Wild at Heart in Accotink Creek Watershed

Wild at Heart in Accotink Creek Watershed

Project Team
Deco Footprint, LLC Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District Wild Planet Green, LLC HWS Hardscape and Waterseal Solutions LLC
Project Description

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.

Best Residential Project

This category recognizes exceptional stormwater practices installed on a residential property. Example projects include: rain gardens, rainwater harvesting, vegetated roofs, conservation landscaping, tree planting, downspout disconnection or soil amendments. Special consideration is given to projects subsidized under local government incentive programs. Total investment in residential practices should be generally limited to less than $5,000. They can be installed by homeowners, contractors or watershed groups (if possible, please identify the designer/installer in your application).

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