Green Roofs And Rain Gardens

An inexpensive green roof can be made with recycled planters.

Green roofs and rain gardens.

Green roofs are covered with growing. Rain gardens are versatile features that can be installed in almost any unpaved space. They can help protect nearby streams and rivers by trapping rainwater and allowing it to soak into the ground over time resulting in improvements to both the quality and quantity of stormwater runoff. In virginia norfolk botanical garden s green roof uses sedum delosperma and sempervivum.

Dirt simple tips for natural yard care episode 12. Green roofs and rain gardens yard talk. Our homes have an impact on the environment. A rain garden can be beautiful as well as functional.

See more ideas about green roof roof rain garden. Also known as bioretention or bioinfiltration cells they are shallow vegetated basins that collect and absorb runoff from rooftops sidewalks and streets. A rain garden is a garden of native shrubs perennials and grasses which can withstand both drought and occasional flooding planted in a small depression which is generally formed on a low point of a natural slope. When water flows off of paved surfaces compacted ground and rooftops and rushes into streams it deposits pollutants and scours streambeds.

Rain gardens green roofs and rain barrels are some of the most widely known lid practices. May 22 2020 explore cath basilio s board green roofs rain gardens etc on pinterest.