04/03/2024
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Stunning plant supportive Terraforce® retaining walls at Diemersfontein Wine and Country Estate near Wellington in the Western Cape.
Installed by Dassenberg Retaining Systems
André Look, Architect and Etienne de Villiers, Project Manager were both in favour of using Terraforce® products for this prominent development. Designs for the walls were prepared by Terrasafe, https://www.terraforce.com/terrasafe/ Terraforce's professional design service, after Fred Laker, Icos Engineering, had visited the site.
To soften the walls and to allow them to blend into the surrounding environment, the walls were planted once complete. Says de Villiers: “The plants specified at the estate and for the retaining walls were mostly indigenous, water-wise plants, such as Crassula Spathulata, Delospermum Lydenburgenes, Crassula Marginalis, Jordaaniella Dubia, Carpobrotus Edulis and Othonna Capensis. Two other species are from the New Zealand (Dysphyma Crassifolium) and the United States (Lippia Nodiflora)”.
As a result, after initial watering to encourage the plants to establish roots, the retaining walls transformed into lush green vertical gardens, cost-effective, low maintenance and environmentally friendly.
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