Rain garden
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Rain gardens, also called bioretention facilities, are one of a variety of practices designed to increase reabsorption of rain runoff by the soil. They can also be used to treat polluted stormwater ru
Low Impact Development (LID) rain garden in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
A rain garden in Wheaton, Maryland during the winter
A rain garden at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York
A recently planted home rain garden in Minneapolis
Bioswale
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Bioswales are channels designed to concentrate and convey stormwater runoff while removing debris and pollution. Bioswales can also be beneficial in recharging groundwater, reducing flooding and erosi
Rain garden
…garden—particularly if vegetation is planted and maintained with recognition of its role in this function. Vegetated roadside swales, now promoted as "bioswales", remain the conventional runoff drainage system in many parts of the world from long before extensive networks of concrete sewers became the conventional…
Runoff from the vicinity flows into an adjacent bioswale
Two bioswales for a housing development. The foreground one is under construction while the background one is established.
A curbside bioswale in Chicago.