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What is a Rain Garden?


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  • A rain garden is a depression in the landscape designed to catch and filter the water that runs off your roof, parking lot, and other impervious surfaces.
  • Rain gardens contains native plants, such as shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers that help absorb and filter runoff. With roots that reach deeper into the soil, native plants promote infiltration better than a shallow root system and can handle the drought flood situation they have been planted in.

How Do Rain Gardens Work?

Slow it down, spread it out, soak it up! Through location, ponding depth, and good drainage, rain gardens divert water away from the storm drain system and filter it into the ground.

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  • LOCATION: Rain gardens are situated in a low spot in the landscape so that they collect runoff.
  • POND the Runoff: They are built up on the edges with a berm so that a large amount of runoff can pool on the surface.
  • DRAINAGE: With a layer of gravel at the bottom of the garden they are very well drained and can filter the water back into the ground rapidly during and after a rain event.
  • FILTER: By allowing water to collect, pond, evaporate and filter though native plants, soil, sand and gravel into the ground,, runoff is cleaned, transformed and minimized.

Who Uses Rain Gardens?

Rain gardens are used throughout the United States. Various urban cities have opted to implement a large scale rain garden projects in hopes of extending the life of their failing storm drain systems rather than go for the full on replacement right away. LID Works! [http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org] Rain gardens are easy to construct, and can be built on small or large lots. Kids love rain gardens, and they have proven to be excellent outdoor classrooms that bring families and neighbors together.