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Rain Garden Manual http://www.clemson.edu/public/carolinaclear/cc_toolbox/pubs_pdfs/publication_raingardenmanual_022709.pdf. Resources for Lesson Plans on Rain Gardens.
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Rain Garden Manualhttp://www.clemson.edu/public/carolinaclear/cc_toolbox/pubs_pdfs/publication_raingardenmanual_022709.pdf
Resources for Lesson Plans on Rain Gardens • Earth Partnership for Schools • University of Wisconsin – Madison Arboretum: Lesson Plan designed around rain garden maintenance; Grades 3-12; http://uwarboretum.org/eps/research_act_classroom/rain_garden/5%20Maintain%20a%20Rain%20Garden/Rain%20Garden%20Maintanence.pdf • Native Plant Society of New Jersey Rain Garden Manual: Includes garden diagrams, native plant species lists, retail & wholesale nurseries list; lesson plans for high school students; http://www.npsnj.org/references/NPSNJ%20Rain%20Garden%20Manual%20(Pages%2025-48).pdf • Spring Harbor (Wisconsin) Environmental Magnet Middle School Rain Garden Project: Includes before & after photos, plant species lists, project extensions; http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/springharbor/raingarden.htm and http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/springharbor/mfpsreport.pdf • Low Impact Development (LID) principles at Northwood High School: Project information on the schools rain garden project from The Friends of Sligo Creek (Maryland); http://www.fosc.org/AL-Northwood.htm and http://www.fosc.org/AL-NorthwoodMay2007.htm
Additional Funding Sources • Captain Planet Foundation • NSTA Toyota Tapestry Science Grants • National Gardening Association (with Home Depot) • Lowe’s Outdoor Schoolyard Grant Program • US Environmental Protection Agency