After an overnight rain in Seattle, you have an opportunity to see what a bioswale that was not built correctly looks like it and how it fails to fulfill its purpose.

This is located in the High Point community of West Seattle. Wendy lives in this community and as a real estate broker specializes in West Seattle homes like the ones for sale in High Point.

Follow-up:
On April 20th I received a comment from the Home Owners Association Manager, Heather Hutchison. She tried to post it as a comment but received a technical error message so she sent me this information in an email:

Hi Wendy,
Just so you and your readers know, the High Point Open Space Association is aware that there are several swales in the community that are not working optimally.  The developer is working with the original contractor to address these bioswales, and the work is scheduled to be done this Spring, once we have “drier weather”.  Here’s hoping the sunshine is here to stay for a while, and soon these will be functioning as intended!