Best Residential BMP

Ally Jen’s Combo BMPs: Wattles and More
2023
1st Place

Ally Jen’s Combo BMPs: Wattles and More

This project arose out of Ally’s coursework in Sustainable Horticulture and a conservation garden workshop, together with consultations with landscape designer Patricia Ceglia, to...
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West Side Residence
2015
3rd Place

West Side Residence

This project involved impervious removal and installation of permeable pavement and a dry creek bed to treat property runoff and substantially improve curb appeal...
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READY Rain Garden and Conservation Landscape Series
2015
2nd Place

READY Rain Garden and Conservation Landscape Series

At the Deering Woods neighborhood, a project was installed involving a series of conservation landscapes, three rain gardens and interconnecting rock channels. The garden treats...
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Ormbsy Rain Garden
2015
1st Place

Ormbsy Rain Garden

Mr. Ormsby installed a rain garden on his residential property to help control large volumes of stormwater runoff that were flowing over his property...
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Harn Aqueduct Rain Garden
2014
1st Place

Harn Aqueduct Rain Garden

The Harn Aqueduct Rain Garden and Conservation Landscaping project eliminated standing water on a walk-out patio and potential basement flooding through use of an aqueduct...
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2015
3rd Place

Hickey Run Hero for a Cleaner Anacostia

This project, located in NE DC, involved conversion of a small impervious patio to pervious pavers and addition of two 132 gallon rain barrels....
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Edmonds Rain Garden
2014
2nd Place

Edmonds Rain Garden

This project involves a number of different BMPs that are used to treat runoff from an entire property. The property was transformed from a plain...
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Swatlowski Rain Garden
2014
3rd Place

Swatlowski Rain Garden

This project provides a great example of a before/after transformation of a home landscape using multiple BMPs. The combination of the BMPs, native landscaping, a rain garden,...
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