This is a one-day event which will be run at the following times:

14th September 2022 - 10-12.30 / lunch / 1.30-4.30

Please note that this event will be recorded and will be made available to delegates after the event. For more information on recording and privacy please click here. Once you have booked onto the event an invitation to the Zoom meeting will be sent 24 hours before the meeting commences with instructions on how to log on. 

Water is present on or flows through most gardens and landscapes.

It is essential to understand the presence and the flow of water through a site from the outset of a project, so that its impact can be both mitigated and designed intelligently into a scheme.

This webinar will highlight strategies for approaching a site, through to design solutions that embrace and anticipate the erratic presence or lack of water in a garden.

The focus will be on construction and detailing rather than plant species.

Topics include:

• rain/ surface water drainage
• rainwater gardens, swales and culverts
• site control for surface water
• reed beds
• soakaways and attenuation tanks
• ground water

The basics of specifying and detailing drainage in typical garden constructions:

• slot drains: types and where to use them
• soak-aways: designs and when they are suitable
• lawn drainage
• patios: falls and perimeter drainage
• permeable: surfaces and sub-bases
• steps: falls and drainage
• falls: in general, for paving and hard landscaping
• retaining walls and rear drainage

target audience: anyone who undertakes construction detailing as part of their landscape/ garden design output.