Oct 15, 2014 | Rain Garden
Check out this super cool info graphic that explains how a rain garden works. Understand the components and the principles so you can build your own rain garden at home!
Oct 5, 2014 | Rain Garden
These step by step instructions are designed to help you build your own rain garden. Contractors, designers, and engineers are required to follow the specifications in the WV Post Construction Stormwater Guidance Manual (2012).
Sep 8, 2014 | Rain Garden
How to calculate the size of the rain garden design: 1. Determine the area of the hard surface draining to the rain garden. In this example the length of the roof (L) times the width of the roof (W) 2. Rain garden design should be 5-8% the size of the hard surface...
Sep 8, 2014 | Rain Garden
Grasses Bushy Bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthim latifolium) Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Trees and Shrubs Alder (Alnus incana) Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) Buttonbush (Cephalanthus...
