Truly a mountain home, this project required design and engineering innovation to harmonize the natural beauty of the place with the functionality needed for the built environment. In order to minimize the impact on the existing natural landscape while still creating an enduring retaining wall, we utilized a vegetated MSE wall system not commonly seen in Colorado. We built a wall of biodegradable, soil-filled bags, and hydro-seeded with a diverse seed mix that would blend into the mountain landscape. As the bag material composts into the soil, the living roots of the plants hold the wall in place, creating a wall rated to last 120 years. Best of all, the enduring space offers a gracious invitation to pollinators, birds, and people to come and enjoy.