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Located in New London County, we provide
Rain Gardens to
manage stormwater at homes and commercial properties across
Southeast Connecticut. It’s
beautiful and functional. This bio-retention area is much like
a forest habitat. Just as a forest soaks up water and allows it
to slowly penetrate the soil, a Rain Garden stores and
filters rainwater. The Rain Garden intercepts stormwater
runoff, full of pollutants from roofs, sidewalks, roads and
parking lots. This excess drainage ponds in the depression of
the garden. As the water soaks in, chemicals are available to
the plant roots and attach to the garden’s soil and mulch. The
end result – improved water quality and less surface sheet flow
during rain events.
Why do we need Rain Gardens?
Rain is natural; stormwater isn't. Government studies have
shown that up to 70% of the pollution in our streams, rivers,
lakes and Long Island Sound is carried there by stormwater.
Surprisingly, about half of the pollution that stormwater
carries comes from things we do in our yards and gardens!
Planting a Rain Garden may seem like a small thing, but
if you calculate the amount of rain that runs off your roof, you
would be very surprised. That rain is supposed to soak into the
ground, but instead heads down the street to the storm drain,
carrying pollution with it.
Keeping rain where it falls, by putting it into a beautiful
Rain Garden, is a natural solution. You not only get a
lovely garden out of it, you have the added benefit of helping
protect our bodies of water from stormwater pollution.
Brochure:
Rain Gardens by Sprigs and Twigs
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