Dam at water storage lake protected by Vetiver
This water storage bassin near Velez-Malaga with about 40 million liters capacity has a very steep – almost 1:1 – outside slope. The material is completely loose landfill. To protect this 5 rows of vetiver at a 25 cm spacing have been planted. Ideally it should have been 3 times as many rows. Which the […]
Beach Erosion Protection
The garden behind the rest of the formerly big sand dune is lower. Less than 2 meters and the garden will be flooded with salty water in winter storms. The following slides are from a PDF that can be downloaded here from vetiver.org. It will be linked in a better place later and is just […]