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Rain Gardens
A Rain Garden can be your personal contribution to cleaner water and an improved environment!
A Rain Garden is a shallow landscaped area in your yard planted to wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, and other native vegetation.
A Rain Garden collects, dissipates, and moves the water through soil and plants, and filters rain water from your roof, driveway, sidewalks, and lawn before it enters a storm drain or nearby stream. It is dry between precipitation events.
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| Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District Website | Rain Gardens of Western Michigan | The gold standard manual for homeowners, IDNR |
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Bathing
An average bath requires 37 gallons of water.