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2. 7 Landscaping Tips That Can Help Keep Water Out of Your ...

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   Landscaping to prevent water from damaging your home or flooding your basement is a smart strategy. Learn seven easy steps that everyone, from gardening newbies to seasoned pros, can try.

3. Rain garden - Wikipedia

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   The first rain gardens were created to mimic the natural water retention areas that developed before urbanization occurred. The rain gardens for residential use were developed in 1990 in Prince George's County, Maryland, when Dick Brinker, a developer building a new housing subdivision had the idea to replace the traditional best management practices (BMP) pond with a bioretention area.

4. Swale (landform) - Wikipedia

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   In this context a swale is usually a water-harvesting ditch on contour, also called a contour bund. [4] [5] A natural swale. Swales as used in permaculture are designed by permaculturalists to slow and capture runoff by spreading it horizontally across the landscape (along an elevation contour line), facilitating runoff infiltration into the soil.

5. Xeriscaping - Wikipedia

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   In some areas, terms such as water-conserving landscaping, drought-tolerant landscaping, and smart scaping are used instead. The use of plants whose natural requirements are appropriate to the local climate is emphasized, and care is taken to avoid losing water to evaporation and runoff. However, the specific plants used in xeriscaping vary ...

6. Bioswale - Wikipedia

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   Surface runoff consists of building roof runoff, parking lot runoff and overland flow from properties to the north of the project site. A total of two lineal miles of bioswale was designed into the project. The purpose of the bioswale was to minimize runoff contaminants from entering Sonoma Creek. The bioswale channel is grass-lined and nearly ...

7. Are Weeds Actually Bad For Your Lawn? - AOL

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   The modern approach to lawn care requires large inputs of chemicals, water, fuel, and labor. ... weed-free lawn has served as the gold standard of the American landscape, but not all weeds are bad ...