Rain Gardens

During the course of our project, we have funded the construction of over 30 raingardens. 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 raingarden installed in 2006. The raingarden has florished despite droughts and record rainfalls over the last two years.

As you can see from the pictures above, a raingarden 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 raingarden how-to guide for mid-Missouri. When looking for information on raingardens, it is important to get information that is tailored to your local climate. Click here for our raingarden guide.

In the first phase of the Hinkson grant, we offered a $100 incentive for people to construct a raingarden 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 raingarden website. Here are several raingardens constructed with help from the Hinkson I grant: