Picking A Location For Rain Garden

Picking a Location for a Rain Garden

Vosburg Park

Open area at bottom of stairs

• Creek runs between two highpoints and a road and will collect a lot of “bad stuff”

• Woodsy, but small open areas exist• Tucked away. Not likely to be trampled as

there is a pre-existing trail

• Creek is fast moving and there is no point at which the water slows, or is filtered before reaching Lake

Mr. Pinkerton

• Creek takes a long direct root into Lake• Open ground to place a rain garden• Land is very flat• Not a very common section of road, and

not a very populated section• While the creek is fast moving and runs

directly to Lake and is likely to carry “bad stuff” with it, this is not a prime source of that “bad stuff”

Webster Park 1

• Direct flow to Lake

• Collects all waste from road and top of hill

• Collects lots of “bad stuff”• Open, no pre-existing plant life

• Between two highpoints

• Area is used by many but this tributary is to the side where it will not be trampled.

Webster Park 2

• Nestled between hills

• Many people walk along this section of stream and may be trampled

• Some pre-existing plant life along streambed

• Directly routed to Lake

• Collects some garbage and “bad stuff”

Klem South 1

• Woodsy

• Flat Land

• No road nearby• Water is standing

• No garbage build up

Klem South 2

• Collects little garbage

• No Road Nearby

• Flat Land• Woods surround

• Lots of area to build

Klem South 3

• Only collects garbage from Klem South (which is an ok amount

• Flat land surrounds it• Runs slowly to end, some water is standing

(picture 5)• Near a common road and common driveway, but

drainage runs perpendicular to klem so only the end collects road waste

• Enough room to place Garden, not to much extra

• Route to lake runs through some other standing water places