Here's how my stream beds/rain garden looked before lunch today. I still have some ferns left to replant.
#1 shows the view from my patio. I'm planning to make the end of the stream bed more oval-shaped by moving a few rocks and planting ground cover around the edges. I just re-seeded that area of the lawn, which always dies largely due to compaction by the flood waters.
#2 shows the view from the side of my house. I cut the Rhododendrons way back so they could put in the drain pipe and a new path.
There's a second stream bed right up against the fence. The pipes under the "streams" merge in the front yard into one pipe that empties into the gutter.
I wish I had rescued a few more plants before the work began. My Japanese Painted Ferns got smashed to smithereens, as did the perennial Begonias.
They'll live, but look terrible in the meantime.
What fun!! You can get bird's nest fern at the big box stores sometimes. If you like the fragrance of that ginger you should try planting butterfly ginger. I've had it growing quite a few years now and might even have some to share come spring.
. These pics show the former fish pond, now full of what I call milk crates. The crates were covered with landscape fabric before being covered with rocks, I think. Storm water will collect in the pond, with overflow going through a drain pipe all the way to the front street.
I moved my watched threads back up to the top...
