Goodbye, turf grass

For the last several years, RDE has worked with the neighborhood association at Seaside Farms in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, to improve the health and function of their network of stormwater ponds. As part of the first phase of rehabilitating the ponds, several thousand feet of eroding shorelines were graded, stabilized, and planted with a buffer of native plants by the Shoreline Restoration Group.

The Post & Courier recently featured this work on the front page!

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To stabilize the eroding pond shorelines, RDE recommended a combination of hand-grading, coir matting, and coir logs, and an intensive planting scheme along the entire HOA-controlled buffer zone. To foster a diverse, functional, and beautiful shoreline, RDE defined three distinct planting zones based upon modeled water levels in the pond system during various storm events: Emergent Zone, Riparian

Shoreline planting schematic by RDE