Apparatus for watering trees and other cultivated garden plants near buildings

摘要

1. Apparatus for watering trees or horticultural growths in a built-up area, wherein the tree, trees or horticultural growths is or are supplied with rainwater from a house in the vicinity and the water is fed from the rain drain pipe to the root region of the tree, trees or horticultural growths through an underground connecting pipe (4), characterized in that provided in the underground connecting pipe (4) or in the feed conduit to the connecting pipe (4) is a water flow control means (3, 18, 24) which, in the event of a back-up of excess water which is not absorbed by the root region, cuts off the feed of water to or the flow of water in the underground connecting pipe (4) and that the excess water which continues to be supplied can be carried away either by way of a branch conduit (3) between the rain drain pipe (2) and the underground connecting pipe (4) and then by way of an underground drain pipe (6) into a collecting or domestic drain (7) or by way of loft ducts (17) and a sewage drain pipe (16) which leads into a collecting or domestic drain (7).