Dry-stone Walling is the 'art' of building stone walls without mortar.

Retaining walls, free-standing garden walls, stone fences, and artistic 

installations all over the world use this technique.  When you think of old 

stone walls in New England or the European countryside, you are thinking 

of 'dry-stone walling'.

Stone constructions built in this fashion will provide generations of strength, function, and 

beauty unrivaled by any other form of landscape construction. There are walls, built 

with this technique, all over the world that have been standing for centuries with little 

or no maintenance.

Dry-stone Walls:

• Don't require concrete footings and minimal excavation for free standing walls.

• Allow for the harsh freeze/thaw cycles in Michigan.

• Can be less expensive than mortared stone walls.

• Smaller carbon footprint than mortared stone walls.

Below are pictures of some of our work in the Ann Arbor Area.

Dry-stone folly.

More pictures of this project HERE.

Sandstone retaining walls.

Fieldstone retaining wall.

Dry-stone hedges to become part of the woodland.

Dry-stone retaining walls with grotto and planting space.

Artistic answer to retain a hillside.

Dry-stone retaining walls with blue-stone steps and planting space.

Freestanding walls to separate areas of the yard.

Dry-stone planting area incorporating waterfall.