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How To Build A Rain Garden from the Building Wisconsin TV series. Host Stuart Keith and guest Karen Sands from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District show how to build a rain garden for sump pump discharge. This project also features Mid City Plumbing & Heating disconnecting a pre-1954 home’s drain tile system which was feeding rainwater into the sewer and directing that water into a sump pit and pumping it out into the yard.
May 24, 2016
I am struggling with a new yard in a new subdivision. The drainage is absolutely awful. I am in a downhill lot and cannot get the lawn established because of the run-off. I need something to make the water slow down, but cannot divert to neighbor’s yard. Have just recently been reading about Rain Gardens and wonder if anyone has any experience with them. I am in SW Missouri (zone 6) where it’s either drought or flood. Any plants would need to be tolerant of both conditions – and full sun
May 24, 2016
You might find these links interesting.
https://youtu.be/5M8yN7EXOaI
http://www.freshcoast740.com/docs/freshcoast740/homepage/WEB_13-056aRainGarden11314.pdf