Whatever you choose to grow, retaining walls make every plant easily accessible and always within an arm's reach.

In this tiered garden, leafy greens look just as beautiful as a more typical ornamental plant.

Stone raised beds are a good substitute for traditional wooden-framed raised beds. The levels actually save a little space, while still allowing you to grow a variety of plants, just like a standard container garden. A timed irrigation system could easily be installed in this area, completely eliminating any need for watering by hand. Next, see two fun container options for small spaces.

Prostrate rosemary is a great choice along walls. (Click the photo for a better look at it above this shelf of greens.) The flowers provide color, and the plant can tolerate hot sun, reflected heat and little water. Both flowers and leaves are edible, and you'll find birds, butterflies and even bees hovering around the plant when it's in bloom.

Harvest: Though you usually see heads of lettuce for sale in groceries and at markets, you can harvest individual leaves of leaf, romaine and Batavian lettuces. In fact, a common method is to sow a mix of these seeds, allow them to grow, then cut leaves off about 1/2 inch above the crown. They’ll quickly regenerate, and you’ll have an ongoing source for lettuce. You can also eat the thinnings and young leaves of butterhead and iceberg lettuce, then wait until the entire head forms and harvest the entire plant.More: How to grow arugula and other salad greens

Tucking veggies in on terraced slope.

Vegies

Zero clearance for stone gap

Veggies as border plants

Awesome raised garden!

stone wall

Stone

Narrow bed

Great Idea for a Potager!!

garden in small areas

darzas

vegie garden

Tiered levels

Stone beds

Stone retaining walls

Double wall with small plant space

Veg garden

Garden

nice flower bed as garden

Wall planters

Stone bench

raised bed

Gardening lettuce

Veggies and herbed in rock garden

Prostrate rosemary is a great choice along walls. (Click the photo for a better look at it above this shelf of greens.) The flowers provide color, and the plant can tolerate hot sun, reflected heat and little water. Both flowers and leaves are edible, and you'll find birds, butterflies and even bees hovering around the plant when it's in bloom.

Growing Lettuce

garden

unusual and beautiful integration of paving (stairs?) and salad greens

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Great for plantings

retaining walls

vegetable beds

Gardening

stone and lettuce garden in stone

terrace garden between shed and tanks - use as vege garden

veggie patch

herbs

Terracing a sloped area is a great use of space.

Veg raised in stone

tiered garden for more space to grow plants

stone

vrt u zidu

good idea to add space between the layers for veggies

edibles integrated

Maybe Thyme at the base of some walls?

Another nice example of seating built in to planter

planting (lettuce)

Terrace garden

Favorites: •Batavian: Cherokee, Nevada, Sierra •Butterhead: Bibb, Buttercrunch, Deer' s Tongue, Marvel of Four Seasons, Rouge d’Hiver, Sangria, Tom Thumb, Winter Marvel •Cos: Blushed Butter Cos, Crisp Mint, Little Gem (a dwarf variety), Parris Island, Parris White •Crisphead: Great Lakes, Red Iceberg, Reine de Glace, Summertime •Leaf: Australian Yellow, Black Seeded Simpson, Lolla Rossa, Oak Leaf, Red Sails, Red Salad Bowl, Salad Bowl

the great ideas about planting!

Tiers

right outside the kitchen....herbs ready!

nice

gardening

garden

design

Growing salad in stone walls

double wall around left bed

Garden

calavera hills stone...Free!

Also grow radishes, celery, cucumber and onions.

tiers

Lettuce

Garden space

edible retaining wall

Harvest: Though you usually see heads of lettuce for sale in groceries and at markets, you can harvest individual leaves of leaf, romaine and Batavian lettuces. In fact, a common method is to sow a mix of these seeds, allow them to grow, then cut leaves off about 1/2 inch above the crown. They’ll quickly regenerate, and you’ll have an ongoing source for lettuce. You can also eat the thinnings and young leaves of butterhead and iceberg lettuce, then wait until the entire head forms and harvest the entire plant.

terraced walls with edible landscaping

I like the stone and who wouldn't love the look of those veggies and herbs!

tiers

Retaining wall with edible herbs and vegetables

garden beds

Vege wall pocket

What does it take to place a stone wall like this?

Walls

vegetables in lower level, wide walls

along the backyard bordering Foothill?

Veggies, herbs tucked in!

This is exactly what I'm thinking for the area you have the "too big" grasses.

Type of stone. No mortar.

retaining wall

Edibles in retaining wall

cabage/radish border

love the leafy kale with other herbs

Love that stone work!

terrace slope plantings

tight fit less snails

Veggies

In this tiered garden, leafy greens look just as beautiful as a more typical ornamental plant.

veggies

Syar stone from Napa Valley

layered garden : )

terraced edges

Love the narrow planting area with the stone. I think it would increase my season.

Treated garden around sunken patio

Lovely

double edging

wonderful use of space.

Stone choice. Stone size. Flat top, no cap

edible garden

Retaining walls?

wall

Garden

love

Garden beds on a fance

Herb gardens

back fenceline

Raised bed

Making use of terrace to create edible garden space

stone wall with planters

Rockery veggies

Efficient use of small spaces - fill with edibles.

Salad garden in retaining wall

Stone terrace beds

rock wall

veggie garden in stone terraced walls

TOO DIFFICULT ??

front walls

edibles

Syar stone

tiered seats w grow area

Like this idea.

Garden idea!

I like the minimalistic look of the vegetable garden on tiers. You could easily incorporate this into a patio if you don't have a large yard.

2 levels

landscape

Planter

the raised style

lettuces

front terrace

Interesting concept for vegetable beds.

nice wall

lettuce retaining walls

plants

this is what I want in my yard

beach hardscape

yum

2 tier gardens for food and flowers

Stone trick

Nice greens!

Bench

vegetable garden

Landscape

edible landscape

In front of driveway. Make retaining wall in steps. Plants can go in between steps.

огород

Ineresting garden feature for a wall

garden in a retaining wall

Stone from napa valley. Ha.

veggies in a raised rock garden -- functional yet beautiful

tiered veggie garden, contained and allowing easy access along walls

beautiful retaining wall

Plant veggies in a higher wall so it does not grow over and look untidy

Great use of space!

stone wall for side of driveway?

Weston Garden

Dreaming about the backyard......

Tiers

Terrace herbs

Greens used as ornamentals

I like the clean way this lettuce is grown. It's up off the ground and easy to tend.

prostrate rosemary - edible landscaping

Accessibility

I like the different way they turned the stone

beautiful rock wall

stone walls

Stonework

Good lettuce description

rock walls

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lettuces tucked in between two heights of low stone wall

garden

greens, kale, herbs, between layers

Rock walls & planting space

vegetables

wall

edibles

great idea

Using lettuce in landscaping

lettuce in steps

garden ideas

backyard garden within decorative block work

I like the idea of planting lettuce next to steps, etc...

Love it!

lettuce

A "lettuce only" space

veggies in landscaping

Lettuce for patio next to fence

a very neat way of planting lettuces!

murki, warzywniak

stepped garden

Small spaces for lettuces

love the stone