The myGarden sprinklersystem planner is a free online tool that provides you with an automatic placement of sprinklers and piping perfect for your garden.

For larger surfaces, more than one rain garden may be needed to handle the runoff. Switchgrass . Final art published August 2008. Running border: Twenty two plants --11 for wet areas and 11 for dry areas of your garden.

Easy Crop Rotation Using the Colors of the Rainbow. The sketch shows the layout, look and feel of the artwork. For example, large roof tops may need a rain garden near each down spout. Most gardens for average sized homes can be dug by hand if you are in good health, or have some extra help. This rain garden plant prefers constantly moist soil and full sun, although some afternoon shade won’t hurt in the hottest climates. Typical rain gardens range from 100 to 300 square feet in size. Rain Garden Design Planning and Tips. The pop-up sprinklers are permanently installed underground and connected via a pipe system. It is based on the GARDENA Sprinklersystem products that provide convenient pop-up lawn irrigation.

A rain garden design should provide a way to drain water, typically from roof runoff. By Sally Painter Organic Gardener .

Smaller gardens can be dug by hand with a shovel, or equipment can be rented for larger gardens.
The vivid blooms are hard to miss in any setting. Apr 11, 2016 - Here is the color sketch for Good Nature Publishing's upcoming Rain Garden poster. Adapted from University of Wisconsin Extension, Rain Gardens: A How-to Manual for Homeowners. A basin design is used to temporarily hold this water until it can soak into the soil. Resources Interactive Rain Garden Sizing Calculator: Enter information such as for the surface area to be treated, soil type, and slope to see how they affect the size and cost of a rain garden installation. 3 / 10. zelig8787/Shutterstock. They are Easy to Create. Cardinal flower grows 2 to 4 feet tall and is hardy in Zones 3–9. After designing the overall layout of your garden, the most important element of garden planning (and the part that recurs year after year, which is why you should spend time every winter thinking about it) is crop rotation – planting crops from the same botanical family in different positions each year. Gardens will handle the runoff from a hard surface that is about three times their size.