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Rain Garden - 400 sf
Divine Creations Hair Salon
3095 Old Hollow Rd
Walkertown, NC
Divine
Creations
Rain gardens are a fun and inexpensive way to improve water quality and enhance
the beauty of your yard or business. Rain gardens are placed between stormwater
runoff sources (roofs, driveways, parking lots) and runoff destinations (storm drains,
streets, streams).
A rain garden is a shallow depression in the ground that captures runoff from your
driveway or roof and allows it to soak into the ground, rather than running across
roads, capturing pollutants, and delivering them to a stream. Plants and soil work
together to absorb and filter pollutants and return cleaner water through the
ground to nearby streams. Rain gardens also reduce localized flooding by sending
the water back underground, rather than into the street. Besides helping water
quality and reducing flooding, rain garden plants provide habitat for beneficial
insects and wildlife!
Forsyth County Cooperative Extension provides a hands-on workshop on how to
install rain gardens that covers how to design, install and maintain a rain garden. If
you're looking for funding assistance, Forsyth Soil and Water Conservation District
has a cost-share program, CCAP, to help if your property meets certain criteria.
Directions from Winston Salem:
Head north on N Main St toward W 5th St (66 ft)
Turn right at the 1st cross street onto 5th St E (1.1 mi)
For further information
https://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/raingarden/
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater/training/rg_200.html
http://www.forsyth.cc/Conservation/CCAP.aspx
Turn left onto N Graham Ave (0.1 mi)
Turn right at the 1st cross street onto US-311 N/New
Walkertown Rd (6.1 mi)
Turn right onto Old Hollow Rd/ Hwy 66S (0.7 mi)
Organizations involved:
Forsyth County Cooperative Extension
Green Resource
Divine Creations Hair Salon
Walkertown Feed and Seed
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Plant List
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Creeping rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis
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Goldenrod, Solidago spp.
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Pickerel Weed, Pontederia cordata
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Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia spp.
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Japanese Iris, Iris ensata
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Clump verbena red, Verbena canadensis
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Horsetail, Equisetum hyemale
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Swamp Coreopsis, Coreopsis rosea
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Soft rush, Juncus effusus
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Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis
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Lambs ear, Stachys lanata
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Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
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Common Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
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Corkscrew juncus, Juncus effusus 'Spiralis'
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Purple verbena 'homestead purple', Verbena canadensis
Green and Gold, Chrysogonum virginianum L.
Daylilies, Hemerocallis spp.
Stokes Aster, Aster stokesia
Atamasco Lily, Zephyranthes atamasco
Blue Spruce Sedum, Sedum reflexum
Virginia Spiderwort, Tradescantia virginiana
Purpleheart, Tradescantia pallida
Red Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis
Indian Wood-Oats, Chasmanthium latifolium
Cheddar pink, Dianthus gratianopolitanus
Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea
White Virginia Spiderwort, Tradescantia virginiana
Rain Garden
400 sf
Divine Creations Hair Salon
3095 Old Hollow Rd
Walkertown, NC
Average Cost = $5 per square foot
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Rain Garden
400 sf
Divine Creations Hair Salon
3095 Old Hollow Rd
Walkertown, NC
Average Cost = $5 per square foot
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By Wendi Hartup