Native Sod, Palms, Plants and Trees
Once your shoreline erosion has been restored with compacted fill, native sod can be applied afterwards in order to hold the fill. Also, we stock a variety of native palms, plants, and trees that can be planted in littoral zones, wetland areas, and seasonally flooded landscapes. Examples include Bahia sod, Everglades Palms, Sand Cordgrass, and Bald Cypress Trees.
Benefits:
- Stabilizes the soil
- Provides aeration to ground water
- Reestablishes natural habitat
- Fulfills compensatory planting requirements
Downsides:
- Some may not survive and may need to be replaced in the future
Call us today to find out if native sod, palms, plants, and trees are the right solution for your shoreline erosion (239) 560-6923
Recent Posts
If you choose to go with geo trash bags or polyethylene containment systems (which are also made out of trash bag material) on your shoreline, this picture is a good example of the final product. The crazy thing is... these bags were installed behind homes worth as much as $14million in a prominent community in Naples, FL. If you paid that much for your house and saw these trash bags lining the shoreline of your beautiful lake, how would you feel?
In order to save money, a prominent community in the heart of Naples, FL hired a contractor to install poly containment systems on their shorelines instead of our Hybrid Shell SystemTM. After realizing how incredibly awful the bags looked (not to mention sod will not grow on them), the contractor agreed to dump some shell on top of them to hide their ugliness. The result was even worse. And the littoral plantings below the bags are already half dead and look just as bad. DON'T GET FOOLED INTO INSTALLING POLY BAGS ON YOUR SHORELINE!
These geotubes were installed in north Bonita Springs, FL just 6 MONTHS AGO by Dragonfly (who has since shut down their Southwest Florida operations). In fact, the HOA members tell us that they were paid to install littoral plantings but never did. They just shut down and left the state! The tubes are now exposed, failing, and look awful. The HOA members like our all-natural erosion control products and are quoted as saying "I wish we knew about Seabreeze 5 years ago!"
