At this time of year, we are of course uneasily reminded of the anniversary of our raison d’être; the Boxing Day Flood of 2015. So as we head to the end of 2018, Slow The Flow Calderdale looks back on yet another incredible year in the quest to reduce flood risk in the Calder Valley …
Slow the Flow Community Led NFM Conference Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st March 2019 Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire Resilience : What can communities achieve for themselves on a local scale and a catchment scale? Monitoring : Can small charities make a real difference on the ground and can you prove it? Partnership : How do …
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Joe from The Basement Project has written a delightful piece about his experience of volunteering to build the rain garden planters at Hebden Bridge Town Hall. We are delighted that our work has far-reaching and unforeseen benefits, as well as our primary aim of slowing the flow of flood waters. Take a look at his …
Hardcastle Crags, our local National Trust site, is the home of Slow The Flow’s most successful project on the ground to date, in excess of 400 woody leaky dams built, and counting! Since November 2016, our volunteers have been working with the incredible team of rangers and land managers at The National Trust, The Environment Agency, Calderdale Council, Nathan the working horse, and many others, to build leaky woody …
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Calder Rivers Trust & Slow The Flow Calderdale Rain Garden Planters Slowing the flow of rainwater into the drainage system, thus reducing the potential for combined sewer flooding The Town Hall Courtyard planters project is a collaborative community venture, funded by a grant from the Postcode Local Trust. It is part of a wider initiative …
Read moreUrban SuDS Case Study: Hebden Bridge Town Hall – Courtyard Rain Garden Planters
See more information on the Hebden Bridge Town Hall – Courtyard Rain Garden Planters here. Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ Japanese maple Small tree Ajuga reptens ‘Chocolate Chip’ Carpet bugle Perennial Alchemilla mollis Lady’s mantle Perennial Anemanthele lessoniana New Zealand wind grass Grass Astilbe japonica ‘Etna’ False goat’s beard Perennial Astilbe x arendsii ‘Diamant’ False goat’s beard …
Read moreSpecies list for Hebden Bridge Town Hall Courtyard Rain Garden