Rain Garden Site Evaluation
Gardeners know all about planning. A beautiful summer garden in full bloom was more than likely conceived in the dead of winter two years ago. A rain garden is much the same in that its success is all...
View ArticleLocating your water sources
Your first step to installing a rain garden is to locate the water source(s) you want to use for your rain garden. Your water source will probably depend on your motives for installing a rain garden....
View ArticleCalculating your water sources – Part 1
After you have located your potential water sources you’ll want to quantify the amount of water they’ll be sending into your rain garden. First you will need to decide the size of rainfall you’d like...
View ArticleCalculating your water sources – Part 2
Now sump pump rain gardens are an interesting animal. Sump pumps offer measured water at a consistent velocity, but are not as straight forward to quantify as your other water sources. They can...
View ArticleFinding your rain garden location – Part 1
So now that you have located and calculated your water sources, you need somewhere to put them. Experience and creativity are invaluable when selecting your rain garden location. But what’s that you...
View ArticleFinding your rain garden location – Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of the series. At this point you should have a specific location selected for your rain garden with help from Part 1. Now we need to evaluate your prospective location’s drainage with...
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