Rain Garden Tour
Burlington Ward 6 Community Members have put together a Rain Garden Tour to allow residents to learn more about preventing heavy storm water runoff from cascading downhill into Lake Champlain without proper systems to soak it up! Request a flyer or more information from Nancy Harkins at nancyharkins651 [at] gmail.com
Please register here.
Locations will be open for the afternoon of the tour. Come any time between 3pm - 5:30pm or arrive for a short, informed presentation with Q & A at the times noted for each location. There are no parking restrictions in South Union Street neighborhood on weekends. Walk, bike, or drive - your choice.
3pm : 70 South Street, Burlington (near Rice HS). Owner Chelsey Tedder.
Host :Ted Cavey
A residential rain garden along driveway and street.
3:45pm : 369 South Union Street, Burlington. Owners Megan and Greg Epler Wood.
Host : Megan Epler Wood.
A residential backyard application with pervious pavement, piped gutters to the rain
garden, and 2 adopt-a-drains examples on the street. Certified by Blue BTV Stormwater program.
4:15pm : Perry Hall, 251 S. Willard, Champlain College.
Host : Nancy Harkins
Institutional retention pond and gardens with interpretative signs.
5pm : Edmunds Elementary School, 299 Main Street, Burlington. Owner City of Burlington.
Host : Diane Gayer with Bob Leidy.
Rock-lined swale to mitigate flow from underground spring, partially built by the Elementary students.
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