Backyard dry creek landscaping

Many homeowners wanting a dry creek bed often end up with a drainage ditch. For ideas along with form and function [LEARN MORE]

in landscape ideas, drainage is needed. Excess water in a landscape if it cannot be disposed of properly will damage the landscape itself. So, among several drainage ideas for landscapes, you can apply a dry creek bed.

Whether you call them dry stream, creek or river beds, these rock and boulder landscape elements divert water and look lovely doing it.

It took 16 years of labour to create their terraced shade garden, but Glynis and John Ballard say it was worth it — not only do they live in a mini paradise, but they’re strong and fit from all the hard work.

My backyard during heavy rain has extra water flowing from higher lots behind us. After moving in to almost zero grass I could see a problem with excessive standing water between my home and neighbor. I just built a dry creek bed with a catch. Much of the yard has limestone just beneath the surface so during heavy rain we have a creek.

This DIY dry creek bed project is both functional and aesthetically appealing. A dry creek bed can help control and re-direct the flow of water.

Interested in renovating your garden? Nothing is more stunning than these dry river bed landscaping ideas that you can implement in your yard.

A dry creek bed is a beautiful decorative garden feature. Additionally, a dry river is also a practical solution to garden runoff.

Looking for some dry river bed landscaping ideas? We've got some inspiring ideas along with pictures and even instructions on how to DIY!

I have always wanted to incorporate a dry creek bed into my landscape, and now with the remodel underway, there was no better time to build one.