What Are Gabion Baskets? – It feels that summer is just around the corner (even if it isn’t). I’m being hopeful and wishing for warm weather to be able to host summer garden parties. However, before anything can happen in my garden, it needs a good spruce up! Not only am I thinking of decluttering the garden area but also adding some decorative elements, such as gabion baskets from Mainland Aggregates.
What Are Gabion Baskets?
As Buckets Of Tea explains, Mainland Aggregates are a “family-run business that provides decorative aggregates, recycled aggregates and quarried aggregates to create driveways, patios, paths and more.”
Gabion baskets, also known as gabion cages, are wire mesh boxes filled with gabion stones. These can be used for all kinds of projects, from perimeter fences to pond surrounds and more. Gabion baskets seem like a great way to incorporate natural features into my outdoor space – what do you think? If you are reworking the whole garden it is worth thinking about how the house opens onto it too, as a conservatory or garden room from a company like Countrywide gives you somewhere to sit and enjoy the space when the British weather turns
Advantages of gabion baskets.
- Economic
- Little maintenance
- Easy to install
- Long lasting
- Minimal environmental impact
Gabion baskets are easy solutions. They are easy to install, require little to no maintenance, and will adorn your garden for many years to come. Seattle Times also shares that gabion baskets are a great drainage solution to keep outdoor spaces from becoming a swamp. As the article comments, ” They are perfect for those of us who want a big payoff with minimal effort — with our busy lives, who doesn’t want that?”
What do you fill them with?
As I mentioned above, they are usually filled with gabion stones but not all stones are the same. Gabion stones vary in size and colour. So, depending on the aesthetic you are going for, you’ll have to pick gabion stones accordingly. Some of my top picks from Mainland Aggregates’ website include Dove Grey Gabion Stone, Polar White Gabion Cobbles and Scottish Gabion Cobbles.
Want to incorporate gabion into your property? Look how gabion baskets are making a comeback shaping the look of homes and commercial spaces around the world in this Architectural Digest article. From framing outdoor areas as gabion walls at the Thunderbird Hotel in Marfa, Texas to being part of the façade of a winery in Napa Valley.
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Debz Louise is a plus-size blogger based in Yorkshire. Behind many nationwide campaigns such as #WeaAreTheThey & winner of Best Blogger at the UK Plus Size Awards, she talkas about life as a plus-size 40-something woman in South Yorkshire.
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