Wheel Creek Restoration Project

WIN A FREE RAIN GARDEN!
Worth thousands of dollars!

If you live in the Wheel Creek watershed, you may be eligible to win a free rain garden from Harford County!

A rain garden is a beautiful garden created with native plants, loose soil, mulch, and sometimes gravel. Well-maintained rain gardens encourage birds and butterflies to visit your yard; reduce flooding and run-off problems by soaking up excess rain; and increase your property value by their beauty. Once established, rain gardens require no fertilizer and less watering than most other gardens. Like any attractive garden, some weeding is needed to keep them looking their best.

If you turn out to be the lucky winner, you will be eligible to have a rain garden installed by a professional landscaper completely free of charge.

For more information:

Contact Beth Ebersole, Manager,
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve bebersole@dnr.state.md.us
410-260-8720

The Wheel Creek watershed rain garden project is part of the overall Wheel Creek Restoration Project. The project will reduce pollution into Wheel Creek and the Bush River by controlling runoff. Engineering solutions will help to slow down, spread out, and soak up excess rainwater and runoff. In addition to installing homeowner rain gardens, the project will install stormwater retrofits, restore stream reaches, and monitor changes in water quality. Harford County Department of Public Works is the lead agency, and Maryland’s 2010 Trust Fund is providing financial support.

Partners:
Anita C. Leight Estuary Center/Harford County Department of Parks and Recreation
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Harford County Department of Public Works
Harford Glen Environmental Education Center
Maryland Conservation Corps
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Otter Point Creek Alliance

Wheel Creek Restoration Project Documents:

The Four Wheel Creek Rain Garden Templates
Homeowner’s Rain Garden Agreement
Wheel Creek Restoration Project Summary
Rain Garden Project Plan

What is a rain garden?

www.usbg.gov/education/events/upload/award_10_rainscaping.pdf

www.lowimpactdevelopment.org/raingarden_design/whatisaraingarden.htm

http://www.chesapeakeecologycenter.org/chapter5.htm