New Jersey Demonstration Rain Gardens ~
Woodrow Wilson High School

Woodrow Wilson High School
3100 Federal Street, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey 08105

Google (TM) Map	Site Contact(s)	History	Runoff Managed
Installation	Plant Layout	Maintenance	Photographs

 

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Site Contact(s):

Jeremiah Bergstrom, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program
    

History:

The Woodrow Wilson High School rain garden was installed to intercept, treat, and infiltrate stormwater runoff from a portion of the facility's roof.  This rain garden was installed to serve as a demonstration and an outdoor classroom for the staff, students, and visitors of the Woodrow Wilson High School.   This rain garden also helps to mitigate nuisance flooding in the area and reduces nonpoint source pollution and stormwater that would otherwise discharge into the City of Camden’s combined sewer system.

Type of Runoff Managed:

This rain garden manages stormwater runoff from the roof and is connected to the garden via a redirected downspout that goes underneath the sidewalk adjacent to the rain garden.

Installation:

The rain garden was installed in July 2012 by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program staff, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Camden County 4-H Program, The Nature Conservancy staff, and The Nature Conservancy’s LEAF interns.  The New Jersey Tree Foundation’s Green Streets Program excavated the rain garden with a backhoe.  Coarse sand and compost were mixed into the native soil to help improve drainage and the quality of the soil.  The plants that were installed in this rain garden were purchased from Pope’s Gardens, located in Waterford, NJ.

Approval to install the rain garden was granted by the Principal of the Woodrow Wilson High School. This rain garden was funded by a 319(h) grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Plant Layout:

Rain Garden Map

Plant List:

Black Eyed Susan
Blueflag Iris
Butterfly Milkweed
Coneflower
Goldenrod
Orange Daylily
Red Bud
River Birch

Click here to download Adobe Reader to view the rain garden map and the plant list fact sheets.
 

Maintenance:

This rain garden is maintained by volunteers.

Photographs & Videos:

Click here for photographs of the Woodrow Wilson High School rain garden.

Click here for photographs of the Rain Garden Educational Program for TNC LEAF Interns & Woodrow Wilson High School Rain Garden.

Click here for a documentary video about this rain garden. This video was prepared by students at Urban Promise Academy in Camden, New Jersey.