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Swales and catchment ponds at Asheville NC plant nursery - Post Helene tips for the home landscape

Take a tour of M R Gardens' swales and catchment ponds, filmed mid-January 2025. Video starts with an introduction: what is a swale and why build one. :39 Background of swales at M R Gardens. 1:21 Implications to properties affected by Hurricane Helene. 2:14 Watching the water flow on the property and using survey to document the flow. 5:00 Picking a grader and tips for establishing good communication with them. 6:43 Start of the tour of the farm/nursery; a quick explanation of the passive solar greenhouse. 7:57 Grading in front of the greenhouse on west side. 9:39 Behind the greenhouse on west side—Capturing runoff into a catchment pond, directing water off the platform of the hoophouse. 12:36 East side of hoophouse—Using a swale and underground pipes to direct water around a hillside. 14:02 Swales along driveway, and hand-digging swales. 16:38 Other swales and catchment pond in garden; dovetailing the projects with garden classes. 17:52 Holding water in landscape for birds and for irrigation. 19:23 Swales and catchment pond in progress, with the goal of limiting washouts in pathways. M R Gardens offers consulting services in Asheville and the surrounding area, as well as grows native perennials, some of which may be suitable for wetland projects. See www.nativeplantsasheville.com Our neighbor was chasing down his dogs in the middle section of the video ;-) The barking quiets down toward the end of the tour.