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Dixie Elementary School

“Rain Garden Design and Loop Beautification”

Dixie School DistrictDixie Home & School ClubDixie School Beautification CommitteeApril Philips Design Works

San Rafael, CANovember 9, 2007



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Curb your Carbon NOT!



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Bike, Walk, Run, Ride the Bus, Carpool,

Move your body…



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Play outside



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Recycle



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Plant a Tree



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Grow a food garden



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Pollution-

Yuck! Pollution-

Yuck!



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Why are “Rain Gardens” important?



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A Rain Garden is goodfor the environment



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What is a “Rain Garden” and how does it work”

Storage and InfiltrationTypical Rain Garden



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Project Goals

An outdoor

class room

Provide habitat

Improve the beautyof the entry

Collect, clean and

infiltrate rain water



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The Dixie Rain Garden will be a place of beauty and a place to learn about nature !



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Rain Garden Design – a cloud’s eye view



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Mulch controls weedsand conserves water

Cutting the curb in certainareas helps rain water flowinto rain garden so that we

conserve water naturally andour rain garden will thrive

Soil includes organic nutrientsand compost for healthy plants

and addition of sand andgypsum to our clayey soils inLucas Valley helps drainage



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1.

Achillea

millefolium

–

Common Yarrow (native)

2.

Eriogonum fasciculatum –

California buckwheat (native)

3.

Muhlenbergia rigens

and M. capilaris

–

Purple Deer Grass (native)

4.

Festuca

mairei

–

Atlas Fescue

5.

Erigeron glaucus

–

Beach Aster (native)

6.

Zauschneria

callifornica

latifolia

–

California Fuchsia (native)

7.

Romneya

coulteri

–

Matilija

Poppy (native)

8.

Salvia leucophylla

–

Purple Sedge (native)

2. 3. 4.

9.

Mimulus aurantiacus –

Sticky monkey flower (native)

10.

Penstemon

heterophyllus

–

Beard Tongue (native)

11.

Rudbeckia californica –

California coneflower (native)

12.

Vaccinium

ovatum –

Evergreen huckleberry (native)

13.

Carex

barbarea

–

Santa Barbara Sedge (native)

14.

Chondropetalum

tectorum

–

Small Cape Rush

9. 11. 12.

All plant selections for the

“Transition Zone”

or upland areasare extremely drought tolerant and

native to California’s Bay Area.

All plant selections for the “Rain

Garden Zone”

or lowland areas are

suited for both wet and dry periods.

Certain plants in this category require

slightly more water than others and

will be placed at the lowest point in the garden.

5.1.

10. 13.

6. 7. 8.

14.

4.

Transition Zone (Upland)

Rain Garden Zone (Lowland)



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How do we do it?

1.

Let’s begin (Identify project participants)

2.

Establish goals and objectives

3.

Gather information (Walk the site, collect online resources, etc.)

4.

Pick a location and establish an appropriate size

5.

Designing

6.

Plant selection

7.

Design review and obtaining permission.

8.

Preliminary plans for construction day

9.

Construction schedule

10.

Advertise (Spread the word, develop a website!)

11.

Develop Timeline (Arrange for material delivery, schedule volunteers)

12.

Construction Day (Time to build the rain garden)

13.

Maintenance (A routine schedule of care will ensure a healthy new environment)

14.

Write summary report (Write a final report for online publication or local newspapers)

The Steps:



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Time to plant !

On Nov. 17, 2007 – the preliminaryconstruction will be done

Tentative plant weekends will be in

December 2007 and/or January 2008 totake advantage of the rainy season

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