This project, in London’s Queen’s Wood, enhances the forest’s resilience to flooding during extreme precipitation in the wet season by creating wetlands along the forest’s existing stream channel. In the dry season, these wetlands retain moisture to ensure the growth of surrounding vegetation.

The design approach is: 1. to create wetland islands where the stream is blocked by fallen trees, 2. to inventory existing vulnerable trees on both sides of the river, anticipate when they may fall and decide what to do with them depending on their size and location, and 3. to make ‘leaky dams’ from tree branches and place them in ideal water storage areas.