Blue thumb rain garden interactive plant finder city of indianapolis rain garden info tips, planting plans, suppliers, contractors, etc. The book was written with rusty schmidt and dan shaw, two. However, more commonly, the lowlying area or dip itself, is defined as the rain garden. The book is also available at the redwood library, 50 bellevue avenue, newport.
Rain garden book the blue thumb guide to rain gardens by rusty schmidt, dan shaw and david dods. See more ideas about rain garden, outdoor gardens and garden design. This will distribute overflow evenly across the perimeter of the rain garden loosen the soil in the bottom of the rain garden to a depth of 3. It contains easy to follow instructions on how to located, size, and design raingardens, soil preparation, plant selection and installation, care and maintenance, and. The blue thumb guide to raingardens rusty schmidt, dan shaw and david dods on. The best book on how to construct a rain garden by rusty schmidt, dan shaw, and david dods bluethumb orgraingardens. Oklahoma conservation commission occ rain gardens featured. Master rain gardener handbook washtenaw county, mi. It contains easy to follow instructions on how to located, size, and design raingardens, soil preparation, plant selection and installation, care and maintenance, and example raingarden plans. David dods blue thumb guide to rain gardens brochure slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. The blue thumb guide to rain gardens minnesota sea grant. Rain garden workshop 2014 the southwest soil and water conservation districts of gibson, posey, pike, vanderburgh and pike recently held a hands on rain garden workshop. A rain garden plant must grow greater than six inches tall and be without lower basal leaves.
A rain garden is just what the name implies a garden planted with native plants that can be placed within your yard. The guide is called the blue thumb guide to raingardens. Garden depth atypical rain garden is between four and eight inches deep. Thumbell blue bluebells campanula rotundifolia thumbell blue is a tidy, longblooming perennial that thrives in partial shade. Come with your enthusiasm for pollinators and native plants and leave with a knowledge to begin the process of making an urban oasis on your own property. Rain garden info hamilton county soil and water conservation. Raingarden design and implementation for kansas property. By reducing stormwater runoff, rain gardens can be a valuable part of changing these. They are sized so that no standing water remains 1 to 2 days after the storm ends. This book gives good guidelines on how to plan, install and maintain a rain garden. When it was time to pick plants to place in his garden, he was drawn to native plants and made a conscious effort to seek those out.
Published with the redwood library and athenaeum, the book is a sumptuous 208 page, hardcover clothbound with dust jacket, fully illustrated in black and white and color. Blue thumb rain garden guide what is a r ain garden. It is possible to locate a rain garden in the shade of large trees, however the range of plants that will thrive will be. This design enables rain gardens to trap stormwater before it becomes runoff and filter it before its absorbed into the soil. Rain gardens gardens that are made to collect rainwater. Residential rain garden maintenance guide city of indianapolis. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Design and installation for homeowners in the upper midwest.
The blue thumb guide to raingardens design and installation. The blue thumb guide to raingardens design and installation for homeowners in the upper midwest schmidt, rusty, shaw, dan on. You can use the top of the existing lawn, an earthen berm or landscaping material like stone or timber. A rain garden is a manmade depression in the ground that is used as a landscape tool to improve water quality. Jan 01, 2012 i have a rain garden in my front yard and found plenty to interest me inside these pages about sustaining and maintaining the landscape. As part of a street project we were allowed an option to have a voluntary rain garden put in our yard with grant money. Using a long, straight wooden board and a carpenters level, measure the slope of your projected area. The best book on how to construct a rain garden by rusty schmidt, dan shaw, and david dods bluethumb orgraingardens rain garden online discussion forums. The blue thumb guide to rain gardens an 81 page guide detailing rain garden design and installation, tips and best practices for homeowners in the upper midwest. Bluebells thumbell blue campanula rotundifolia thumbell. The speaker for the daylong event was rusty schmidt, cowriter. Blue thumb serenity watergarden kit giveaway gardening. Rain gardens the blue thumb guide to raingardens design and installation for homeowners in the upper midwest this document is a valuable reference guide for homeowners and professional designers. Provides a very readable discussion of how to create rain gardens in different contexts on residential.
Introduction to rain gardens prepared by david dods. A beautifullywritten, practical guide to planning and creating your own rain garden. Rain gardens are designed landscape sites that reduce the flow rate, total quantity, and pollutant load of runoff from impervious urban areas like roofs, driveways, walkways,and parking lots, and compacted lawn areas. Some potential berm species are prairie dropseed, little bluestem, prairie smoke, blue eyed. Rain garden information handout city of bloomington mn. Determine a length and width of the rain garden that best fits the site. The illinoisindiana sea grant put together a list of plants that would thrive in rain garden, native. The size and depth of the rain garden, the infiltration rate of the soil, the size of the uphill drainage area, the amount of impervious or semiimpervious surfaces rooftops, driveways, sidewalks and mowed turf in the uphill drainage area, the slope of the site, and the amount, intensity and duration of rainfall all influence rain garden effectiveness in. Provides a very readable discussion of how to create raingardens in different contexts on residential. May 07, 2011 david dods blue thumb guide to rain gardens brochure slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Design and installation for homeowners in the upper midwest book online blue thumb web page videos, etc.
One of the best tools we got was this book prior to our rain garden going in. The plants in a rain garden have high tolerance for excess moisture and the increased levels of nutrients often found in stormwater. The speaker for the daylong event was rusty schmidt, cowriter of the book the blue thumb guide to raingardens. The blue thumb guide to raingardens by rusty schmidt, dan shaw, and david dods by david dods. Low maintenance garden no watering once plants have established. With the help of the blue thumb guide, he started to design his own garden. The little blue book of bulb forcing is a howto garden book that not only supplies information, but also laughoutloud humor. While rain gardens are most commonly found in residential yards, they can also be planted in parking lots and parks. Feb 15, 2019 a rain garden plant must grow greater than six inches tall and be without lower basal leaves. Campanula rotundifolia thumbell blue is an improved selection of this northern hemisphere wildflower. Brett tagtmeyer and aarthi padmanabhan were lead designers for the rossville raingarden. Blue thumb is proud to partner with minnesotas board of water and soil resources bwsr to promote and implement the new lawns to legumes program, aiming to help residents convert at least part of their lawn to flowering plants that provide wildlife and pollinators with habitat and forage. This guide is best used for planting zones 3, 4 and 5. It is based on the book, the blue thumb guide to raingardens, design and installation for homeowners in the upper midwest.
Rain gardens for home drainage help, david dods, 06 0912. The rain garden, as its name suggests, is a group of planting arrangements that make use of rainwater. Green upgrader you probably spend hundreds of dollars watering your yard, but there is an easy way to save money and resourcesby collecting rain to reuse in front and backyards. Rain gardens, also called bioretention facilities, are one of a variety of practices designed to treat polluted stormwater runoff.
The little blue book of bulb forcing is a howtogarden book that not only supplies information, but also laughoutloud humor. By capturing the runoff in the rain garden, you will not only provide runoff reduction benefits, you may also produce. Promoting rain gardens for protecting our rivers and lakes from erosion and polluted stormwater runoff. The blue thumb guide to raingardens design and installation for homeowners in the upper midwest is a valuable raingarden reference guide for homeowners and professional designers. The music was composed by carroll gibbons, the lyrics by james dyrenforth. If you use native plants, they should take off and do well on their own. If you live in the twin cities metro area, there are many grants available for rain gardens. It provides easy to follow directions, templates, and plant information to help you create your own rain garden turning rainwater into an asset for your yard, while adding beauty and. Kevin gustavson, occwq blue thumb technical outreach coordinator, is getting the word out about rain gardens this month with a feature in oklahoma gardener magazine and in the first two episodes of a threepart series on oklahoma gardening television program on oeta. He drew inspiration from designs he found in other books, online, and from visiting other gardens. If you would like more detailed information, plant lists, and garden plans, consider ordering the book, the blue thumb guide to raingardens. It is thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated. During this weekends giveaway 6217 6417 one lucky winner will receive a serenity 8.
Without this natural slope, youll have to create it naturally by digging. This paper is an introduction on how to build a rain garden. The rain garden is usually small and can be incorporated into pretty much any outdoor design. If the garden is some distance from the downpipe, create a swale a small, shallow channel or use a pipe to take the water to the rain garden. After months of planning and reading, i was able to choose the best plants for my rain garden and the best way to talk care of them. Thumbell blue bluebells blooms for many months with a profuse display of nodding blue flowers held on wiry stems. A valuable raingarden reference guide for homeowners and professional designers in the upper. To get enough rain water into your garden, youll need a slope of at least 1 inch 2. Blue thumb guide to raingardens morning sky greenery. Rain garden guide sauk county wisconsin official website.
Participants will be directed to resources for rain garden design, installation and plant selection. Rain garden plantings commonly include wetland edge vegetation, such as wildflowers, sedges, rushes, ferns, shrubs and small trees. By capturing the runoff in the rain garden, you will not only. Rain gardens for home drainage help, david dods, 06 0912 1.
Design and installation for homeowners in the upper midwest book online. The size and depth of the rain garden, the infiltration rate of the soil, the size of the uphill drainage area, the amount of impervious or semiimpervious surfaces rooftops, driveways, sidewalks and mowed turf in the uphill drainage area, the slope of the site, and the amount, intensity and duration of rainfall all influence rain garden. Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, the book is approachable for beginners, yet contains detailed information for landscape professionals. Blue thumb association the blue thumb guide to raingardens provides easy to follow directions, templates, and plant information to help you create your onw. Your rain garden will need to be watered throughout the first growing season. He will also be featured in the third episode of the oklahoma gardening program series to be broadcast in the fall. Design and installation for homeowners is the upper midwest by rusty schmidt, dan shaw, and david dods. Slope the sides of the rain garden using a shovel level the top border of the basin. The blue thumb guide to raingardens design and installation for homeowners in. In this way, the whole garden could be considered a rain garden. Once youve planted your rain garden, weed and mulch it routinely to keep your rain garden healthy.
A rain garden is a garden planted in a depressed area to encourage water collection. Help water soak into the ground instead by creating a raingarden. The blue thumb guide to raingardens design and installation for homeowners in the upper midwest. The song was first recorded by the composer, carroll gibbons with the savoy hotel orpheans and vocals by george metaxa later spelled. Rain in a tropical garden acrylic paint, ready to hang. I have a rain garden in my front yard and found plenty to interest me inside these pages about sustaining and maintaining the landscape.
A valuable raingarden reference guide for homeowners. The blue thumb guide to rain gardens by rusty schmidt. Since rain gardens use native wetland plants, they can make an attractive, lowmaintenance addition to your garden. Environmental protection agency has named stormwater runoff as our nations biggest water quality threat. David dods blue thumb guide to rain gardens brochure. It captures the first flush or runoff from a rain event.
Scout out your yard for an ideal rain garden spot, then dig a small basin to fill with compost and add your new plants. Rain gardens are a winwin providing a way to capture and improve water quality as well as beautifying your landscape with native plants. The rain garden forms a bioretention area by collecting water runoff and storing it, permitting it be filtered and slowly absorbed by the soil. Raingarden design and implementation for kansas property owners. Support our new state bee, convert your lawns to legumes. Jun 07, 2012 rain gardens for home drainage help, david dods, 06 0912 1. Our primary business is to sell wholesale pond supplies, wholesale pond kits, wholesale waterfall kits, and wholesale fountains directly to landscape professionals, installers, architects, and retail pond stores. After months of planning and reading, i was able to choose the best plants for my rain garden and. Blue thumb manufactures products to help you design, install, and maintain better water features. A rain garden is a planted depression that is located to capture rainwater from small storms, allowing. Click on the add to cart button, below, or the shopping cart tab at the upperleft corner of this webpage. First is a useful if you are thinking about installing or maintaining a rain garden, this book would be a valuable addition to your master gardener library. Learn to landscape for the river one rain barrel, compost. A rain garden is a planted depression that is located to capture rainwater from small storms, allowing the captured water to soak into the soil.
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