How adding a knee wall created a more accessible and comfortable back yard.
The homeowners wanted less property maintenance, and recently moved from their 5,000 sq. ft. home with 5 acres, to a home half the size in a cozy subdivision nearby with less than one acre.
They wanted to continue their passion for gardening with less physical exertion than before.
We created a knee wall – that is a wall the height of one’s knee, about 17” to 20” tall. This is a comfortable height for sitting on, and it creates the perfect planting bed above the wall for gardening, without having to kneel or reach.
For this project, we dug into the hill with a small bobcat. The area below the wall became a larger and flatter lawn, and the hill above the wall was made less steep.
The wider lawn offers easy access through the back yard with a wheelbarrow, and reduces a previous drainage problem by smoothing out a gully along the back of the house.
