Want to stop having standing water in your yard? Live near a waterbody and want to reduce polluted runoff? Want to create bird and butterfly habitat? These are just some of the potential benefits of building a rain garden on your property! Learn how to build a rain garden that helps save our water, uses native plants, and makes your property even more attractive to homebuyers and wildlife. Please share if you end up building one – we would love to hear your story!
NSRWA, WaterSmartSouthShore, and Wild Ones partnered for a Zoom meeting on How to Build a Rain Garden.
Samantha Woods, Executive Director of the NSRWA gave a tour of some local rain gardens to visit on the South Shore, and Environmental Educator Brian Taylor provided instructions on how to build them.
Britt Drews, Co-president of Mass Wild Ones – South Shore chapter shared her knowledge of the right plants for your rain garden, the advantages of using native plants, the benefits to wildlife, and where to source your native plants.
Other Rain Garden Resources:
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- NSRWA How to Build a Rain Garden Presentation pdf
- Wild Ones Native Plants for Northeastern Rain Gardens Presentation pdf
- Wild Ones Presentation Notes
- Download our 16-page Greenscapes Guide
- Greenscapes North Shore Rain Garden Brochure – Detailed step-by-step manual
- NEMO Rain Garden App – Great step-by-step app on how to build a rain garden with a sizing calculator and videos for each step!
- How to Build a Rain Garden – HorsleyWitten Consulting Engineers
Visit these South Shore Rain Gardens
- Dumpster Maintenance and Waste Materials
- Gardening Green Expo 2023
- Greenscapes
- How to Build a Rain Garden
- Indoor Water Conservation
- Low Impact Development
- Parking Lot Maintenance
- Pet Waste Education
- Plant a Monarch Garden
- Rain Barrel and Composter Sale
- School Programs
- Septic Systems
- Sign Our Water For People Not Lawns Pledge
- Stormwater
- Water Conservation Tips
- Watersmart Business