Backyard Rain Garden Plan

When it pours rain, direct the excess water into a specially designed garden that not only keeps your basement dry, but can even improve your local water quality. And, of course you get a whole new garden to enjoy.

Find the Best Spot for Your Rain Garden: Many factors determine the exact size and location of a rain garden, but it’s important that your yard gently slopes away from your home and the soil drains well. Also, since you’ll be digging a wide basin, be sure to get your utility lines marked before you dig. 

This 9×12-foot garden bed is designed to harvest the roof runoff from one downspout and is about 10 feet from the foundation and 5 feet from the property line.

This backyard rain garden plan grows best in full sun to part shade in zones 3 to 9.

Featured plants in this garden plan include Virginia sweetspire, switchgrass, blue flag iris and wild bergamot.

WHAT YOU GET 
This Garden Plan is an 10-page PDF file. It includes: 
  • Overall garden illustration
  • Overhead garden planting map with proper plant spacing
  • Tips on taking care of your new garden plan
  • Detailed plant list with helpful care information
  • 6-page article about how to invite more birds into your garden, "Bring in More Birds"