing capacity of the retaining wall. When we construct our retaining walls, we include suitable drainage specific to your wall design and property requirements.

Not necessarily. Retaining that is less than 1.5m in height or where there is no surcharge, generally do not require council building consent. If your retaining requirements are beyond this then we can organise engineered plans, and facilitate council consent process where a consent is needed. Retaining walls 1m or more in height will also need a suitable fall barrier (fence) to be building code-compliant.

Yes, depending on the size and scope of the project, we normally require 50% deposit up front. Larger jobs may require a smaller deposit with progress payments.