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Rain Rain,come and stayWhen will we acknowledge that stormwater isnot the result of storms?Word & Photo: Kirten sach

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a n en t t mpet n e oen tht h ub ne wth peeo me ene to tet tomwte un-on ene pnte to mxme bopton.it not expenve to bu n ot on htmoe ue to ne ppe n o voume.The e o n en be on thepeente o oo e o tot un-o.

a rin grden is simple nd eonomilwy to rete n ttrtive mens otreting stormwter in your own bkyrd

nd helps protet the uture o our stremsnd behes. Plnts tht re used mostsuessully in rin grden re oten thoseound on the edges o wterwys suh sstrems or esturies. They re plnts tht reused to being inundted by wter or shortperiods nd drying out or n extended lengtho time. Plnts suh s reeds, restios, tussok,bbge trees nd fxes re ll well suitedto suh onditions nd there re mny morespeies tht re suitble or rin grdens.

creting these simple solutions within lndspe design is not only sustinblewy to minimise the eets on our wterwys

nd behes, it lso retes n opportunityto showse speilised plnting sheme.Buildings need to beome wter olletors likeour orests, nd when the wter yle is ullyintegrted into the designs o our grdens ndbuildings, only then n we sy tht rin hsbeen treted s nture intended.n

Kirsten Sach Landscape Design is an award-winning landscape design company. Leaddesigner, Kirsten Sach, won Gold for her RainGarden design at the 2007 Ellerslie InternationalFlower Show, and Silver for her Kia ora ai tewai (Make the Water Well) at the 2008 EllerslieFlower Show. www.kirstensachlandscapes.com.au

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