2021: bare seabed
The Blackwater estuary had lost 92% of its seagrass to dredging and runoff. What remained was sand.
Seeding
Volunteers planted 140,000 seed bags by hand across two seasons, each anchored by a hessian sack that rots away in a winter.
2023: first meadow
Two years in, the first continuous meadow closed over 40 hectares. Sediment stopped moving; the water cleared.
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