Rain garden guide
The Oregon rain garden guide from OEC and partners offers a step-by-step guide to landscaping for clean water and healthy streams.
A rain garden is a shallow, landscaped depression where you can direct runoff from your roof, driveway and other impervious surfaces on your property. It can then soak into the ground naturally rather than running off into storm drains.
Rain gardens are becoming very popular because they:
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Are planted with beautiful, hardy, low-maintenance and drought tolerant plants.
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Are an easy way for all of us to do our part to protect our streams and rivers.
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Provide food and shelter for birds, butterflies and beneficial insects.
Want to learn more about building rain gardens? Download the Oregon Rain Garden Guide. [14 MB PDF].
The guide offers step-by-step instructions for planning your garden's location, testing the soil, preparing the space and choosing plants. The guide is a Stormwater Solutions project created by Oregon Sea Grant with Oregon State University, East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, Jackson Soil & Water Conservation District and Oregon Environmental Council.
