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Holland Maze

A playful adaptation of the tulip fields found in the Netherlands.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, Illia Frenkel

Cost

$5,500+

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

High

Experience

Advanced

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Better

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Grassland Habitat Maker

Very affordable mix of warm and cold season grasses provides habitat and nesting grounds for birds.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Peter Gorman

Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

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Ring Around the Garden

A graceful double-lot solution for ongoing stormwater education and social events.
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Photo CC BY-SA 2.0 Sosanna.

Cost

$5,500+

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

High

Experience

Advanced

Stormwater

Best

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Basement Raingarden

Transforms the basement area of a recently-demolished house into a series of stepped raingarden tiers.
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Photo CC BY-SA 2.0 Frank Mayfield

Cost

$5,500+

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

High

Experience

Advanced

Stormwater

Best

Sun/Shade

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Snowmelter

A new, neighborhood-scaled infrastructure designed to better manage snow as it accumulates.
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Photo CC BY 2.0 Hormiguita Viajera mir.

Cost

$5,500+

People

Professional

Upkeep

High

Experience

N/A

Stormwater

Best

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Four Seasons

This theatre of seasonal design features four ornamental trees, each crowned by a seasonal rain garden.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Sandstein

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Best

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Clay Soil Meadow

Native meadow design for lots with clay soils.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Pat Dumas

Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Syrup Maker

This maple tree mix creates beautiful shade, fall color, and offers routes to wealth creation over time.
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Photo CC BY CAFNR

Cost

$1,000 to $2,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Laundry to Landscape

Save water and money with this sidelot greywater harvesting system.
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Photo CC BY-NC 2.0 maggie_and_her_camera

Cost

$1,000 to $2,500

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Advanced

Stormwater

Best

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Clean + Green

A set of guiding principles for preparing any lot for a happy, healthy, and lower maintenance future.
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Photo CC BY-NC 2.0 Jurek D.

Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Friendly Fence

Rain garden and living fence provide a soft way to split a lot between neighbors while managing roof runoff.
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Photo CC BY-SA 2.0 Raul654

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Best

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Infilltrator

Luscious rain garden for lots with crushed-in-place basements.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Dmitry Marochko

Cost

$5,500+

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Best

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Organic Bowl

A people-friendly green infrastructure solution that creates flexible spaces for neighborhood gatherings and manages stormwater on site.
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Photo CC BY-SA 2.0 Vmenkov

Cost

$5,500+

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

High

Experience

Advanced

Stormwater

Best

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Stormwater Cistern

This underground water storage tank is a long-term solution to save money and water, reduce risk of basement flooding, and contribute to the health of our Great Lakes waterways.
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Photo CC BY-SA 2.0 Adrian Benko

Cost

$5,500+

People

Professional

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

N/A

Stormwater

Best

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Mix 'N Match Meadow

Choose-your-color native meadow with a crisp hedged edge.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Peter Gorman

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

The Buzz

A barber-inspired pattern designed and cut into a lot using lines, edges, shapes or images.
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Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Commercial Curtain

Reduce drainage fees, manage dust, and enhance the identity of your commercial corridor with this colorful and fragrant edge-maker.
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Photo CC BY-SA 3.0 ForestWander

Cost

$1,000 to $2,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Soil Builder

An inexpensive, hands-on method for improving the soils on your lot.
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Photo CC BY-SA 3.0 Jean-Pol Grandmont

Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Turbo Till

A low-maintenance lawn custom tailored for Detroit.
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Photo © Ernst Conservation Seeds

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

3 for 1 Groundcover

Improve soil quality on your bald lot with this suite of low cost and low maintenance groundcovers.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Philip Chapman-Bell

Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

High

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Front Parking Partner

This off-street parking design holds two vehicles with extra room for a lawn—great for sharing with a neighbor who also needs parking.
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Photo Public Domain Immanuel Giel

Cost

$5,500+

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Advanced

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Native Butterfly Meadow

A clean, planted edge borders this native meadow—a pollinator-friendly option for every neighborhood.
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Photo CC BY 2.0 Liz West

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Forest Patcher

Create habitat and improve biodiversity with this set of guiding principles for managing an existing forest patch or emergent stand of trees.
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Photo © Erin Kelly, Lambert, Rotherstien & Associates.

Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Best

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Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Urban Edge

The clean, hardy, and colorful living perimeter of this lot design is easy to build and works well on multiple lots.
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Photo CC BY-SA 2.0 Manuel

Cost

$1,000 to $2,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Mounds of Fun

Three playful mounds create an area for play and informal gatherings.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Julia Manzerova

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Shade Maker

Neighborhood-friendly tapestry of small and large trees reduces mowing maintenance and creates energy savings.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Tjukka2

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Part Shade, Shade

Hedge Fund

Make money with trees over time with this hedge-organized space for growing and selling trees within neighborhoods.
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Photo © Erin Kelly, Lambert, Rotherstien & Associates

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

High

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

8 Mile Rain Garden

Easy-to-build side lot rain garden designed with plants commonly available at local shops and national chains.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, Pat Dumas

Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Best

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Quiet Remediator

A floral landscape that stabilizes lead in the soil while registering your household caffeine levels.
SunPart Shade

Photo CC BY-NC 2.0 Blucolt

Cost

$1,000 to $2,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Paisley Patch

A collection of spreading groundcovers that can be planted over your entire lot, or planted and maintained as distinct paisley patches.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 TM Weddle

Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Summer Soil Booster

Temporary planting scheme improves soil health, prepares your lot for what's next.
SunPart Shade

Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Tom Potterfield

Cost

$50 to $1,000

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Party Lot

A colorful, full-season design creates space to accommodate social gatherings while providing privacy to neighbors.
SunPart Shade

Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Magnus Manske

Cost

$1,000 to $2,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Gravel Garden

Embrace the poor quality rocky soils of commercial lots in Detroit with this mix of succulents in a range of painterly colors and textures.

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Photo Public Domain, Leonard G.

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Intermediate

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

Dumping Preventer

Colorful, hardy plants form a clean and urban edge while creating a barrier to limit lot access.
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Photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Framboise

Cost

$1,000 to $2,500

People

Volunteer

Upkeep

Low

Experience

Beginner

Stormwater

Good

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Rear Parking Partner

Off-street parking option for those with alley access.
SunPart Shade

Photo CC BY-SA 3.0 Jean-Pol Grandmont

Cost

$2,500 to $5,500

People

Volunteer + Professional

Upkeep

Medium

Experience

Advanced

Stormwater

Better

Sun/Shade

Sun, Part Shade

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