Swale

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a garden with rocks and plants around it
Natural Bridges Landscaping
Love the dry creek bed with the mulched areas - might work for the wet draining spot between our house and the neighbor
an image of a diagram of the different types of trees and how to use them
Swales Are Just Swell for the Homestead
Graphic credited to Bill Mollison’s Introduction to Permaculture “Uphill” is to the right of the diagram and water flows “downhill” towards the left. When digging a swale, you pile the excavated soil into a mound on the downhill side of the ditch. That mound is the first to be hydrated, and therefore an ideal place for planting... - See more at: http://104homestead.com/swales-are-just-swell-for-the-homestead/#sthash.raX1cofN.dpuf
an illustrated diagram of the different types of trees and shrubs that are found in this area
Linear Food Forests along Hugelkultured Swales | Midwest Permaculture
Hugelkultured Swale with Linear Food Forest - great simple video explaining using a ditch and logs on a grade to promote stronger plant nutrient fertilization and ways to use the grade ditches to transfer animal waste nutrients downhill back to the plants.
a car is parked in the background behind some rocks and grass, along with other plants
Swales
river rock dry creek swale | VEGETATED SWALES
a small stream running through a lush green field next to a wooden walkway with rocks and grass
Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration
Biofilter application, Coomera Waters QLD
a wooden bench sitting next to a lush green forest
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Bioswale - designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff water | seven35, North Vancouver
a gazebo with flowers in the foreground
small rain garden
a garden with rocks and plants in it
landscape designing
a wooden bench sitting in the middle of a lush green field next to purple flowers
PROJECT: Building a swale for your garden
Creating a "Swell" in your yard is an efficient, eco-friendly way to save rain water for a food garden or a beautiful landscape.
there is a bird feeder in the middle of some rocks and plants on the ground
30 Amazing Downspout Ideas, Splash Guards, Charming Rain Chains and Creative Rain Ropes
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The rock-lined swale is both design feature and effective rain garden. It soaks up runoff in this wet, steep-slope garden. Glass floats further the look of a dry streambed.
a garden filled with lots of different types of flowers and plants next to a house
Dry Stream Does Double Duty - FineGardening
Instead of a poured concrete swale, these homeowners opted for a dry streambed lined with water-worn stones and edged with eye-catching plantings.
a garden with rocks and plants around it
HGTV Dream Home 2013: Front Yard Pictures
Custom drainage swales help to capture runoff from the roof. Water-loving plants such as gregia, scouring and horsetail rushes, and southern wood fern will help absorb the water. HGTV Dream Home 2013: Front Yard Pictures
an advertisement for the bedding company with a drawing of a woman tending to her garden
A market garden approach to Hugelkultur (use on contour down side of swale and base for Pleaching or plashing living fence of fruit/nut trees between pasture cells)
some purple flowers are growing in the rocks and grass next to a river bed with water
Best Drainage Systems To Deal with Stormwater
I love the idea of swales and rain gardens to eliminate uncooperative depressions in my yard.