Date post: | 12-Jul-2015 |
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Picking a Location for a Rain Garden
Vosburg Park
Open area at bottom of stairs
• Creek runs between two highpoints and a road and will collect a lot of “bad stuff”
• Woodsy, but small open areas exist• Tucked away. Not likely to be trampled as
there is a pre-existing trail
• Creek is fast moving and there is no point at which the water slows, or is filtered before reaching Lake
Mr. Pinkerton
• Creek takes a long direct root into Lake• Open ground to place a rain garden• Land is very flat• Not a very common section of road, and
not a very populated section• While the creek is fast moving and runs
directly to Lake and is likely to carry “bad stuff” with it, this is not a prime source of that “bad stuff”
Webster Park 1
• Direct flow to Lake
• Collects all waste from road and top of hill
• Collects lots of “bad stuff”• Open, no pre-existing plant life
• Between two highpoints
• Area is used by many but this tributary is to the side where it will not be trampled.
Webster Park 2
• Nestled between hills
• Many people walk along this section of stream and may be trampled
• Some pre-existing plant life along streambed
• Directly routed to Lake
• Collects some garbage and “bad stuff”
Klem South 1
• Woodsy
• Flat Land
• No road nearby• Water is standing
• No garbage build up
Klem South 2
• Collects little garbage
• No Road Nearby
• Flat Land• Woods surround
• Lots of area to build
Klem South 3
• Only collects garbage from Klem South (which is an ok amount
• Flat land surrounds it• Runs slowly to end, some water is standing
(picture 5)• Near a common road and common driveway, but
drainage runs perpendicular to klem so only the end collects road waste
• Enough room to place Garden, not to much extra
• Route to lake runs through some other standing water places