Woollypod Design

Woollypod Design Ecological designer focused on the “Columbia” Plateau & the “Puget” Sound region.

12/18/2025

Flow analysis at gum cut rain garden. Come help us catch more rainwater tomorrow!

11/29/2025

Fixing the angle of a berm that directs runoff into a rain garden.

Prosser Utility Rain Garden - Built!Edit Nov. 2025: Rocking the bottom of the rain garden as I did here is unadvisable a...
11/18/2025

Prosser Utility Rain Garden - Built!

Edit Nov. 2025: Rocking the bottom of the rain garden as I did here is unadvisable as it slows infiltration. I have since removed the rocks on the bottom but kept them on the spillway to reduce erosion.

I built this rain garden (with some help from family and an old friend!) right where the water pools in this street. It's awaiting seeds that I will spread when the rainy season really begins around mid-October. I've already had proof it works after some midnight storms.

I was determined to make a working rain garden after the frustration of my faulty rain garden, where the water pools 5' away due to a poorly-graded road (yes, still complaining about that).

See last pic for before and after.

Urbanite (recycled concrete) from Badger Mountain, rubble and river rocks dug up during construction and brought from adjacent property.

11/08/2025

3 Rainwater Harvesting Guidelines I Broke - recorded before the latest series of videos - check out the linked video to see that the overflow did indeed work! Principles referenced are from ‘s Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volume 2

11/07/2025

No-parking zones could be converted to rainwater-harvesting basins growing shade trees and native plants! This would calm traffic more, improve the pedestrian experience, and cool our downtowns.

11/06/2025

Rainwater harvesting can reduce flooding and improve accessibility!

11/06/2025

Prosser Pocket Park Rainwater Flow

11/05/2025

Utility Rain Garden Pt. 2 - After - November 2025
I built a rain garden where I noticed water collecting. What used to puddle and evaporate now can nourish life!

11/05/2025

Utility Rain Garden Pt. 1 - Before - March 2025
I recorded this during a downpour in 2025 in Prosser, WA. Watch the next video to see how I did change this condition!

10/22/2025

Seeding a native rain garden. Seeds and info from

Tree Grate vs Tree Guard Detail ComparisonWhile the other entries of this series primarily compare the differences with ...
03/03/2024

Tree Grate vs Tree Guard Detail Comparison

While the other entries of this series primarily compare the differences with materials, this comparison looks at the differences between two methods for protecting the soil around streetside trees from compaction. Tree grates are (unfortunately) much more common than tree guards in urban settings. These grates (fourth photo) are metal and placed around tree trunks along sidewalks and in plazas. While they are intended to allow pedestrians to walk next to trees while preventing the soil around trees from compaction, they cause issues for trees and maintenance workers as trees grow. Tree roots tend to push up against these grates as they grow, disfiguring them, and tree trunks grow too big for them, harming the tree as it is constrained by metal. These sorts of grates are designed to be cut back as trees grow, but this rarely happens due to limited maintenance budgets. Tree guards (fifth image) resolve these issues by providing a barrier against compaction without constricting tree growth. However, they don't allow pedestrians to walk up against trees. Non-human life deserves to be given the space it needs to thrive in our cities, for the benefit of our ecosystems and ourselves, so I don't see this as a major drawback.

Details made in AutoCAD by Miguel Symonds Orr. Isometric made in Rhino 7. Textures and photos from Deposit Photos/Sutichak, Atlas Concrete, Hendrick Architectural, and Morgik. The fourth image is from Hendrick Architectural and the fifth image is from Morgik.

Wooden vs Steel and Reused Metal Fence Detail ComparisonThese drawings compare two materials for fences - wood, arguably...
03/03/2024

Wooden vs Steel and Reused Metal Fence Detail Comparison

These drawings compare two materials for fences - wood, arguably the most common residential fence material in the US, and steel & reused metal. I've been considering fireproof fence materials for several years since wildfires occur frequently in Eastern Washington's shrub steppe. One such fire years ago was visible from my house, and I've realized that even a house that doesn't directly abut shrub steppe habitat may still be close enough to wildfires to be at risk. Beside metal, fence materials I've considered are gabion and cob. Both of these methods take much more work to construct, which is why I've depicted metal here. Metal can get very hot in the summer, so using another material such as wood for gate handles is a good idea. I hope this comparison can urge designers and homeowners working in fire-prone areas to explore fire-proof fence materials or at least protect buildings from fire by putting metal flashing between wooden fences and buildings. I’ve seen some creative fence designs with reused metal, which I think should be feasible to source, but the image shown here most likely doesn’t depict a reused metal fence, just a corrugated metal fence.

Details made in AutoCAD by Miguel Symonds Orr. Isometric made in Rhino 7. Textures and photos from Fitzpatrick Fence & Rail, Project Construction LLC, Jan Dvorak, MILO TEXTURES, Deposit Photos/Sutichak, Freepik, Arthur Hidden. The fourth image is from Project Construction LLC.

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