Rain Gardens Gardening
Rain gardens are landscaped areas, usually planted with native plants, that make use of rainwater runoff in the yard. For the gardener, rain gardens reclaim rainwater and result in more rainwater soaking into the ground. This also reduces the amount of stormwater runoff carrying pollution and debris into nearby lakes and waterways and helps reduce local flooding.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Rain Gardens - Guide to creating a garden with US region-specific plant lists.
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Applied Ecological Services: Rain Gardens - Guide to creating a garden and an article on the benefits. (PDF)
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Maplewood: Rainwater Gardens - Includes garden types, plant lists for Minnesota, design and care guides, and local maps.
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State of Illinois: Initiatives: Rain Gardens - Includes introduction, videos, native plant lists, and links.
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Dave Stack: Rain Gardens - Introductory guide, concerns, Minnesota native plant list, and links.
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UW-Madison Environmental Resources Center: Rain Gardens - Introductory and detailed manuals (PDF) for homeowners.
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Rain Gardens of West Michigan - Citizen-based environmental advocacy and education organization. Includes news, guides, garden plans, demonstration gardens, and rain barrel information.
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Clean Water Atlanta: Rain Gardens for Home Landscapes - Instructions on creating a garden and a native plant list for Georgia gardeners.
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Rain Garden Network - Personal rainwater management services. Offers rain garden design, construction and maintenance services, rain barrel installation and downspout disconnection. Also provides assistance with public education and outreach.
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