Learn about
rain garden installation at upcoming workshop
With support from an invested community, fifth- and sixth-grade students at Pomfret Community School, in Pomfret Center, Connecticut, built a
rain garden for science.
Launch NOLA also covers infrastructure systems including permeable pavement and
rain garden installations.
"There's a
rain garden with a sunken rock 'river,' along the entire front of the school-creating a moat of sorts, that is clearly not friendly to cars or people.
And just east, Pottstown's first sidewalk
rain garden was planted in May 2015.
Held last April 29 at the
Rain Garden, Lakeside Evozone in Nuvali, Air Race 2017 drew mostly businessmen and IT personalities from Metro Manila who had wanted a much needed break from their daily grind.
"A
rain garden is often created by disconnecting a building's downspouts and directing the rainwater into a vegetative basin next to the exterior," Graver explains.
A
rain garden is a shallow, construction depression that is planted with deep-rooted plants and grass.
It was magical." But the real beauty of a
rain garden such as this one is how it prevents runoff and replenishes groundwater, critical during drought times.
Mercer University Bears football fans who enter the Macon, Ga., campus through the Stadium Drive entrance now pass the school's new fountain and surrounding
rain garden. The garden, which is 1.5 acres, is not only attractively landscaped--it serves a dual purpose by collecting rainwater runoff from nearby parking lots.
Chapters walk the reader through selecting optimal plant species, cultivating a garden of native plants, warding off pests, even the option of creating a
rain garden. A brief history of human efforts to identify and cultivate native plants rounds out this hands-on, reader-friendly guide, enthusiastically recommended for gardeners of all skill and experience levels.