How to create rain gardens in your home?
The rain gardens are one of the ways of having a mini wetland at home. A lot of environmentalists in the country are advocating the use of rain gardens at home to help prevent water pollution. Rain gardens are like mini wetlands which absorb storm waters and filter the dirty water before it is allowed to enter underground or otherwise flow into the drainage system. Since rain gardens often absorb storm water, they can help prevent flooding due to storm water overflow. These types of gardens are very helpful especially if you live in low lying areas that are prone to flooding during heavy rains. How to construct your rain gardens? Rain gardens are shaped like basins to serve as effective rain catchments system. You can design the rim of your garden to make your rain gardens more attractive. You can have different shapes like round, bean or square as long as you do not block the natural flow of the rain water. If you have a big area is your backyard, you might want to create your rain garden in such a way that it will blend into the terrain of your backyard. Do not try to dig a large hole in your backyard for your sunken garden. It will look very ugly and will be an danger for small children running in your backyard since children are naturally very curious. What you can do is instead of digging one large hole for your rain garden; consider creating a rain garden a kind of border in one side of your backyard where the water usually settles down after the rain. In order to make your backyard more appealing and friendly to children, you have to create a border between the garden and your lawn. You may use plants as hedges or a simply pathway to delineate the areas of your backyard. This will make your garden looks more organized and better. You need to consider carefully the type of soil that you have in your backyard when creating your rain gardens. This is because if you live in an area where the soil is naturally sandy; expect the water from your rain garden to seep through faster. You will definitely need to prepare a deep but small garden to process the rain water well. However, if you live in an area where the soil in is clayish, it may take time before the water drains off from your rain garden. In this case, you need to set up a shallow but large rain garden.
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