Darebin Passive Street Tree Watering

In this project when Jamie (while at Storm Consulting) assisted Darebin with their new tree plantings.  They wanted to install new kerb outstands to control parking in the street and provide additional greening to their wide open streets.  A simple fall out kerb was used on this occasion to tip water caught in the uphill kerb and deliver it overland to the tree.  It was also utilised around existing street trees, where minor hand excavation established a gradual swale around the tree that encouraged water to fall out and irrigate the tree. The images above show the tree upon installation and the tree today.