A few hours later and this is the end result. A section of woven willow that will protect the river bank in future floods. Back filled with bundles of brash staked into the banking with willow rods this is a very secure mix of materials that will root and grow in years to come.

Work in progress, with a small group of people you would be surprised what can be achieved in an afternoon or morning. Collection and preperation of the materials prior to the installation day is crucial. We’ve been collecting willow and soaking the material to promote quick rooting. We’ve found details such as this increase the success of this work.

The team make progress quickly. For us this is enjoyable work and over the coming weeks we will be doing more for Garnock Connections.

A second site where the fence was in danger of being lost as the banking eroded. Brash bundles staked with willow rods should prevent further loss of banking here. Determining what technique offers the best chance of success will always be important but here we were hampered by overhead power lines which prevented the use of lots of willow. Willow can grow at a tremendous rate and the last thing we want is for our work to interfere with the local farms power supply!