Few people in San Francisco have ever heard of Buckeye Grove, or have any plans to head to Yerba Buena Island to visit it. You can’t blame them. Just a year ago it didn’t even exist. And yet its unique topography and storm drains reveal it as much more than just new scenery on an island in transition – but a tool to weather the changing climate.
The park, and its four acres of storm drains and newly planted native plants, is known as a bioswale, more commonly known as a storm drain garden. It’s a simple concept — rainwater flows into several storm basins which then funnels it through