Rain Garden
Ulumalu Street
Ulumalu Street
Brief description of rain garden:
Two tiered rain garden running the length of the driveway capturing stormwater from the roof and watering a beautiful rain garden instead of running off the driveway into the street. This is a unique design for a rain garden, but it turned out looking really nice and is a great solution for many homeowners that have narrow areas running along their driveways. Date installed: February 21, 2014 Property type: Residential Rain garden is capturing water from which impervious surface? Roof Approximate square footage of impervious surface the rain garden is treating: 737 Approximate square footage of rain garden: 90 Describe how the water is routed to the rain garden: Down spout was re-routed and buried under the concrete walkway (required concrete cutting and back filling) Pre-build infiltration rate (in/hour): 3 Did you amend your soil to increase permeability? Yes If yes, what did you use to amend the soil? Mulch and compost List some of the plants used in the rain garden: Carex, pohinahina, kalo, aeae, kupukupu, pauohiiaka, hibiscus |