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All About Rain Gardens

All About Rain Gardens. By: Kate Cobb. Model Of A House Rain Garden. This is model of a rain garden getting its water source from the gutter. This model happens to be helping a house from having puddles of water on the path to the house. Ten Reasons To Build A Rain Garden.

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All About Rain Gardens

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  1. All About Rain Gardens By: Kate Cobb

  2. Model Of A House Rain Garden • This is model of a rain garden getting its water source from the gutter. • This model happens to be helping a house from having puddles of water on the path to the house.

  3. Ten Reasons To Build A Rain Garden • Reduce stream flooding and storm drain overflow events. • Reduce pollution sedimentation in our waterways. • Provide habitat for wildlife. • Recharge groundwater, rain gardens allow water to filter into the ground rather than running along the surface. • Increase property value and curb side appeal. • Easy yard maintenance, the native plants are able to withstand any harsh whether and the come back yearly. • Improve neighborhood, work together with your neighbors, cut down flooding, and increase vegetation. • Get back $$money$$. • Save money on storm drain repair costs • Play in the dirt and just have fun!!

  4. How To Pick A Place For A Rain Garden This is an ideal place for a rain garden because it is catching the water off the road. This would be were I would plant my rain garden

  5. Layers Of A Rain Garden Native Plants (Including flowers, shrubs, and grasses) Water Storage and topsoil Mulch Sand (Optional) Gravel (Optional)

  6. Plants Suggestions For Your Rain Garden • Red-Twig Dogwood (Shrub grows in early summer) • Red Flame Grass (Blooms yearly) • Shooting Star (Flower grows in spring) • Willow (Shrub blooms in spring) • Meadow Rue (Flower and grows summer and it also comes in many colors) • Wild Rye (Grass and grows yearly) • Forget-Me-Not (Flower and grows in spring and summer) • Columbine (Flower and blooms all summer)

  7. Materials Needed To Build A Rain Garden • Topsoil • Sand • Plants • Mulch • Shovels • Tarps • Buckets • Gloves • Hoe

  8. Steps To Build A Rain Garden • Plan were your rain garden is going to be. (Ideally in a place were water drains to and usually make puddles. • Construct your base to your rain garden. (With the layer presented in slide number five. • Select the plants that you are going to plant in the garden. (Native flowers, grasses, and shrubs) • Next you can finally plant you selection of plants. (Have fun and play In the dirt) • Finally all you have to do is maintain it. (Which is pretty much is weeding which comes with any new garden)

  9. Final Outcome

  10. Bibliography • http://www.raingardennetwork.com/build.htm • https://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/raingarden/Building.htm • http://www.anchorageraingardens.com/commercial.html • http://islandthreads.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/the-ditch-garden/

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