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Advice for kid-proofing a retaining wall

6 years ago

Just moved and need advice on how to kid proof our front yard! There is a 5-6 foot drop off from the front yard to the driveway. Normally we would keep as-is but we have 3 kids under 2 at our house... so we want to make it safer.

There are boxwoods lining the wall but there is a 2 foot gap between the plants — that’s what I’m trying to solve for. You can see I tried putting bricks between two.

Any advice on what to do to make this child proof? Fence? Bricks?

Thanks!

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