Rain Garden Resources | Cornell Botanic Gardens

These resources are helpful to creating a space to capture water and prevent erosion in your home landscape.

Rain Garden Manuals

Rain Garden Manual of New Jersey
https://www1.maine.gov/dacf/php/pesticides/documents2/master%20gardeners/Rutgers_Rain_Garden_Manual.pdf

The Oregon Rain Garden Guide
https://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/oregon-rain-garden-guide

Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/1310027.pdf

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
http s ://dnr.wi sconsin .gov/topic/St orm wa t er /ra i n g a r d en

Other Sources

Brooklyn Botanic Garden GreenBridge
https://www.bbg.org/enews/2012/img/GB_NativePlantsForNYCRainGardens.pdf
https://www.bbg.org/enews/2012/img/GB_CreatingARainGarden.pdf

Prince George’s County Department of the Environment
http s ://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-o ffi c es/faq/s u stainabl e -i n i t iativ e s-e n vironmen t /what-r a i n-gard e n

University of Connecticut
http s ://co n s e rvect.o rg/eastern/wp-con te n t/upl o a d s/2024/03/R ain -G arden -B roch ure-tri-fold_2022.pdf
http://nemo.uconn.edu/raingardens/