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SUMMARY:SGD CPD Digital: Rain Gardens with Mark Laurence - 10th May 2023
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DESCRIPTION:Rain Gardens - Managing\, using\, and enjoying water in the garden\n\nThis is a one-day event which will be run at the following times:\n\n10th May 2023 - 10:00 - 16:00 (there will be 2 x 15 minute breaks plus one hour for lunch during this time)\n\nPlease note that this event will be recorded and will be made available to delegates after the event. Once you have registered for the event an invitation to the Zoom meeting will be sent with instructions on how to log on along with information on recording and privacy. \n\nMark Laurence MSGD is an international designer of future-orientated\, sustainable gardens and landscapes\, adaptive\, ecological planting and cyclical systems.\n\nOverview:\n\nFor this CPD-Digital event we will look at the journey of water through the garden\, how to enhance our interactions\, reduce external (mains water) inputs\, manage and harvest excess water.  We will also focus on how to integrate ornamental design with functional aspects of water management.  Water is a fantastic element and brings life and fun to a garden!\n\nWe will cover:\n\nThe journey of water\, the garden as a point of interception within the hydrological cycleToo much or too little\, adapting the garden to cope with circumstanceExternal inputs and outputs – mains water supply and drainage\, roofs\, surface runoff\, water-tablesRain gardens\, SUDS\, WSUDS – definitionsDesign considerations and goalsSite assessment – topography\, soil type\, exposure\, locationClient ambition\, managing expectationsDesign criteria:Regulations and permissionsVolume and flow – what you need and what you don’t need to knowWater catchment and flooded flow routesPermeable surfacesRainwater harvestingIncorporating ornamental streams and ponds into the designBiological filtration systemsPlanting for rain gardensMaintenance of rain gardens
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