BECKLEY SANITARY BOARD
Rain Garden

How a Rain Garden Works
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

A Rain Garden in 36 Seconds
Boy Scouts from the Northeast Illinois Council completed the Thomas H. Keyser Memorial Rain Garden in Beckley, WV as part of the 2013 BSA Jamboree.

Build Your Own Rain Garden
These step by step instructions are designed to assist homeowners in building their private rain garden. Contractors, designers, and engineers are required to follow the

How to Calculate the Size of Your Rain Garden Design
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

West Virginia Native Plant List For Your Raingarden
Grasses Bushy Bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthim latifolium)Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthim latifolium) Trees and Shrubs Alder (Alnus incana)Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum)Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)Little Henry (Itea