Sentences with phrase «rain gardens filled»

The research team constructed 12 rain gardens filled with one of three filter bed substrates.

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If they could only have cast their minds further back, perhaps they might have recalled a lost paradise: green and yellow meadows stirred by tender winds, umbrageous forests and emerald groves, glass - blue mountain peaks melting into azure skies, glittering bays whose diamond waters break in jade and turquoise surges on sands like powdered alabaster — where the rain falls gently, and is transformed by the setting sun into shimmering curtains of gold — where, beyond verdant valleys and limestone caves, lies a palace filled with every delight the senses can endure, enclosing garden courtyards where crystal fountains splash in porphyry basins, intoxicating perfumes hang upon the breezes, undying flowers of every hue shine out amid the greenery's blue shadows...

Kaua`i is known as the Garden Island and the rain we get creates amazing natural waterfalls and fills our rivers.

Both suites revel in an abundance of space, each accommodating a bedroom with a king - size bed and satellite TV, and ensuite bathrooms with walk - in rain showers and bathtubs alongside picture windows that frame a private flower - filled garden.

Large, light - filled bathrooms feature non-slip marble floors, twin basins, indoor / outdoor rain showers and terrazzo bathtubs, looking onto private courtyard gardens.

Pieces such as Allyson Vieira's Construction (Rampart)(2012) respond to the local vegetation and ecology of the area with her pyramid of bronze cast paper cups that fill with rain or fallen leaves from the garden bed above.