Wasn't sure where to post here but i just wanted to let you guys know about one of the past projects that the volunteer section have been upto here at Cuerden Valley Park. There's never been any books on the subject that i know of, but we have had considerable success preventing river erosion by extensive use of Willow for revetment construction. This stuff is amaizing, it re-roots readily from cuttings, Willow logs or cut Willow brash will re-root if it comes into contact with soil.
Here is a pic of our latest revetment completed last year, there is one further along the river which was done several years ago and is now a mass of trees so embedded and rooted into the bank that the erosion in that area has completely stopped !!!.
Everything is Willow, the steaks driven into the river bed and the interwoven Willow whips will all root after backfilling with earth.
Here is a pic of our latest revetment completed last year, there is one further along the river which was done several years ago and is now a mass of trees so embedded and rooted into the bank that the erosion in that area has completely stopped !!!.
Everything is Willow, the steaks driven into the river bed and the interwoven Willow whips will all root after backfilling with earth.