A permaculture swale is a technique for capturing and storing water in a garden. Learn how to build a swale in the home landscape.

The plant-populated channels can redirect storm water to specific locations

A permaculture swale is a technique that captures water for irrigation and slowing runoff. Learn what a swale is and why you might need one in your yard.

A permaculture swale is a technique for capturing and storing water in a garden. Learn how to build a swale in the home landscape.

The cities of Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon have been early leaders in using storm water management tools that incorporate compost. David McDonald, Shanti Colwell and Henry Stevens BioCycle March 2012, Vol. 53, No. 3, p. 39

Everything you need to know about making swales in your permaculture garden to capture rainwater for your food forest.

Swales are ditches dug on contour with the removed dirt placed on the downside slope of the ditch to form a berm. Water will get caught in the ditch and slowly soak into the ground. All sorts of pl…

A permaculture swale is a technique for capturing and storing water in a garden. Learn how to build a swale in the home landscape.

Bioswale for stormwater treatment at the Meriwether mixed use development in the South Waterfront District, Portland, Oregon

A swale is a common term in the permaculture space when it comes to water irrigation. It refers to a shallow trench that is dug along the land’s contour, with a flat strip of land on the downhill side that is created using the soil from the trench you’ve dug. All points along your trench line will b

A permaculture swale is a technique for capturing and storing water in a garden. Learn how to build a swale in the home landscape.

midwestpermaculture.com writes… As part of a permaculture design we are creating for Center for Sustainable Community (CSC – our local non-profit) we developed a few educational tools to help…

You won’t spend too much time in the company of permaculturists before you hear the word ‘swale’ – a mainstay for some, and a point of contention for others.

Step into the enchanting world of swales, where nature and agriculture dance in perfect harmony. 🌿 Explore the art of on-contour and water-transporting swales, guiding water with grace and preserving the beauty of the land. Join us in creating a sustainable ballet with the earth through the nine steps of swale construction. 🚜💦 Let's cultivate a symphony of sustainability together!

You won’t spend too much time in the company of permaculturists before you hear the word ‘swale’ – a mainstay for some, and a point of contention for others.

When architect Isabelle Duvivier of Duvivier Architects bought a dilapidated 100-year-old home in the neighborhood of her dreams, she kept the 950-square-foot floor plan but gave it a modern, environmentally friendly update that won a LEED platinum rating as well as the U.S. Green Building Council's 2012 Outstanding Home Award. -- Lisa Boone

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East Tennessee’s iconic water resources are a sustaining economic, social, and environmental asset. These resources are vulnerable to impacts from prevailing development patterns in the region, human activities, and existing stormwater infrastructure. With the Plan East Tennessee Region’s population poised to grow forty-three percent by 2040, reliance upon these water resources will increase while their health is further threatened by expanding development. Low Impact Development methods proposed in this publication offer existing and expanding communities an enhanced approach to watershed planning, community design, and site development that avoids, minimizes, and manages impacts to the region’s shared water resources. This publication is intended for a general audience ranging from homeowners to engineers. Everyone lives in a watershed and has a role to play in the stewardship of shared water resources.

Bioswale at Cottonwood Creek Park in Encinitas, California.

Creating an off-grid water system by adding homestead waterworks systems such as farm ponds and swales.

by Adrian Buckley, Permaculture Designer, B. of Community Design, Calgary, Canada Good soil is nothing without water! Fortunately, there are simple and inexpensive methods available to us for capturin

Illustration of the Final Design Permaculture Design Course Graduates - Summer 2011 - Stelle, IL Context: Grant Shadden took his PDC Training with us – sum ...

A permaculture swale is a technique for capturing and storing water in a garden. Learn how to build a swale in the home landscape.

It's a permaculture design that works harder than you do.

Fasilides Bath, Gondar, Ethiopia. 📸: From Wikimedia Commons. Water and Land Restoration It may seem impossible with the need for ...

A permaculture swale is a technique for capturing and storing water in a garden. Learn how to build a swale in the home landscape.