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Rain gardens : managing water sustainably in the garden and designed landscape / Nigel Dunnett and Andy Clayden.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2007Description: 188 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0881928267
  • 9780881928266
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635.95 22
LOC classification:
  • SB475.83 .D86 2007
Contents:
section 1: Rain gardens. Introduction -- Water and sustainable landscapes -- Water in a changing climate -- Bioretention -- The stormwater chain -- section 2: The stormwater chain. General design principles for bioretention facilities -- Green roofs -- Capturing water run-off : disconnecting downpipes -- Designing your rain garden -- Site survey -- Setting out a design -- section 3: Plant directory. Herbaceous plants -- Grasses -- Shrubs -- Trees.
Summary: "Rain gardens encompass all possible elements that can be used to capture, channel, divert and make the most of the rain and snow that fall on a property. Using the innovative and attractive approaches described here, it is possible to enhance outdoor spaces and minimize the damaging effects of drought, stormwater runoff, and other environmental challenges. Nigel Dunnett & Andy Clayden have created a comprehensive guide to water management techniques for the garden and built environment. Filled with practical, manageable solutions for small and large-scale implementations and utilizing authoritative research with state-of-the-art case studies from all over the world, Rain Gardens is the first book on sustainable water management schemes suitable for students and professionals."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index.

section 1: Rain gardens. Introduction -- Water and sustainable landscapes -- Water in a changing climate -- Bioretention -- The stormwater chain -- section 2: The stormwater chain. General design principles for bioretention facilities -- Green roofs -- Capturing water run-off : disconnecting downpipes -- Designing your rain garden -- Site survey -- Setting out a design -- section 3: Plant directory. Herbaceous plants -- Grasses -- Shrubs -- Trees.

"Rain gardens encompass all possible elements that can be used to capture, channel, divert and make the most of the rain and snow that fall on a property. Using the innovative and attractive approaches described here, it is possible to enhance outdoor spaces and minimize the damaging effects of drought, stormwater runoff, and other environmental challenges. Nigel Dunnett & Andy Clayden have created a comprehensive guide to water management techniques for the garden and built environment. Filled with practical, manageable solutions for small and large-scale implementations and utilizing authoritative research with state-of-the-art case studies from all over the world, Rain Gardens is the first book on sustainable water management schemes suitable for students and professionals."--Publisher description.

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