bioswale
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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
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