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On News Channel 10 with Marion Gold, URI
CE GreenShare Coordinator and
Director of the Cooperative
Extension Education Center
North
Kingstown Town Hall Demonstration Rain Garden
A beautiful way to protect Narragansett Bay and
replenish your water Supply.
This segment aired
August 26 and 30, 2006 and was filmed at the North
Kingstown Town Hall's Demonstration Rain Garden and
monitors the progress of the garden over one year since
installation. In this segment, Plant Pro Marion
Gold is joined by URI Cooperative Extension Water Quality
Specialist, Holly Burdett. For more information about
this segment see the Plant
Pro
website and news channel 10 website www.turnto10.com.
For more information about this demonstration
rain garden, click here.
visit our rain garden page for
more information on planning and designing your own rain
garden including a suggested plant list. For more information
about the Town of North Kingstown's drinking water resources, click
here.
The
rain garden was installed May 2, 2005 and over one year
later, Holly Burdett reports that the garden has performed
impressively, handling heavy rain events that have occurred
over the last year and infiltrating the water into the
ground. Holly and Marion also discuss the plants featured
in the garden and remind viewers of stormwater runoff
concerns. |
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The garden that adorns the North Kingstown Town Hall's front
lawn provides more than a pleasing array of ornamental shrubs
and plants. It protects the environment and serves as a demonstration
rain garden. A rain garden is a natural or dug shallow depression
designed to capture and soak up stormwater runoff from your
roof or other impervious areas around your home like driveways,
walkways, and even compacted lawn areas. In addition to adding
beauty to your home landscape, rain gardens reduce stormwater
runoff from your property and replenish groundwater.
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