Examples of how people are harvesting rain.
Great for ideas, and the best part: they’re free!
We were so excited about this we just had to share... Yep, it's a bench. Yep, it's a rain barrel. It even catches the rain that falls on its surface while collecting roof runoff, too. Unlike many previous designs, the fittings are hidden so only the tubes (for filling and overflow) show. [wp_eStore_add_to_cart id=6] The [...]
Tip of the Week #5 (archived, May 2011): dig a swale …what’s a swale, you ask? Oh, just a depression that usually directs water from where you don’t want it to where you do. I say ‘usually’ because we are promoting a more indirect method, for the purpose of groundwater recharge/ infiltration. So in [...]
landscape designs, beautiful AND sustainable ... watch to see where the water is, and just how many rain barrels it takes to equal this design what follows is a plethora of designs incorporating the RainBench DIY kit as a customizable building block, from 40 to 96 gallons each and a variety of different materials... hang [...]
check this out. every patio should have one... ...or two, or three. This is another way of making a self watering garden with our RainBench™ DIY kits (2 kits per 8'x3' garden above). The beginning of the video graphic above shows the RainBench™ DIY465, how it is assembled from the ground up. Then just add [...]
want to see one of these in your garden? our first design had water all the way to the top, but that posed a few issues with hanging tools and other items, as well as pressure concerns. Then we thought, "Gee, isn't 1650 gallons enough? And here's a built-in work bench or potting bench, what [...]
That's what this 130 gallon RainBench was dubbed by an attendee of Garden Expo 2011 in Madison, WI. We liked it, so that's what this is now. In fact, we're thinking this could cause a massive door shortage... ...but don't start hoarding doors now, there's plenty for everyone, and you actually want to [...]
a nice addition to any garden... Here is just one more example of how creative gardeners are. A DIY kit, a quick paint job and some accessories are all you need to get an attractive, comfy bench that waters your garden. This RainBench is about 50 feet away from the downpout diverter that fills it. [...]
In order to handle high water tables, we used Aquascape's RainXchange system to build a shallow, wider 1,000 gallon underground cistern for the new Children's Barn at Henry Vilas Zoo this past November. There is an inspection riser near the building, as well as a 4" inlet pipe from the 4"x5" [...]
an example of how nice rain water harvesting can look... 260 gallons of useful (seating), beautiful (cedar) multi-use landscape elements
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