CUYAHOGA SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT RAIN GARDEN PROGRAM Janine Rybka, Cuyahoga SWCD
What is a rain garden? Attractive • landscaped area, built in depressions and designed to capture and store water No under drain • Perennial plants •
TIMELINE 2002 – NEO PIPE 2005 - COLLABORATION FOR CREATION OF THE RAIN GARDEN MANUAL 2006 - MANUAL PRINTED, MAILED TO ALL CITIES 2006 - RAIN GARDEN POSTER AND FACT SHEET 2007 - NEW BROCHURE IN COLLABORATION WITH FRANKLIN SWCD; CUYAHOGA SWCD PROMOTES RAIN GARDENS EMBARKS ON AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN 2007 - FIRST RAIN GARDEN INSTALLED IN THE EUCLID CREEK WATERSHED; CUYAHOGA SWCD TEAMS UP WITH THE Y.O.U. PROGRAM TO INSTALL GARDENS AT CLEVELAND RECREATION CENTERS AND PARKS 2008 - CUYAHOGA SWCD AND Y.O.U. TEAM UP FOR A SECOND SUMMER 2012 - TWENTY-THREE GARDENS IN PLACE; ANNUAL MONITORING
COSTS $500 - $800 Soil mix, mulch, plants, supplies For 100 sq. ft: mulch $67.50 3yards; soil mix $96 Average garden 200-300 sq. ft. Kits – Ohio Prairie Nursery; sale through SWCD Soil Mix – Kurtz Bros., Inc.
FUNDING SMALL GRANTS – NEORSD, Farm Bureau Foundation COMMUNITY SPONSORED SCHOOL SPONSORED MEMORIAL GIFT/PRIVATE DONATIONS
PARTNERSHIPS Cleveland Metroparks Cuyahoga County-Public Works Cuyahoga County Fair Grounds Friends of Euclid Creek Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Center Association Harvard Community Center Independence Garden Club Kurtz Bros., Inc. NRCS ODNR Cleveland Lakefront State Parks Ohio Prairie Nursery Rocky River Watershed Council Youth Opportunities Unlimited Multiple Communities NEO SWCD and watershed partners
FUTURE DIRECTIONS NOT JUST HYDRAULICS, BUT SOIL STRUCTURE (multi-function plant/soil systems) VOLUNTEER BASE FOR RAIN GARDEN MAINTENANCE EXPANDED IMPLEMENTATION EFFORT
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