Residents near Sawmill Pond in North Kingstown could be eligible for a free rain garden. Learn more at Wednesday night's info session.
Residents living near Sawmill Pond (in the Davisville area of town, extending down toward Ten Rod Road) may be eligible for free landscaping of sorts. As part of the Sawmill Pond Restoration Project, homeowners in the area are eligible for a free, grant-funded rain garden to be designed and installed right on their property. A rain garden is a subtle depression in the landscape, filled with native plants. These gardens help collect and filter stormwater, preventing it from polluting local streams, ponds (like Sawmill Pond) and lakes. They can also prevent flooding on properties. Those who are interested or would like more information are invited to attend an information session tonight (Wednesday, Nov. 14) at Davisville Elementary …
As temperatures climbed to the high 80s, a rain garden emerged Saturday at the NK Chamber of Commerce
“Rain garden” is a rather poetic name for something designed to handle a very prosaic problem: stormwater that gushes off roofs, driveways and other impervious surfaces and washes dirt and pollutants directly into storm drains that deposit the gunk in waterways. Rain gardens, as defined by the University of Rhode Island Healthy Landscapes web site, are designed to capture that water and gradually percolate it through the ground, providing nourishment for plants and reducing erosion and pollution. Saunderstown Life Scout Ryan McNaughton, 17, and fellow Boy Scouts started work at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 9, building a rain garden alongside the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce at 8045 Post Road. The new garden should prevent gutter runoff …
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Karla Driscoll
12:39 pm on Monday, July 11, 2011
The NK Chamber is pleased to welcome this new garden to our outdoor improvements. Ryan woeked very hard to create this for the chamber and we promoise to take care of his hard work! Thanks to Dave renzi and all the scouts who assisted in this project! Karla Driscoll Executive Direcetor, NKCC more ›