Rain Gardens

A planted garden strip outside a modern brick building with windows. The garden strip contains a variety of small shrubs and plants with green and reddish foliage, edged by paving slabs on one side and a wet tarmac driveway with parked cars in the background.

A rain garden could help to reduce flooding, remove the pollutants and benefit an array of wildlife. From a driveway swale, to a low area in the garden, or at the base of a downspout, rain gardens can be planted in a variety of situations.

Rain Garden

A small garden overgrown with green leaf plants sitting between two buildings.

Rain Garden

A close up shot of a black and orange butterfly sitting on small purple flowers, out of focus in the background is green plants.

Rain Garden

A small flower bed next to a brick wall and window, with purple flowers and green plants, there is a path next to the flower bed.

Rain Garden

A close‑up view of a landscaped garden area with tall purple flowering plants and green foliage. The flowers rise from a bed edged with small stones, surrounded by grass and additional shrubs in the background.

Rain Garden

A landscaped urban park scene with a curved gravel path flanked by green grass and trees. In the foreground are clumps of tall purple flowering plants. Beyond the planting, construction equipment and fencing are visible under a cloudy sky.

Rain Garden

Outdoor courtyard scene showing a wall with drainage channel lined with grasses and low vegetation beside a brick‑paved path. To the left, a grey building wall has climbing plants attached, and to the right a small tree grows in front of a yellow building façade with a window.

Rain Garden

View of a building’s exterior wall clad in vertical wooden‑coloured panels with several windows. In front of the wall is a narrow strip of planted garden containing low shrubs and trees beside a paved walkway.

Rain Garden

A planted garden strip outside a modern brick building with windows. The garden strip contains a variety of small shrubs and plants with green and reddish foliage, edged by paving slabs on one side and a wet tarmac driveway with parked cars in the background.

Rain Garden

A rainy street scene in a modern residential area, showing a row of contemporary buildings with dark and brick façades on the left. Young trees and planted landscaping line the paved sidewalk, and a few parked cars are visible along the wet roadway extending into the distance.

Rain Garden

A small landscaped courtyard with modern architectural surroundings. The scene features a large rough stone slab with a rounded rock on top, a smooth half-sphere metal sculpture on gravel, and low planting around the edges. A young tree stands in the middle and wooden trellis fencing borders the space, with multi-storey buildings visible in the background.

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