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Few months back decided I needed to add some drainage around the wife's studio as it was a muddy area (That sat) after rain and turned abit of the lawn into a sludge area not appealing at all, made mowing fun lol
What should have been an easy dig around the studio, put in drainage and be done with it turned into something else completely, I looked at the lay of the land once digging started and thought hmmm I could do a small riverbed kinda thing here, and then as per normal the brain got into bigger and better mode, had an old pond lying around, got the tools out and BHAM took about 4 months all up on and off and we are nearly done, I had a Dragonfruit area up top we have pulled those out and relocated them and stage 2 will commence soon (photos went out of order )
Hi @TheSaltyreefer,
You have done an incredible job, I am digging your riverbed garden! It is truly incredible what happens when we let ourselves have a bit of a creative play with a space.
What will you be doing during phase 2? Sounds very exciting.
Katie
From little things - big things grow 
Well done. Simple solution in theory but a bit of work. Will look great once established.
So impressed! Serious amont of digging and getting it right! It looks right which is half the job
I am planning on a watrcpourse/pond in my yard to slow torential downpours and let it seap into the ground as much as possible so your project caught my eye.
A couple of questions you may be able to help me out on. Did you place any plastic to reduce weeds underneath the stone bed? And what about potential silt? Im torn between no plastic and handling weeds (to allow as much as possible seapage into the ground) or to have it look really nice for a long time betwwen sorting weeds out.
Love the funcionality of the riverbed and the actual landscaping. Done well.
Dave
Stage 2 is a large half moon back to the fence lines, larger flowering gums and smaller natives and a large water feature ☺️
(I chuckled at your (Im DIGGING) 
