Patrick Henry Rain Garden... the beginning!
The Rain Garden... After Planting 2013 - 2014 School Year...
The Rain Garden when school opened for the Kiddos! 2014-2015 School Year!
Special Thanks To...
Ian Johnson and Greener Landscapes of Richmond, VA! Our Rain Garden has never looked better! Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to our school and community! It looks amazing!
Special Thanks!!!
Mr. Matt Tanersky from RVA Rain Systems for donating two "River Birch Trees"!!!
Special Thanks!!!
Thank you to Ms. Bonnie for the Button Bushes and the Rosebud Trees!!! I would also like to Thank Ms. Bonnie for our wonderful worm composting bin or the new "Vermiculture" Lab!!!
Here is a list of plants that we are looking at starting when we come back from Winter Break... (Stratification and Germination) This will take place during our Enviromental Studies Class on Friday afternoons starting 1/11/13.
Started from Seed:
New York Ironweed
Swamp Milkweed
Joe Pye Weed
Swamp (Narrowleaf) Sunflower
Greenwhite Sedge
Eastern Columbine
Roughleaf Goldenrod
Great Blue Lobelia
Marsh (Dense) Blazing Star (Spiked Gayfeather)
Soft Rush
Woodland Sunflower
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Started as a small sapling:
River Birch @ about 3-4 ft.
Button Bush
Redbud
New York Ironweed
Swamp Milkweed
Joe Pye Weed
Swamp (Narrowleaf) Sunflower
Greenwhite Sedge
Eastern Columbine
Roughleaf Goldenrod
Great Blue Lobelia
Marsh (Dense) Blazing Star (Spiked Gayfeather)
Soft Rush
Woodland Sunflower
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Started as a small sapling:
River Birch @ about 3-4 ft.
Button Bush
Redbud
Plants and information for the Patrick Henry Rain Garden! Thanks to the DEQ, Virginia Department of Forestry, and Environmental and Rain Garden companies...
Virginia Rain Garden Guide: "All you need to know about rain gardens here in Virginia"
To view information on plant species, ideas on how our rain garden may look, and how a rain garden works just click on the Department of Forestry patch to view:
"Rain Gardens the Technical Guide".
"Rain Gardens the Technical Guide".