DRY RIVER BEDS

Learn how to create a beautiful and functional dry streambed in your garden to mitigate stormwater runoff and add a stunning focal point.

A dry streambed serves to conduct water during downpours so that it doesn't wash away the topsoil or cause other damage. Here's how to construct one.

Beauty, variety, color, shade, and water savings—all at the same time. It doesn’t get any better than this. One neighbor has already followed our lead and installed a smaller water-wise garden and several others promise to follow. We hope that our experience continues to encourage others to get on the water-wise bandwagon, as our western water supplies become more and more precious.

Dry streams: small-scale, empty versions of actual rivers. You’ve likely seen them before, but perhaps haven’t really noticed. That’s by design: the best dry streams fit seamlessly and naturally with the landscape, appearing as though they’ve always been there, effortlessly demarcating garden beds with their rugged appeal and alpine beauty. So, how do you install one? And how do you make it look natural?

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Inspiration Ideas on how to control water runoff and how to create a dry river creek bed.