Rain gardens made one Maryland community
famous
The term “rain garden” is catchy
enough to intrigue garden clubs and
scientists alike.
Rain gardens don t require much
space, can be built in various shapes
and readily added to existing
buildings.
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Rain gardens made one Maryland community
famous
The term “rain garden” is catchy
enough to intrigue garden clubs and
scientists alike.
Rain gardens don t require much
space, can be built in various shapes
and readily added to existing
buildings.
The gardens fill with a few
inches of rain and allow the water to
slowly filter into the ground rather than run into a storm sewer.
A
rain garden allows about 30 percent more water to soak into the
ground compared to a conventional lawn.
Roger Bannerman, a DNR nonpoint source monitoring researcher
and rain garden advocate, is working on at least eight rain garden
designs.
His passion for these gardens has made him a popular
speaker on the topic.
Neighborhood groups have adopted his rain
garden enthusiasm.
Groups like the Friends of Pheasant Branch
and Friends of Lake Wingra host workshops.
The result is that rain gardens are growing up and out.
Gardens
have been installed in Poynette.
The city of West Bend has a large
residential area
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