Welcome!
This year we installed a raingarden in our boulevard (that space between the road and the sidewalk. We were grateful to receive a cost-share grant from the Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District to help us with this project.
Cost share program info: http://rpbcwd.org/grants/watershed-stewardship-grants
The Process:
Boulevard before
Street View before
Removing sod
Grading to the profile
Removing soil
Tilling
Plants ready!
All hands in the dirt
Watering system, ready for mulch
Mulch done
Fenced and Growing!
Monarch caterpillar on butterfly weed
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The Plants:
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Purple Dome Aster (Aster novae-angilae)
Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)