Rain Gardens

During the course of our project, we have funded the construction of over 30 rain gardens. Most of these were for residents, but several were intended as demonstration projects on public sites. The Dept of Conservation's office at 1110 S College (near Stadium) had a rain garden installed in 2006. The rain garden has flourished despite droughts and record rainfalls over the last two years.

As you can see from the pictures above, a rain garden is really just a depression in the ground that intercepts stormwater run off. Of course there's a little more detail than that, which is why we wrote a rain garden how-to guide for mid-Missouri. When looking for information on rain gardens., it is important to get information that is tailored to your local climate. Click here for our rain garden guide.

In the first phase of the Hinkson grant, we offered a $100 incentive for people to construct a rain garden in their yard. We no longer are offering this incentive in the current phase of the grant, but the Missouri River Community Network is offering a $100 incentive. Click here to visit their rain garden website. Here are several rain gardens. constructed with help from the Hinkson I grant: