Plant water requirements

Water Requirement of Landscape Trees: Final Report, by Jimmy L. Tipton. Phoenix Arizona Department of Water Resources, 1997.

See also this book’s appendix 4, Example Plant Lists and Water Requirement Calculations for Tucson, Arizona.

Clay pot irrigation

“Buried Clay Pot Irrigation,” by David A. Bainbridge. Agricultural Water Management 48(2):79-88. Online: www.ecocomposite.org/restoration/claypot.htm.

Beyond Drip Irrigation: Hyper Efficient Irrigation Systems, by D. A. Bainbridge, 2006. Proceedings American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Annual International Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 2006. ASABE#062073; St. Joseph, Michigan.

For more alternative irrigation strategies see “deep pipe irrigation” in section XII (French Drains), under section XV (Mulching), and “alternative irrigation strategies in section XX (Vegetation).

Rain gardens

Publication

How Does Your Garden Grow? A Reference Guide to Enhancing Your Rain Garden, by the Prince George’s County Department of Environmental Resources. Inglewood Center Three, 9400 Peppercorn Place, Sixth Floor, Largo, Maryland 20774.

Bioretention Manual, by Derek A. Winogradoff. Online: www.goprincegeorgescounty.com/Government/AgencyIndex/DER/ESD/Bioretention/bioretention.asp. Provides standards for small bioretention systems including rain gardens.

Online (in addition to above)

RainGardens.org. Rain Gardens of West Michigan, with many resources for wetter climates.

www.RainGardenNetwork.com. Rain Garden Network. Midwest emphasis.

Basins as garden beds

Food from Dryland Gardens, by David Cleveland and Daniela Soleri. Center for People, Food and Environment, 1991. CD-ROM, 2002.

Desert Harvest: A Guide to Vegetable Gardening in Arid Lands, by Jane Nyhuis, Growing Connections, 1982.

Infiltration basins as alternatives to flood-control detention and retention basins

www.milagrocohousing.org. This project has integrated water harvesting infiltration basins, food-production, wastewater treated on site and recycled as subsurface irrigation water, and passive solar design into its landscape.

Basins in community gardens

“Casting Seed and Deepening Roots: Creating a Community Garden in Tucson.” Permaculture Activist, December, 1999 (#42).