dry snes lor mlv ch nerbs surlr as lnyrne, sage, and
rosemary, and must or snadsd srtes lor green lolraee
lrerbssuel. as rnrnr. parsley, en yes, and eonander

This rs a rare rnreeorrnensronal earth eonsrrud on a
srnall scale, and eompaelly toils up a linear pail. or bed
oi lrerbs rnlo one mound at rlre xrtenen door, rbus
making lne herbs areessable and convenient lo tne
knchen nsell ll intenens are not ar ground 1eyel, root or
balrony gardens ean earry pulrhabs rn stepped walls,
on wall snelyes. .a wrndo 'boxes, or as slacks ol pots
In earln rnnunds

l-anern analyses ean also be applied to water
ennseryanon For example, a multhrpll (60 cm wrde
and deepl. surrounded by a planting sneli and sprll
bank totalling L2 rn u teen across bars a 3 B rn llz loot:
perimeter. bul ean be ellrrrenrly watered wnlr one
loerlrssum spr.nuer, wnereas a 3! rn straight mw
talres three surn sprinklers

Another advantage as the central lonedropl mulch
pit, so inar tire plants eventually oversnade rne cenrre
to pmvznl evaporation Sudl tirclpmnlzh- grow pns
are made l s or to teen aeross lor bananas, and l 5.3 rn
K&m seen aeross lbr commas, all aulr pmduu mw
erop lur about one—mud oi use water use A senes or
set oi suen gardens greatly reduce the parlr spaee and
land area needed (or norne gardens, or orenards ol
banana and eoeonut triguream and mm,

A held applrralron ol patterned ground designed In
drrerr flow. and eapture materials in llow. rs inal ol
flwdrpldin embankmenrs or tree lures lpoplar, willow,
tarnaraekl, nr borb rornbrned “use are yery elleenye
patter posrtrnns on landsrape lalrlrouglr all oeeur
naturally as Mk dylres or mlsmu roelr slrara m the
lreldl tlral ean nave several benel ' etierts lor a
nousenold or serllemenl nearby lrigure uz).

A more eonsoous and portable applied pattern set rs
lnar at me ‘Flowluxm" models being dzvduped at RM
Virbella Institute by a small gruup ol imsk
leobnrerans Such lurbulenee basins are apparent in
nature as snaped basrns rrr streams llowing oyer
rnassrye sandslones or mudslone rorlrs. nrey are even
rn annqurry modelled in possela oement by Roman
hydmloglsls. nowrorrns are anilroal replreales nf tlre
mat iorrns carved by mrbulent streams, east in
concrete or fibreglass 'gunIJS)

sucked rn seas below sewage pipe nudalls or above
irsn ponds al prpe .nlets, lhzy allrelenlly mra air and
wa er by rndnrrng lurbulenee rn llow. nose dxsmld
ing elleers are nolreeable, the lrrsr a plunge or
verrreal orerrurn as llurd drops lrom one basin to an-
etnee, the second as a figuH or lateral new around
tlre basrns llremselves, and tne tbrrd la lasrlnaung
proeessl as an inberaerron between inese rwo, as water
mrsrng around rbe basrns deileers llre vertical drop
llow and switches rl lrom side to side rrr a regular
rnytbrn

witnrn tlrese rrraror turbulenee pallerns lso clearly
portrayed by da Vrnrr (Fupham, “2., The memgs o/
lzonndc d. Vim, lonarlran Cape, London mo» and
lurtner analysed in terms at computer models and

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utistmphx theory by cnappell (In, LDlld/oml
:uolulron m Auslmlur, ANU mess, Canberra ms) lor
(cash! uprusn and bkalsh narbulencel are drsnnel
yortieer and raunlerllow, overlolds and rusps llral
lurtlrer mix air and warer al tne edges ol llre basins and
m the mam llow snearn

Thus, Imflzlal Fluwlomt basms indure aeranun,
o ‘ rse pollutanrs, and are tlrernselyesaesllrel ally
plea ng and rnsrruruye nydrologual patrem—rnodels
ol naturally-deeming eonsrruels, Tlrey nave praelreal
use rn me prrmary trearrnenr nl sewage and mp“-
really polluted waters, and rn tne oxygenation ol ponds
lor aquatre speeres produetrun Models ol llrrs rype are
tne result oi a long eyblutron beglnmng wnn wonder,
slrerclres, analysis, observations, and men proreedrng
via (anslmcled nydrologieal basins lo praelreal
applreariuns over a wrde yanery ol sues in nature and
in lne Flowlorrn syslern, the basrns ean be elongate,
minute. syrnrnetrrcal, asymmetreal. stepped in line,
sraelred like ladders, or sprralled to ronserve spaee

 

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READING

Alexander. Chnsmphenlal, A palimr language,
oalord Unwtrslry Fuss, m7

llnaranees sueeessiul dasrgn srraregres lm towns.
bnxldmgs)

328mm, Wlfllrd,Wl1l>tsmld Bmzhts, Anrnor books,
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