This project received an honorable mention for it’s ability to address an extremely common point of frustration for residential homeowners: dealing with runoff that didn’t originate on their property. The beautiful design uses a dry well to address their street runoff concerns, combined with a rain garden to disconnect and redirect their impervious roof runoff from the large wet area that pooled in their front yard. A stone retaining wall was built to create a flatter yard for the family to run around and play outside. Locating the proposed rain garden next to the stone wall solved the dual problem of pushing infiltrating water a safe distance from the house foundation while creating important family fun and play space.
