Rain garden for the downspouts

Rain garden · coneflowers · swamp milkweed · sedges

Size

300 sq ft

Weeks

1 wk

Year

2025

Budget

$5–8k

The job

Two downspouts emptied onto the lawn and left it soggy for days after rain.

We dug a shallow basin, amended the soil so it drains within a day, and planted species that take wet feet in spring and dry spells in August. The water soaks in where it lands now.

Plant list

Swamp milkweed · blue flag iris · purple coneflower · feather reed grass · tussock sedge

More work

Burns Park

Front lawn to native garden

Lawn removal · native beds · limestone path

Water Hill

Terraced slope

Three dry-laid terraces · steps · sedge plantings

A plowed street at blue dusk after snow, neat banks along the edges and a warm window in the house on the right

Booking spring installs now

Book your site walk.

Spring install dates fill by March. Walk the yard with us now and be first on the list.

Book a site walk (734) 555-0162