Kessingland beach is home to a unique dynamic dune system and a coastline under constant threat of erosion. To protect the eroding shingle habitat from further exposure this project focuses on two approaches to the shoreline. Vernacular sea defence strategies are combined with living dune stabilisation through establishing specialised pampas grass ecologies.

Traditionally the pampas grass is associated with the flourishing house plant market that has allowed consumers to reconnect to the flora in their own homes. However, as one of the most desirable dried plants due to their unique appearance, the slow growing and expensive Pampas grass plumes are often subject to theft. The proposed implementation of a new pampas habitat on Kessingland beach can be used to fund continued maintenance whilst the grasses extensive root structure in coastal dunes can strengthen the ground against erosion.