enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Bog garden - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_garden

   Plants which enjoy boggy soil or shallow water around their roots (marginals) include: [2] Butomus umbellatus (flowering rush) Caltha palustris (marsh marigold) Dionaea muscipula (Venus flytrap) Drosera (sundews) Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag) Lobelia cardinalis; Lysimachia nummularia (creeping jenny) Menyanthes trifoliata (bogbean)

3. Bog - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog

   A bog usually is found at a freshwater soft spongy ground that is made up of decayed plant matter which is known as peat. They are generally found in cooler northern climates and are formed in poorly draining lake basins. [6] In contrast to fens, they derive most of their water from precipitation rather than mineral-rich ground or surface water ...

4. Peatland - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peatland

   The peatland forests harvested for palm oil production serve as above- and below-ground carbon stores, containing at least 42,069 million metric tonnes (Mt) of soil carbon. [59] Exploitation of this land raises many environmental concerns, namely increased greenhouse gas emissions , risk of fires and a decrease in biodiversity.

5. Why turning cities into ‘sponges’ could help fight flooding

   www.aol.com/why-turning-cities-sponges-could...

   The sea wall was reshaped to accommodate terraced planters, while the fish farm’s ponds and dikes were turned into a mangrove habitat. Inland, porous green space helps slow the flow of water and ...

6. Landscape design - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_design

   Autumn colours at Stourhead gardens. The landscape design phase consists of research, gathering ideas, and setting a plan. Design factors include objective qualities such as: climate and microclimates; topography and orientation, site drainage and groundwater recharge; municipal and resource building codes; soils and irrigation; human and vehicular access and circulation; recreational ...

7. Garden design - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_design

   The kitchen garden may be a landscape design feature that can be the central feature of an ornamental, all-season landscape, but can be little more than a humble vegetable plot. It is a source of herbs, vegetables, fruits, and flowers, but it is also a structured garden space, a design based on repetitive geometric patterns.