Build Your Own Rain Garden
This project was developed by the Student Baysavers Projects, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Save the Bay (http://www.cbf.org) and is used with their permission.
Goals
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- To help students see the connection between runoff in their community and the health of the whole Chesapeake Bay watershed
- To help students restore a wildlife habitat in their community
- To help students learn to appreciate and care for the natural environment
Materials
- 3 sections of 2-inch x 12-inch #1 treated pine (lengths depend on the size of the rain garden to be built)
- 10 2-foot sections of steel reinforcing bar (rebar)
- 2 stainless steel elbow brackets with 4-1/2-inch stainless steel wood screws
- Screwdrivers and a hammer
- Shovels and rakes
- Topsoil (number of bags depends on the size of the rain garden)
- Mulch or straw
- Sand
- Plants
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