Community Building Tip: Green Parkway
For my current set of tips, I'm using the list "101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City."
2. Green your parkway. Okay, there’s gonna be a ton of regional slang to fight through here: You know that little sliver of property between the sidewalk and the curb? Whatever you call it, replace whatever’s there with a stormwater garden that allows water to naturally percolate into the ground. It will not only alleviate flooding on your street, it will filter and clean the water on its way back underground.
If you want something you can plant and ignore once established, put in a pollinator garden using native species. This page offers guides by bioregion.
2. Green your parkway. Okay, there’s gonna be a ton of regional slang to fight through here: You know that little sliver of property between the sidewalk and the curb? Whatever you call it, replace whatever’s there with a stormwater garden that allows water to naturally percolate into the ground. It will not only alleviate flooding on your street, it will filter and clean the water on its way back underground.
If you want something you can plant and ignore once established, put in a pollinator garden using native species. This page offers guides by bioregion.