Oh, all right, but only because you asked soooo nicely; for Earth Day, an example of how communities in the Puget Sound are coming together to protect the Earth and improve their own personal environments as well.
Researchers have pointed the finger at stormwater runoff as the top source of pollution that’s getting into Puget Sound and other Northwest waterways. And because runoff comes from just about everywhere — roofs, roadways, parking lots, farms, and lawns — the solution has to be just as widespread.
Enter 12,000 Rain Gardens.
This week Washington State University and Stewardship Partners, a nonprofit working on land preservation, announced a campaign to promote the installing of 12,000 rain gardens around Puget Sound by 2016. The website even has a counter tracking the number of gardens and encourages folks to enter their rain garden into the database.
more via It’s Raining Rain Gardens — Sightline Daily – Northwest News that Matters.
Related Articles
- Campaign wants 12,000 rain gardens in Puget Sound (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
- Company funds rain garden to settle case (bendbulletin.com)
- Philly still awaits OK on green stormwater plan (philly.com)
- How do we deal with stormwater runoff? (cleantechkitsap.wordpress.com)
Mental Flowers 
Pierce County Stream Team is helping with a free Rain Garden event on May 12. You can read more about it in the spring issue of Tahoma View.
Rain Garden Workshop
May 12, 6-8 p.m.
WSU Puyallup Research
and Extension Center
Register at (206) 292-9875 or
sg@stewardshippartners.org
I made a tiny rain garden and added a rain barrel over the winter. They’re working out great for me!
Thanks for the link to the class.
I am currently renting, but would love to add both of those features to my home.