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This rain garden was installed to treat the runoff off a small garage. A buried flexible drainage pipe was used to connect the downspouts to the rain garden. In the foreground is a small berm built to intercept and absorb overland flow. Rain Garden Topics: How To Create A Rain Garden - 53 pages Rain Gardens are designed to collect rain water and runoff, absorb it and filter it before it enters the ground, then dry out within 48 hours of the rain storm. Rain gardens provide natural beauty and perform a very important service in filtering and "cleaning" rain water. Some native vegetation even specializes in removing heavy metals and oils from storm water runoff! No, rain gardens are not wet all of the time, and they don't provide a breeding ground for mosquitoes! Many plants do well planted in the autumn and will give you a head start on next seanson's foliage and flowers.
Lakes Area Clean Waters Council |
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Widseth, Smith, Nolting and Associates |
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