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 ...

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 ...

The first time I saw gabions (metal cages) being used in gardens for infrastructure or purely for decoration was in 2009 in the Netherlands at the fantastic garden complex of De Tuinen van Apeltern.

Was wondering whether anyone else here has any experience of using gabions in their garden. For those of you that don't know what gabions are, they are big boxes made of metal mesh & then filled with ...