Gabions give the modern garden an original and contemporary image. Stylish in appearance and functional in concept, creative ideas can be realized with the stone-filled wire baskets. Browse here through a repertoire of imaginative uses for stylish garden design with gabions.
How can gabions be used in garden design?
Gabions offer a wide range of options for garden design: slope attachment, decorative room dividers, privacy screens, garden benches, rose arches, barbecue or fire pits and raised beds. With creative ideas and plant bags, individual and contemporary garden concepts can be realized.
Stability on slopes with gabions – this is how it works
Gabions were originally designed to stabilize embankments in the Italian Alps. Today, resourceful gardeners use galvanized wire baskets to decoratively and cost-effectively attach a garden on a slope. With a concrete foundation, gabion walls transform into decorative gravity walls. Green savers fill valuable natural stones on the visible side and cheap gravel stones on the hidden back.
With the help of plant bags, undemanding rock garden plants can be planted between the stones for a natural appearance. This makes insects and other beneficial insects happy because they find a protected place to retreat here. If you integrate weatherproof spotlights (€51.00 on Amazon) between the stone filling, the sober gabion wall turns into a mysterious wall at night.
Creative ideas for garden design – inspiration and suggestions
The use of gabions as slope reinforcement was the starting signal for a variety of imaginative design ideas. Get inspired by the following collection:
- Decorative room dividers in the modern garden as an alternative to drywall
- Screen wall for garbage cans, covered with evergreen climbing plants
- Garden bench made of 3 stone baskets (100x50x50 cm) with lid grid and floorboards as a seat pad
- Rose arch with gabions as a basis for the romantic garden with a trendy flair
- Gabion wall with integrated grill or built-in fireplace
Don't want the hassle of lugging stones to fill gabions? Then use the galvanized wire baskets as a frame for a raised bed. The grid mats are lined with weatherproof coconut mats and filled with plant soil. A raised bed with a modern style is ready.
Tip
With gabions you can conjure up a herbal spiral with a contemporary look. With stone-filled wire baskets as an external shape, you build a bridge from traditional herb cultivation to modern times. By integrating the sun worshipers among the herb species into the stone filling using plant pockets, you increase the cultivation area and give your gabion herb spiral a special flair.