OK, so it’s not been too wet, and it’s summer as well. However, now’s the time to start planning for when we do get some decent rain, and how we can make the most efficient use of it.
Melbourne Water have designs on their website for creating rain gardens. A rain garden is like a regular garden except its positioned to make the most of rain falling on hard surfaces such as paths and roofs. Melbourne Water has designs for container raingardens and for an inground raingarden.
The idea of the raingarden is to filter the water using plants, with an overflow connection to your stormwater drain. The water going into the stormwater drain has been filtered to a much better quality, which is much better for the waterways where the water ends up.
Click here for a link to Melbourne Water