How To Fix Mesh Gabions On a Sloping Garden



Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009

by Andrew Karundu
http://www.karundu.com

Sloping gardens can arise due to the land terrain. The soil has to be retained to make level benches for walking and sitting area. Mesh gabions can be used with other modes of landscaping to assist in holding the soil. This retention of soil is necessary to reduce and stop erosion. Flowers or any greenery planted should also assist in holding soil. The heights of the benches should not exceed three feet. This will allow steps to be formed without using too much of the level space for going up or down the gardens.

Mesh gabions on sloppy gardens uses hardcore or stone rubble as the composite material inside. The mesh is formed into a box. This spans along the length of the slope. The material used is chain link or hexagonal mesh. When forming the stepped garden, a fair distance of about twenty feet wide is taken per level. The gabion is then placed first at twenty feet position. Next the soil is leveled flush with the top. The process may involve mechanical plants for moving the huge volumes of soil if the land is too steep.

Gabion erection commences by first making the position. The mesh is laid on the ground and formed into a box. The height is fixed to be three feet and the width three feet. The length depends on the how far the benching is to done. Hardcore is then laid inside the basket formed. It is done by hand packing until it is full. After filling with hardcore, the top is then secured with binding wire. Hand packing of hardcore is done to allow voids to be formed. This ensures water is not retained by the gabion.

After the gabion is formed, soil is then moved up to the top. The garden is leveled and compacted. Landscaping with vegetation is then planted. Soil is poured on top of the gabion to allow for creepers to camouflage it. Steps are then built at different intervals for walking up or down the gardens. The mesh gabion may be made to meander so that the garden gets good curves. Additional vegetation of trees may be planted on the lower side of the gabion mesh. This trees or shrubs give wind breaking actions over the sloped gardens.

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