Loading…
19
Our neighborhood's rain garden went from ugly mud pit to thriving hub in one season
Back in April the city tore up our corner lot to install a rain garden, and honestly it looked like a giant dog dug a hole and gave up. All spring it was just this sad muddy basin with a few scrawny plants that looked half dead. But the other day I walked past and it's absolutely packed with coneflowers and switchgrass, and there were at least three bees on every single bloom. The deputy director of public works told me the deep roots are what make it work, they soak up runoff way faster than the old turf ever did. Our street used to flood in every decent rainstorm, but after the big one last Tuesday the water was gone within an hour instead of sitting there for two days. I'm wondering if anyone else has pushed their town to add these to other flood prone spots, and what kind of results you saw in the first year? The city spent about $18,000 on ours and it seems worth it, but I want to know if it holds up long term.
0 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In0 Comments
No comments yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this discussion.