Mar

11

Have a good idea for Rain Garden?

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From our friends at Stewardship Partners:

“As you may know, Stewardship Partners is promoting Low Impact Development (LID) practices to the building community throughout central Puget Sound as a means to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and protect fish and wildlife habitat.  Our current focus is a series of rain garden design and construction workshops for homeowners, facility managers, landscapers and the general public.  Rain gardens are an effective method for infiltrating stormwater while also enhancing habitat and beautifying the landscape.

As part of our Rain Garden Project, we have obtained funding to install six demonstration rain gardens around King County. We are currently seeking potential sites for the installations to take place.  Criteria include: adequate area for the rain garden (approx. 600 square feet), proximity to a building or other impervious surface that could drain into the rain garden, visible site with public interface, willingness to participate in basic maintenance after initial 2 years, and educational mission and/or interest of the host (optional).  Potential recipients may include schools or universities, corporate campuses, public buildings, libraries, parks, or private residences. The recipient will not incur any costs for the installation.

If you have suggestions for potential host sites, please forward that to us (preferably with contact information). We will be making selections over the course of the next several weeks.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Larry Nussbaum
Program Director
Stewardship Partners
1411 Fourth Ave., Suite 1425
Seattle, WA 98101
ph: 206-292-9875
www.stewardshippartners.org

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