Rain Garden Concept

Rain garden is a garden design concept to soak up a few inches of rainwater, mainly from the roofs, parking lots and hard surfaces and discharge it slowly into the garden ground. Rain garden can be landscaped with shrubs, grasses, wildflowers or other native vegetation to blend beautifully with the overall lawn and garden. It enhances the beauty of the yard and creates habitat for birds and butterflies.

Rain Garden Design

Rain garden itself is designed at a depressed area of 6 to 8 inches deep under full or partial sun. It is usually 10 feet away from building structure so as to prevent water seepage into building foundation. It is best situated at a location to catch rainwater run-off from roof, lawn and other hard surface areas. Rainwater is retained in the garden for a short time and slowly infiltrates into the ground or evaporates after a few hours. By this manner the amount of water filters into garden soil increases substantially.

Benefits Of Rain Garden

Rain garden recycles lawn fertilizers and pesticides back to the garden instead of washing off these pollutants and harmful substances into streams and lakes. Rain gardens require little maintenance once established. Some weeding and watering may be required until plants get established. Regular checks on mosquitoes breeding may be necessary during certain season of the year.