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

To amend your soil you should add a mixture of 50% sand, 20% - 30% organic matter (compost or fine mulch) and 20% - 30% top soil (what you just dug out of the garden). Use a hoe or rake to mix the materials.

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