Melbourne Water Rain Garden Design
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Melbourne water rain garden design. Following these recommendations will reduce the risk of plants dying in the drier climate. Use our resources to build your own raingarden and view examples across melbourne. Plants for raingardens wetlands and swales plants for raingardens wetlands and swales.
How to build a raingarden select a design. When not to use raingardens. Recommended design figure 1 raingarden standard system with filter media depth of 500mm.
Raingarden design for melbourne s west this document provides a guide to improve the performance of bioretention systems in melbourne s north and west. Guidelines for raingarden planning design construction and maintenance guidelines have been developed by the cooperative research centre for water sensitive cities with support from melbourne water. Commonly positioned to capture water running from roads and footpaths raingardens use natural processes to clean the water.
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