RAIN GARDENS AND WET PLACES
Clarendon Hills
This steeply sloped yard in Clarendon Hills just asked to be home to a rain garden. What with the downspout and birch, the area was a perfect fit. Here is the garden, newly designed and planted.
Note the downspout, waterfall, streambed, garden basin, stonework and overflow.
Here is a close up of the "waterfall," just after its creating in May, 2006. During a rain, the stream and garden get water from the downspout, but a hidden garden hose acts as a secondary water source.
This photo was taken three months after planting.
See the gnarled old tree stump? Isn't this a nice sight to see when you get into your car to go to work in the morning?
View from the front of the house looking down the stream into the flower bed: a little bridge over the stream would be nice for the children to play on.
The owners' little boy loved to play in the stream we created. They even put a little bridge over it for him.
