Re: Rain Gardens

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The University of Rhode Island has an excellent 32 page  download that I 
often suggest.  You can find it at 
_http://www.uri.edu/ce/healthylandscapes/home.rgmanual.pdf_ 
(http://www.uri.edu/ce/healthylandscapes/home.rgmanual.pdf)  .  This is one of the best and 
most comprehensive (and free)  resources that I know of.  Rutgers 
University also has a shorter 4 page  download that can be helpful as well at 
_www.water.rutgers.edu/Fact_Sheets/fs513.pdf_ 
(http://www.water.rutgers.edu/Fact_Sheets/fs513.pdf) 

I'm the chairman of our town;s wetlands commission...one  out of every 
three properties in Bedford (NY) has wetlands so we see lots of  applications.  
I think about a third of all the applications include rain  gardens as 
mitigation in order to satisfy state requirements to control run off  that is 
caused by Federal enabling legislation to control storm water  runoff.

A

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

In a message dated 6/8/2011 7:52:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
szerlag@earthlink.net writes:

Can  anyone recommend some good books, websites or blogs on rain  
gardens?  A couple of years ago, there was a program on rain gardens
at Garden  Writers, but the bottom line was the finished product was  
little  more than a garden plunked in a front lawn containing
a few native  plants.
Nancy Szerlag
Columnist for Detroit  News
szerlag@earthlink.net

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