Rain Gardens

New Approaches to Old Challenges

Rain gardens:
  • ...have shows great success for water quality protection.
  • ...are bio-retention areas that absorb stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces such as rooftops, streets, sidewalks, and parking lots.
  • ...have been promoted through meetings, workshops, presentations, and through demonstrations projects.
  • ...were relatively unknown before 2002 and are now widely discussed, written about, and even implemented here in central Iowa.
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Other examples:

Rain Garden Design Example

Rain Garden Website Links

Rain Garden Plants for Iowa