ca: san rafael: rain garden design and loop beautification
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San Rafael: Rain Garden Design and Loop BeautificationTRANSCRIPT
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Dixie Elementary School “Rain Garden Design and Loop Beautification”
Dixie School DistrictDixie Home & School ClubDixie School Beautification CommitteeApril Philips Design Works
San Rafael, CANovember 9, 2007
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Curb your Carbon NOT!
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Bike, Walk, Run, Ride the Bus, Carpool,Move your body…
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Play outside
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Recycle
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Plant a Tree
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Grow a food garden
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Pollution-
Yuck! Pollution-
Yuck!
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Why are “Rain Gardens”
important?
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A Rain Garden is good for the environment
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What is a “Rain Garden”
and how does it work”
Storage and InfiltrationTypical Rain Garden
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Project Goals
An outdoor class room
Provide habitat
Improve the beauty of the entry
Collect, clean and infiltrate rain water
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The Dixie Rain Garden will be a place of beautyand a place to learn about nature !
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Rain Garden Design –
a cloud’s eye view
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Rain Garden Design –
a birds eye view
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Mulch controls weeds and conserves water
Cutting the curb in certain areas helps rain water flow into rain garden so that we conserve water naturally and our rain garden will thrive
Soil includes organic nutrients and compost for healthy plants and addition of sand and gypsum to our clayey soils in Lucas Valley helps drainage
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1.
Achillea
millefolium
–
Common Yarrow (native)2.
Eriogonum fasciculatum –
California buckwheat (native)3.
Muhlenbergia rigens
and M. capilaris
–
Purple Deer Grass (native)4.
Festuca
mairei
–
Atlas Fescue5.
Erigeron glaucus
–
Beach Aster (native)6.
Zauschneria
callifornica
latifolia
–
California Fuchsia (native)7.
Romneya
coulteri
–
Matilija
Poppy (native)8.
Salvia leucophylla
–
Purple Sedge (native)
2. 3. 4.
9.
Mimulus aurantiacus –
Sticky monkey flower (native)10.
Penstemon
heterophyllus
–
Beard Tongue (native)11.
Rudbeckia californica –
California coneflower (native) 12.
Vaccinium
ovatum –
Evergreen huckleberry (native)13.
Carex
barbarea
–
Santa Barbara Sedge (native)14.
Chondropetalum
tectorum
–
Small Cape Rush
9. 11. 12.
All plant selections for the “Transition Zone”
or upland areas are extremely drought tolerant and native to California’s Bay Area.
All plant selections for the “Rain Garden Zone”
or lowland areas are suited for both wet and dry periods. Certain plants in this category require slightly more water than others and will be placed at the lowest point in the garden.
5.1.
10. 13.
6. 7. 8.
14.
4.
Transition Zone (Upland)
Rain Garden Zone (Lowland)
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How do we do it?
1.
Let’s begin (Identify project participants)
2.
Establish goals and objectives
3.
Gather information (Walk the site, collect online resources, etc.)
4.
Pick a location and establish an appropriate size
5.
Designing
6.
Plant selection
7.
Design review and obtaining permission.
8.
Preliminary plans for construction day
9.
Construction schedule
10.
Advertise (Spread the word, develop a website!)
11.
Develop Timeline (Arrange for material delivery, schedule volunteers)
12.
Construction Day (Time to build the rain garden)
13.
Maintenance (A routine schedule of care will ensure a healthy new environment)
14.
Write summary report (Write a final report for online publication or local newspapers)
The Steps:
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Who? -
Dixie Community Volunteers!
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Other Rain Gardens
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Time to plant !
On Nov. 17, 2007 – the preliminary construction will be done
Tentative plant weekends will be in December 2007 and/or January 2008 to take advantage of the rainy season