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| Strips of native Sheep's Fescue grass were laid between the foundation and the rain garden. It doesn't need water, stays green and never needs to be mowed! |
Help protect the Bow River trout: install a rain garden
Most of our readers will be familiar with the Trout Unlimited Canada Yellow Fish Road program. Since 1991, thousands of Canadians have become leaders in their community by raising awareness about pollution entering local waterbodies through stormdrains.
One way to achieve that goal is to prevent roof rainwater from getting
to the street in the first place. That's the purpose of a rain garden.
In late May, my husband Armand and I volunteered to help build a rain garden on a private property in Inglewood. This project was a joint venture between Cows and Fish - Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society and the Alberta Low Impact Development Partnership (ALIDP) https://alidp.org/
More info:
ALIDP construction process at Inglewood (pdf): http://bit.ly/1IzSUFI
City of Calgary YardSmart - Residential rain gardens: http://bit.ly/1GrDO4t
In late May, my husband Armand and I volunteered to help build a rain garden on a private property in Inglewood. This project was a joint venture between Cows and Fish - Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society and the Alberta Low Impact Development Partnership (ALIDP) https://alidp.org/
More info:
ALIDP construction process at Inglewood (pdf): http://bit.ly/1IzSUFI
City of Calgary YardSmart - Residential rain gardens: http://bit.ly/1GrDO4t
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| Leta van Duin (left), Executive Director, Alberta Low Impact Development Partnership (ALIDP) and Michelle Magotiaux, Bow River Shuttles |
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| The final step, which was completed prior to this photo, was to lay down a thick layer of mulch - 3 to 4 inches.
View more photos here: http://on.fb.me/1BOQKoR
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