My heart sinks at the word "Gabion". Several years ago (in our younger days)
we were heavily involved in canal restoration. At weekends, we travelled all
over the UK helping out on restoration projects. One such weekend was down
on (I think) the River Soar. The aim was to reinforce the banking with
gabions. They are basically large wire baskets (about 3' x 3') with
small/medium sized stones. It was an incredibly boring task!!!

A couple of years ago we were boating in that area and certainly the top of
the gabions had grassed over. I would imagine you would think of them as a
form of dry stone wall - in which case I agree you should be able to cover
them in plants

Jeanne Stockdale




"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On 15 Nov 2003 11:09:58 -0800, (Stephen
Ward) wrote:

I am thinking of using Gabions to retain a 12 ft bank approx 8o ft in
long and situated on the North side of may property. Any advise on in
planting would be appreciated. I would hope that the Gabions would be
a better option then a brick wall and after a couple of year will be
covered by plants of one sort or another.

I have to ask; What is a Gabion?


Pam in Bristol