Building a Rain Garden

Click on each step of building a rain garden to learn more.

1. Decide where to place your garden
2. Measure your house to determine size of garden.
3. Start by creating a design
4. Choose your plants
5. Layout the shape of the garden
6. Dig a shallow depression
7. Prepare the soil
8. Time to Plant
9. Mulch the garden
10. Watering and arranging downspouts

Before you dig check the plat of survey of your house or call J.U.L.I.E. to inquire about any underground utilities.

Remove the turf grass and dig your garden approximately 6 inches deep and to the dimensions you calculated in “Measure your house”. Slope the sides of the edges and use the remaining soil to build a berm around the garden edges.

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