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About Marc Chapelle, ASLA
Expertise
As a licensed Landscape Architect, I can answer general questions about style and design, ideas and suggestions for site amenities, larger site-planning issues, or recreation and park design. IF YOU JUST WANT A PLANT SUGGESTION GO HERE: http://www.growit.com/PlantInfo/LandScape.htm I prefer you ask somebody else why your petunias are not as perky as they should be...I'd LOVE to tell you how can use those petunias to increase your home's value!

Experience
Member, American Society of Landscape Architects (ALSA.org); Past clients have been mostly contractors, developers and local civil engineering/architecture firms, plus the occasional homeowner. Currently, I design recreational facilities for the National Park Service (DOI). I am located in the dry Great Basin area (Greater Nevada/Utah), so the use of landscape materials OTHER than plants is emphasized. As a licensed Landscape Architect on the East and West Coasts, I have been in practice over 20 years.

Organizations
ASLA (ASLA.org)

Education/Credentials
BSLA in Landscape Architecture, 1989 Many additional seminars, educational venues, and classes (both taught & attended)

Awards and Honors
Best Multifamily project, 1993 Best Model Home Landscaping, 1993

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Landscaping & Design - drainage

Expert: Marc Chapelle, ASLA - 6/15/2009

Question
Hi Marc - I'm burying my gutter downspouts and moving the water away from my house, terminating with a pop-emitter. Any suggestions of a product to use to filter out leaves and seeds that come through the gutters. I'm trying to minimize undergroud clogging. Thanks

Answer
The most common are the leaf interceptors at the rain gutter:
http://gutterworks.com/leaf_guard.html

There are other manufacturers. Talk to your local gutter expert to see what is available in your area.

If you don't want to replace all your gutters, there is this from Canada. It intercepts the leaves as they exit the downspout & before they get into the underground pipe:
http://www.canada-shops.com/stores/ecopurewater/c226956.2.html

Also, NDS makes the underground boxes, pop-up emitters, and spout accessories. I like their products:
Ndopro.com (in their drainage catalog area)

~Marc

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