New Jersey Demonstration Rain Gardens ~
Birches Elementary School

 

Birches Elementary School
416 Westminster Boulevard, Turnersville, Gloucester County, Nw Jersey 08012

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

 

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Site Contact(s):

Mary Cummings, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County   

History:

The Birches Elementary School rain garden was installed to beautify the site and to intercept, treat, and infiltrate stormwater runoff from the surrounding sidewalks.

To address the water quality issues associated with increased stormwater runoff, demonstration projects like this rain garden are essential.

Type of Runoff Managed:

This rain garden manages stormwater runoff from the surrounding sidewalks.

Installation:

The rain garden was installed in May 2011 by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County, Gloucester County Master Gardeners, and about 50 students from Birches Elementary School. The native plants that were installed in this rain garden were purchased from Pinelands Nursery & Supply and local nurseries. Funding for this rain garden was provided by the Birches Elementary School PTO.

The rain garden installation was featured in a variety of media outlets:

•     Click here to view the Gloucester County Times article
•     Click here to view the South Jersey Sun article
  

Daffodils were added to this rain garden's buffer zone in December 2011. Approximately fifteen Birches Elementary School students, faculty, and staff worked with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Recources Program to install approximately 100 daffodil bubs in this rain garden. Funding for these daffodils was provided by the Birches Elementary School PTO.

The rain garden daffodil planting was featured in Washington Township Public School District News; click here to view the article.

Plant Layout:

Rain Garden Map Coming Soon!

Plant List:

Black-eyed Susan
Daffodils
Indiangrass
Marigold
New England Aster
Phlox
Sweet Pepperbush
Switchgrass

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 the Birches Elementary School.

Photographs:

Click here for photographs of the Birches Elementary School rain garden.