Garden Trend for 2019: Gabion-Style Walls?
I read this story in Country Living about some garden trends that they see emerging in 2019 and one of the items on their list caught my attention: gabion-style walls. What the what? I had never heard of those. A quick search around the Web and I realized that while I had not heard the term "gabion-style walls", I've come across them. And likely, so have you. But just didn't know that's what they were called. From the Country Living piece : See that metal cage holding the material in/together? That's the defining characteristic. More... From Gardenista : Derived from an old Italian word, gabbione, meaning “big cage,” gabions are enclosures that can be filled with any sort of inorganic material: rock, brick, or concrete debris. The cages were originally wicker, but now are usually a welded mesh made of sturdy galvanized, coated, or stainless steel wire that won’t bend when filled with rocks. In landscaping, gabion walls can support an ear