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Native riverbed run

TheSaltyreefer
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Native riverbed run

Few months back decided I needed to add some drainage around the wife's studio as it was a muddy area (That sat) after rain and turned abit of the lawn into a sludge area not appealing at all, made mowing fun lol
What should have been an easy dig around the studio, put in drainage and be done with it turned into something else completely, I looked at the lay of the land once digging started and thought hmmm I could do a small riverbed kinda thing here, and then as per normal the brain got into bigger and better mode, had an old pond lying around, got the tools out and BHAM took about 4 months all up on and off and we are nearly done, I had a Dragonfruit area up top we have pulled those out and relocated them and stage 2 will commence soon (photos went out of order )

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KatieC
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Re: Native Riverbed run

Hi @TheSaltyreefer,

 

You have done an incredible job, I am digging your riverbed garden! It is truly incredible what happens when we let ourselves have a bit of a creative play with a space. 

 

What will you be doing during phase 2? Sounds very exciting. 

 

Katie

 

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robchin
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Re: Native riverbed run

From little things - big things grow :smile: Well done. Simple solution in theory but a bit of work. Will look great once established. 

 

Dave-1
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Re: Native riverbed run

@TheSaltyreefer 

:surprised: So impressed! Serious amont of digging and getting it right! It looks right which is half the job :smile:

I am planning on a watrcpourse/pond in my yard to slow torential downpours and let it seap into the ground as much as possible so your project caught my eye.

A couple of questions you may be able to help me out on. Did you place any plastic to reduce weeds underneath the stone bed? And what about potential silt? Im torn between no plastic and handling weeds (to allow as much as possible seapage into the ground) or to have it look really nice for a long time betwwen sorting weeds out.

 

Love the funcionality of the riverbed and the actual landscaping. Done well.

 

Dave

Re: Native Riverbed run

Stage 2 is a large half moon back to the fence lines, larger flowering gums and smaller natives and a large water feature ☺️

(I chuckled at your (Im DIGGING) :cheeky: 

Re: Native riverbed run

They sure do, looks and works a treat 

Re: Native riverbed run

Hey mate, no plastic not a fan, I like hard work so lots of shoveling and pulling out larger weeds, then double layer cardboard down to kill anything under it, soil in areas on top in places rocks in, hardwood mulch n no silt or run off issues, we have had some massive storms since finishing it, and it's held up beautifully, to date I think I have only had one or two small weeds, its worked really well

Baretta11
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Re: Native riverbed run

@TheSaltyreefer 

Outatanding, I've always loved this kind of river bed feature but more importantly to work with the land and not against it.

So many times people try to change the way drainage works and that is almost an impossibility and now you have successful drainage and something beautiful to look at too.

Well done.

Cheers,

Barbara

Re: Native riverbed run

thanks Barbara
lots of work, but really happy with the outcome, the best part now is enjoying it and watching the plants grow

mich1972
Kind of a Big Deal

Re: Native riverbed run

@TheSaltyreefer Absolutely beautiful mate. I was just thinking what a perfect sanctuary for the frogs to live and also different wildlife. 

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