Takoma Park Rain Gardens
Second Forest Park Rain Garden
May 25, 2005
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Takoma Park Rain GardensSecond Forest Park Rain Garden |
| Ed Murtagh May 25, 2005 |
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We now have a second rain garden at Forest Park. This year the South of Sligo Civic Association (SOSCA) formally joined our partnership with the City of Takoma Park to add environmentally beneficial landscaping to the park. Many of the neighbors had helped with the first rain garden and it was great to see them again. The second rain garden was funded through a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust. A local builder, Landis Construction, provided some volunteers to prepare the site a day before the planting workday.
On May 13, 2006 we held our first workday of the season. Despite the draught in March, the first rain garden looked great. We did some minor maintenance and planting at the first rain garden, and we planted and mulched the new rain garden. Neighbors, Girl Scouts and Brownies pitched in to help. The educational sign donated by Montgomery County DEP was also installed.
We are happy to have all the neighborhood enthusiasm and help. A mothers group who uses the park regularly has been weeding and will continue to do so. A high school freshman who lives across the street from the rain garden volunteered to organize a watering crew. She will see that the garden gets the water it needs while the plant's root systems are establishing themselves.
