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Rain Gardens Provide 5

Multiple Benefits

Rain gardens can:

• Enhance the landscaping and appearance of the homes
and yards. Michael Carey pistilsnursery.com

• Provide habitat for beneficial insects and birds.
• Filter oil and grease from driveways, pesticides and
fertilizers from lawns, and other pollutants before they
reach groundwater or the storm drain and eventually Reduce flooding on
streams, wetlands, lakes, and marine waters. neighboring property,
overflow in sewers, and
• Reduce flooding on neighboring property, overflows in erosion in streams by
sewers, and erosion in streams by absorbing runoff from absorbing water.
hard surfaces.
• Increase the amount of water that soaks into the ground
to recharge local groundwater.

Provide habitat
for beneficial
insects and birds.

Filter oil and grease from
driveways, pesticides and
fertilizers from lawns, and
other pollutants before they
reach groundwater or the
storm drain, and eventually
beautifulleafgardens.com and marine waters. Increase the amount of water
streams, wetlands, lakes,

that soaks into the ground to
recharge local groundwater.