So, my husband walks in the other night, drops his keys, eyes me dead-serious and goes, “Honey… we need a gabion.” I nearly spilled my coffee, blinked twice, and asked ...
Spring is just around the corner, and thoughts of new landscaping are on everyone’s mind. But something very old is one of the newest and most modern trends occupying people’s minds: gabions — wire ...
Gabion is one of those landscape words with a couple of accepted pronunciations. Some prefer gah-bion, while others like gay-bion. Any way you say it, gabion structures are incredibly versatile ...
They are a legacy of trench warfare, of ancient Nile shore stabilization, and later they evolved into the gabion of today. In ancient times, gabions were huge wicker baskets of willows woven to create ...
If you don't mind some heavy lifting, you can add a bit of natural beauty to your yard. We're talking about going beyond spreading small rocks as ground cover. Two homes in Vail demonstrate how large ...
Widely used in infrastructure, gabion walls are structures made of mesh metal cages filled with stones. These permeable walls use galvanized steel wire to withstand outdoor conditions.