Vegetable raingardens can produce food and reduce stormwater runoff

Paul J Richards; Claire Farrell; Minna Tom; Nicholas SG Williams; Tim D Fletcher

Journal article

Vegetable raingardens can produce food and reduce stormwater runoff

Paul J Richards, Claire Farrell, Minna Tom, Nicholas SG Williams, Tim D Fletcher

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening | ELSEVIER GMBH | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.06.007

University of Melbourne Researchers

Tim Fletcher Author Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Nicholas Williams Author Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Claire Farrell Author Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Related Projects (2)

"VEGETABLE RAINGARDENS - THE BENEFITS AND PERFORMANCE"

Catchment-scale and riparian zone stormwater retention; can it restore stream hydrology?

This project will test whether or not stormwater retention systems dispersed throughout a catchment can restore pre-development streamflows ..

Grants

Awarded by ARC Future Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

This research was funded by Melbourne Water under the direction of Keysha Milenkovic. Regular technical support was provided by Peter Poelsma, Nicholas Osborne and Sascha Marianna Andrusiak. T.D.F. is supported by an ARC Future Fellowship (FT100100144).