Rain garden planning for Puget Sound; Prevent flooding and reduce water pollution

Construction of Ferry Parking Lot Rain Garden, Lummi Island WA Join the campaign to protect Puget Sound! All about Rain Gardens: Rain garden planning for Seattle / Puget Sound; Prevent flooding and reduce water pollution. Count your Rain Garden in the campaign at: http://www.12000raingardens.org/index.phtml Washington State University and Stewardship Partners are leading the groundbreaking campaign to install 12,000 Rain Gardens in the Puget Sound Region by 2016. You can actively participate in this exciting effort by installing Rain Gardens and seeing immediate benefits: Reduce polluted runoff Prevent flooding and increase home value Create beautiful, low-maintenance landscapes Help your community save millions of dollars in pollution clean-up and expensive stormwater projects. Rain Gardens work like a native forest by capturing and infiltrating polluted runoff from rooftops, driveways, and other hard surfaces. 12,000 Rain Gardens would soak up 160 million gallons of polluted runoff to protect our waterways, significantly helping stop the stormwater crisis that is threatening our waterways. Rain Garden Sites Whatcom Garden #1 Address: City Hall Parking Lot, Bellingham, 98225 Owner: City of Bellingham, Designer: ?, Installer: City of Bellingham, RG Size (sq ft):300, Drain area (sq ft): 6000,Primary water source: parking lot, Date: 2003 Garden #2 Address: Bloedel Donovan Park, Bellingham, 98225 Owner: City of Bellingham, Designer: ?, Installer: City of Bellingham, RG Size (sq ft):550, Drain area (sq ft): 11,000, Primary water source: parking lot, Date: 2003 Disclaimer: Washington State University does not verify the accuracy of this information and does not endorse the work of any of the designers or installers. Information on designing and installing rain gardens can be found on theHomeowner Resources page.