How To Create a Rain Garden | Ask This Old House

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In this video, when a pair of homeowners wanted to make the most of their roof space while preventing water run-off, they called on landscape contractor Jenn Nawada to help them handle the job. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse. Jenn Nawada heads to Portland, Oregon to meet up with soil and water conservationist Kathy Shearin. Together they help a couple revitallize their front yard’s water run-off by installing a rain garden with native plantings. Most homeowners love a big, green lawn around their homes. However, in rainy regions, those grass surfaces might as well be asphalt, rain water simply hits their surface and washes out to the street. There, it mixes with dirt, oil, and other waste before working its way back to streams and other water sources. That’s not an ideal use of water. To prevent their northwest property from shedding more water than it should, a pair of homeowners decided to install a rain garden. Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada answered the call. Difficulty: ⅖ Time: One weekend Cost: Under $800 Where to find it? Jenn marks out the area of the rain garden using spray paint [https://homedepot.sjv.io/KjWRE7]. Then Jenn, Kathy, and the homeowners use digging shovels [https://homedepot.sjv.io/vNOLvL] to remove the sod and start digging the basin. To install the downspout extension [https://homedepot.sjv.io/Gm261n], Kathy cut the downspout with a hacksaw [https://homedepot.sjv.io/MmW4Vn] to the necessary measurement and

Published 2023-11-11 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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