Monday, January 11, 2010

How Steep?

Not specifically relating to building-vegetation interface, but related indeed. An interesting visual study in angles of repose for 'Vegetation Design on Soil Slope', it looks like from a graphic on Toyo Greenland systems, via People and Place:

Posted by Jason King at 4:14 PM
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2 comments:

  1. you can also add soil binding agents to steep slopes. The agents help stablise the soil while - waiting for the plants' root systems to establish. Once plants have matured the root systems then stabalise the soil
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  2. Wonder if you could grow annual vegetables on a not so steap slope. Surely no problem for perennial herbs, like a nice lavender hedge :)
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