In this video, Ocean Protect’s Brad Dalrymple discusses the perils of using rock or pebbles as ‘mulch’ for bioretention systems – at a recently constructed bioretention system in Virginia, South Australia. As Brad describes, whilst mulch is applied for Filterra® bioretention systems, Ocean Protect definitely do not use rocks or pebbles for mulch. To find out more about Filterra®, please visit our the Filterra® webpage or contact us.
Should you use rock or pebbles as mulch in bioretention systems?

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