Maintenance of Rain Gardens and Wetland Buffers

Rain Garden Factsheets, Maintenance Checklists, and Maintenance Guidance

  • A detailed rain garden maintenance factsheet, and editable checklist and guidance templates intended for use by municipalities, designers, and others to customize for their own projects.

Example Rain Garden Management Plan

  • A maintenance plan developed by the City of Pawtucket and designer Tim Gerrish, Gardner&Gerrish Landscape Architects LLC, with assistance from URI Cooperative Extension, for a series of rain gardens that will receive runoff from a new spray park in the City of Pawtucket.

Example Wetland Buffer Management Plan

  • A maintenance plan developed by the City of Pawtucket and designer Kyle Alfred of Fuss & O’Neill, with assistance from URI Cooperative Extension, for a vegetated buffer to discourage waterfowl access to Slater Pond.

Rain Garden / GI Sign Templates

  • Permanent signs accompanying vegetated stormwater systems can educate the public and assist landscape maintenance workers.

Rain Garden Factsheets, Maintenance Checklists, and Maintenance Guidance

A detailed rain garden maintenance factsheet, and editable checklist and guidance templates intended for use by municipalities, designers, and others to customize for their own projects.

Example Rain Garden Management Plan

A maintenance plan developed by the City of Pawtucket and designer Tim Gerrish, Gardner&Gerrish Landscape Architects LLC, with assistance from URI Cooperative Extension, for a series of rain gardens that will receive runoff from a new spray park in the City of Pawtucket.

Example Wetland Buffer Management Plan

A maintenance plan developed by the City of Pawtucket and designer Kyle Alfred of Fuss & O’Neill, with assistance from URI Cooperative Extension, for a vegetated buffer to discourage waterfowl access to Slater Pond.

Rain Garden / GI Sign Templates

Permanent signs accompanying vegetated stormwater systems can educate the public and assist landscape maintenance workers.