The Hofstatter Garden…
…an outstanding
example of rainwater
harvesting
The street in front of the Hofstatter house drains through the yard. By
channeling the runoff from the neighborhood, they harvest enough
water they only occasionally have to supplement with water cans. This
is native manzanita in the foreground.
•
As well as collecting water from the street, they
also collect water from the rain gutters and
downspouts. This channel waters a corner of the
yard that has a large shade tree and waterwise
flowers. See the next picture.
• Many of the native
plants were salvaged
from construction sites
• Native juniper volunteers
• Looking from street toward the back yard
this gives a good perspective of the main
water channel that carries water to most of
the front, side, and back yard.