2nd Quarter 2010 the Rain Gardner Newsletter, Central Ohio

CENTRAL OHIO RAIN GARDEN INITIATIVE THE RAIN GARDENER 2n d Quarter 2010 Volume 1, Issue 2 www. centralohioraingardens. org INSIDE THIS ISSUE A Note from the Chair 1 2010 Second Quarter Calendar of Events 1 Guest Columnist 2 Featured Garden/Project 2... More

CENTRAL OHIO RAIN GARDEN INITIATIVE THE RAIN GARDENER 2n d Quarter 2010 Volume 1, Issue 2 www. centralohioraingardens. org INSIDE THIS ISSUE A Note from the Chair 1 2010 Second Quarter Calendar of Events 1 Guest Columnist 2 Featured Garden/Project 2 Featured Plant 3 Ask CORGI! 3 Rain Garden Planning 4 Resources 4 A Note from the Chair By Stephanie Suter Most of the plants in our rain gardens are just waking up from their winter naps, excited to get started using rain water and sunshine. Unlike the dormant plants, we have been pretty busy this past winter gathering information about rain gardens installed last fall, planning for rain gardens to be implemented this spring, and meeting with organizations to give them rain garden ideas! Rain gardens of all sizes and locations were installed last year, bringing our total of rain gardens from around 30 in 2008 to 71 in 2009 to 103 in 2010! These 103 rain gardens are a combined 51,545 square feet, and they collect 3. 72 million gallons of st Less