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Your Rain Garden

Obtain your plants and gather the tools and materials you'll need to start landscaping your
rain garden. Remember that you may need to order your plants from the nursery or other
sources ahead of time. Be sure to choose a variety of plants for year-round interest and color.

Tools and Materials
Checklist

PLANTS
(Emergents, Perennials, Grasses,
Groundcovers, Shrubs, and Trees)

SHOVEL(S)

SMALL HAND TOOLS
(Dibbles, Planting Bars, Weeding Knives—
for Planting Tubes and Bare-Root Emergents)

WHEEL BARROW
David Hymel

RAKE
Patricia Pyle

MULCH
(Shredded Wood or Chipped Wood)

WATER

STONES/ROCK Wikipedia Commons
Rod Gilbert David Hymel