Effective ways to garden near water

摘要

Mome owners spend hundreds of dollars on dry wells, catch basins, and black corrugated pipe to dry up the mucky, low-lying pieces of ground near streams, ponds, or drainage ditches on their property. These areas, however, offer an opportunity for a unique kind of gardening that features water-loving plants coupled with creative hard-scaping. It's all a matter of choosing the best plants for the conditions and applying a few simple design ideas to turn a wet area that has been a long-standing probleminto a useful, attractive garden.