San Franciso Chronicle has published a practical artile on permeable pavement – sort of a Sustainable Landscape Design 101
Does your driveway look like a patchwork quilt, with raised and sunken surfaces; chipped, off-color mortar stuffed into jagged cracks; and a generation’s worth of oil, paint and mold stains? Has the time come to replace it? Or, if your driveway is fine, is this the year to install the new patio you’ve been dreaming of, or some garden walkways?
Whether you’re replacing your existing driveway, patio and walks or installing new ones, you have an opportunity to turn them into water management and conservation features by building them so water can drain through them – in landscaping terms, making them “permeable hardscape.”
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle (SFgate.com) – Permeable hardscapes let the water soak in.