bioswale
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bioswales
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Filled with drought- and fire-resistant plantings while managing water with a bioswale system, it acts as a leisure spot and a place to harvest — some plants even provide dyes for arts activities below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
Plans are brewing for a bioswale along South 223rd Street.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
Outside, a planted channel called a bioswale was designed to filter polluted storm water that gushes from a downspout on the bridge to a nearby lake where salmon swim.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2020
A subterranean bioswale will filter silt and pollutants from rainwater.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2015
At the front of the school, there’s a bioswale, or what the design team calls a “rain garden.”
From Slate ● Dec. 25, 2014
A better solution, she says, is to build rain gardens and bioswales into cities—sunken areas filled with plants that are designed to absorb excess water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Craig satisfied the stormwater capture requirement by building two bioswales — wide shallow holes filled with smooth stones — on either side of the yard and planted thickly around them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
With rain gardens and bioswales increasingly being planted to manage more insistent runoff in a changing climate, this widespread species should get more play.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Storm water management requirements have spurred the creation of vegetated ditches known as bioswales to reduce runoff when it rains.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
Cities can also incorporate more green infrastructure, such as green roofs and bioswales to absorb stormwater and reduce the load on wastewater systems.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2021
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