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Lawn/sidewalk driveway surface surround the garden. Stones or mulch can be used to redirect water from a higher level, such as where a gutter outlet is to the garden. Storm-water is led to a depression in the ground. Plant native vegetation here to absorb the storm-water. Plants with roots that go deep into the ground are recommended so that the maximum amount of water can be absorbed. Green Infrastructure: Green infrastructure is an approach to water management that protects, restores, or mimics the natural water cycle. Green infrastructure is effective, economical, and enhances community safety and quality of life. Green infrastructure incorporates both the natural environment and engineered systems to provide clean water, conserve ecosystem values and functions, and provide a wide array of benefits to people and wildlife. Implementation will require the master plan to be accompanied by a set of green infrastructure design guidelines that are appropriate at every scale. https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/what-green-infrastructure A few examples of are Green Infrastructure are as follows: o Rain Gardens can be implemented to treat water on individual lots o Bioswales much like rain gardens but often in long, narrow spaces, such as along curbs and parking lots. The mulch, grass, and/or vegetation slows and filters the rainwater, an improvement from traditional drainage systems or ditches. Often, bioswales are installed at a larger scale where more water that needs time to infiltrate into the groundwater. o Stormwater Planters or planter boxes, are basins built into the street or sidewalk to filter the water. They have vertical walls, with closed or open bottoms, and collect and absorb rainwater and runoff. IMAGE 05 IMAGE 06