Re: Rain Garden Redoux (sp?)

**J* B* <j*@usol.com>**

Andy,
You use the term "rain garden" here as a vehicle for stormwater  
management.  What is the difference between your rain garden and the  
storm garden discussed by others?

Jeff Ball
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On Aug 6, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Hamptongar@aol.com wrote:

I think the whole impetus for rain gardens is in regard to storm water
management.  While these gardens have been around for about ten years  
there  are
new federal regulations going into effect that require municipalities  
to  update
and strengthen their stormwater management policies and practices.    
One of
the avenues that towns and counties are taking is to add rain gardens  
and  rain
garden education projects as part of their new policy initiatives.    
This is
being done through many state Extension Services and here in Westchester
County (NY) the Office of County Planning has received a Federal  
grant to  educate
and inform the general public about the benefits of rain gardens.    
There is
already on substantial rain garden completed as a demo project and the
country is planning small grants and awards for homeowners to build  
their  own.  As
a wetland commissioner we are seeing our professional staff  require and
suggest rain gardens more often as replacements for the old dry well   
schemes which
do noting to 'treat' the runoff, only capture and dissipate  it.  I  
have a
page of links on rain gardens if anyone would like a copy and  it  
includes some
great PDF books on rain garden design, function and  planning.

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener is a registered  trade mark and is published every
Thursday in The Southampton Press, The Press  and the Easthampton Press

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