Watershed Organic
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Residential Rain gardens
What they are:
A garden with a 6-8” depression that is purposefully designed to be beautiful and functional. They catch and hold rainwater runoff from the roof of a house, allowing the water to soak back into the ground. Plants chose for use in rain gardens are tolerant of being partially flooded on occasion and do well in these conditions.
Benefits:
They help your community! Rain gardens help reduce flooding, control pollution entering our waterways, create habitat for wildlife and recharge groundwater supplies. Added to your existing landscape, a rain garden will enhance sidewalk appeal, help remove standing water in the yard, and increase beneficial insects and wildlife that help reduce pest insects.
More iNformation:
Watershed Organic has been installing and maintaining rain gardens of all shapes and sizes for 15 years. We can help determine if a rain garden is right for you!
During a 2010 neighborhood wide project in Westerville, Watershed teamed up with Franklin County Soil and Water Division, The Ohio State University, The City of Westerville and Urban Wild in installing 17 residential raingardens and 5 raingardens in the right of ways. Monitoring performed by OSU in the years after the raingardens were installed, show an average of 85% of the water being captured before it left the neighborhood.
Since 2012, Watershed Organic has inspected, maintained and improved HUNDREDS OF the City of Columbus’s rain gardens throughout Franklin County. We have also worked with Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District, The Village of Shawnee and the Friends of Adena Brook. Wheather 50 square feet or 10 acres, in a Clintonville front yard or along a busy downtown street, Watershed Organic is central Ohio’s leader in creating and caring for beautiful, functional and earth conscious rain gardens.
VISIT OUR RAIN GARDEN PHOTO GALLERY (ADD LINK)
If you live in the Municipalities of Gahanna, Grove City and Westerville there are cost share programs available for up to $250.00.
Stonework
Benefits:
The use of natural stone is an excellent choice in balancing the living portions of a landscape through the texture and dimension it creates. The Watershed Organic team will work with you to find that perfect combination that will make your space come alive.
Unlike other materials that are fabricated or produced using harsh chemical, natural stone is abundant in quantity and bountiful in colors. Natural stone requires little upkeep, won't fade or change color overtime and wears in a way that will give your outdoor living space a uniqueness all its own.
Considering a patio, pathway or retaining wall? Consider using natural stone lovingly built by Watershed.
Landscaping with Native Plants
Benefits:
Landscaping with native plants provides more than just beauty to your home landscape. By choosing natives, you join a gardening community that is moving away from pesticides and fertilizers and towards biodiversity and the creation of a more sustainable landscape. Using native plants in the home landscape reduces maintenance time and costs, while also promoting plant and wildlife conservation.
More Information:
For two and half decades, Watershed Organic has been passionate about native plants and earth friendly landscape. We our proud to say our work has supported the natural biodiversity in Franklin County one project at a time.
Extras:
In addition to adding natives to specific areas in the landscape, themed gardens can be designed for
Cutting Gardens
Edible and Medicinal Gardens
Bird & Butterfly Gardens
Design services available.
Organic Lawn Care
Benefits:
Organic products help achieve a healthy lawn, and a healthy lawn has many benefits from the top of the plant, extending to the roots.
More information:
Organic products are best for a healthy lawn, are safe for humans and pets and are biodegradable. They typically won't get washed away during rain storms of excessive watering, which is a trait of chemical pesticides and herbicides.
While slightly more expensive than synthetic chemicals, organic lawn treatments will pay for themselves with less time devoted to maintenance and fewer insect / disease issues experienced.
Based on two decades of experience, we've found that the average homeowner can expect to mow three times less in a season with the switch from chemical derived weed control and fertilizer. That is an 8-10% reduction in mowing per year. On average, an $120.00 savings, if paying for the service.
Contact us for a free evaluation on transitioning into a natural lawn care program. Based on past use or existing conditions, a strictly organic regime may not be the best choice at the time. Watershed can design a lawn care program that will take the correct approach to meet your goals of a healthy, lush, weed-free lawn.
Landscape Creations and Maintenance
Whether it is routine landscape maintenance or creating a new outdoor living space, Watershed Organic can help you meet your goals. See our project gallery for pictures and information about our partners and projects we’ve done. We've worked on projects ranging for general bed maintenance, to creating gardens based on the Fibonacci Sequence.
Adding to Watersheds long list of residential projects, we've helped create natural play spaces and vegetable gardens for elementary school children. Our involvement in the creation of the natural play space at several of the Franklin Counties Early Childhood Learning Centers and Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities schools has given us powerful learning experiences. These playgrounds, designed by Susan Weber of Integrity Sustainable Planning and Design, allowed the children to explore their curiosities free from the constraints of a traditional playground. In addition to creating areas based on natural play spaces, Watershed has also built vegetable gardens, designed by Amy Dutt of Urban Wild Designs, that honor the history of the land we now call home. The 3 Sisters Garden at Brookwood Elementary is inspired by the mounds left by the Wyandotte People moved off their traditional lands in the 1800's. A garden designed after the Fibonacci Sequence is based off the natural occurring mathematical principle that dictates the smallest conch shell to the spiraling galaxies above.