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Revision as of 19:55, 21 June 2017

This article is about planted installations designed to capture surface runoff in an amended soil.
For more highly engineered systems, see Bioretention Cells.

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Rain gardens are the

Rain gardens are ideal for:

  • Capturing the flow from disconnected downspouts
  • Community design/build projects for raising awareness


The fundamental components of a rain garden are:

  • An amended soil mix
  • Suitable planting

Additional components may include:

  • A splash pad of rocks to prevent the downspout flow from eroding the soil
  • An overflow channel to another are of garden

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Design[edit]

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Incentives and Credits[edit]

In Ontario

City of Mississauga
The City of Mississauga has a stormwater management credit program which includes RWH as one of their recommended site strategies[1].

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