Cedar River
Watershed District
1408 21st. Ave. NW
Austin, MN 55912
507-434-2603
JC Hormel Nature Center Rain Garden
The CRWD has taken the lead in constructing a Rain Garden Demonstration Site at the JC Hormel Nature Center in Austin. This Rain Garden site will collect, store and filter the runoff from the parking lot at the Nature Center. Presently, the runoff flows into a ravine, which then outlets into Dobbins Creek.
A rain garden is a colorful perennial planting designated to capture and filter rain water that is otherwise runoff. It is a garden in a shallow depression. A rain garden holds and filters the runoff for a few hours, or a day at the most.
Dan Regner, Chairman of the CRWD, has planned and engineered this project and organized several partners who are volunteering their time and equipment. The volunteers for this project include:
Austin Park & Rec - Site Prep Work
- Funding for the Native Plants; and
NRCS and Nature Center Staff - Planting & Mulching
For more information on Rain Gardens, go to the following links:
http://www.raingardens.org/Index.php
http://www.raingardennetwork.com/about.htm
http://www.mninter.net/~stack/rain/
http://www.water.rutgers.edu/Rain_Gardens/Rain_Gardens.htm
http://www.anokanaturalresources.com/acd/tech_assist/Rain_Garden_Factsheet.pdf
http://www.anchorageraingardens.com/aboutRG.html
