GREENSPACE
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6749 VALLEY DR.
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BETTENDORF, IA 52722
FAX: 563-355-8115
email: [email protected]
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BLC – Faye’s Field
Bettendorf, Iowa
Rain Garden
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September 19, 2011
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Rain Garden Seed Blend
1/3 sand, 1/3 compost, 1/3 topsoil blend at a depth of 2'
Subgrade
2' - 0"
Rain Garden Detail
Not to scale
• The roots of native wildflowers and prairie grasses typically go twice as deep into the ground as they
are tall, while turf grass roots are the same depth as the grass is kept. Therefore natives absorb
much more water Uses no fertilizer
• Uses little or no pesticides
• Maintenance similar to perennial gardens
• After establishment does not need watering
Rain Garden Plants
Prairie Dropseed
Anise Hyssop
Butterflyweed
Autumn Joy Sedum
Dwf. Blue Oat Grass
Purple Dome Aster
Walker’s Low Catmint
Black Knight Butterfly Bush
Dwf. Blue Fescue
Purple Coneflower
Veronica