Newsletter: 
School Rain Garden Program
Ohio River Foundation’s School Rain Garden Program is designed to provide students with the tools they need to have a tangible impact on protecting water quality in their community, and enables them to further develop math and science skills.
Working with School Rain Gardens Project staff, classes are given instruction on steps for designing, constructing, and monitoring a rain garden. Students have certain milestones in the design and planning stages: including, measurements, layout, and specific design features. After installation, the gardens are monitored and maintained by the students and successive year classes as outdoor learning labs.
Started in 2009, four schools have since participated in the program. Learn about their experiences HERE.
Click here for School Rain Garden Program Application
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What is a Rain Garden?
Rain gardens help keep our streams and rivers clean by filtering rain runoff before it enters local waterways. They also help alleviate problems associated with localized flooding and drainage. More...
- Are planted in bowl-shaped depressions designed to capture water and drain within 48 hours.
- Beautify our neighborhoods & schools and provide valuable wildlife habitat.
- Help reduce water pollution.
- Consist of native, hardy perennial plants and shrubs.