NativeScapes, LLC

This culvert along Creek Road in the Pennypack Ecological Trust was being eroded out during heavy storms. Storm water was washing over the road creating hazardous conditions for maintenance vehicles, hikers, bikers, and equestrians. Flooding was also compromising the structural integrity of the culvert and its banks. We installed an additional culvert pipe to allow rising waters in the small tributary of the Pennypack Creek to go under the road freely. Native red-osier dogwood cuttings and bare root material were planted along the banks after invasive plants were removed.

We were asked to do this project for long time client the Pennypack Ecological Restoraion Trust (PERT). It involved the regrading of a swale which had been vastly eroded away threatening the woodland edge and native plant populations. Various erosion control measures were installed and the area is planned to be replanted in the Spring.
In addition to the swale work we were able to fix a culvert along Creek Road, which runs along the Pennypack Creek. Improving drainage in two areas along the creek's riparian area.

We were asked to design a bed that would allow for more planting space on the slope and to address runoff issues in the backyard. This curvi-linear design provides proper drainage in the backyard and pleny of space for the clients vegetables.

A small planting job we were asked to do. The client bought a couple hundred perennial and some mulch, and we went to work.