Rain Garden Worksheet for the DIY Rain Gardeners

As in the previously article discussed about Rain Garden, here we add you with set of worksheets for the homeowners through the process in planning a rain garden. This information may help ensure the maximum functionality and success of your rain garden. Just complete the worksheet with your answer, the calculations, and the sketches and you are ready to install your rain garden.

Information that you will find in the depth of the article is a worksheet guideline to take you through the design process of the rain garden if you have decided to plan a rain garden by yourself. There are items in the worksheet you need to fill in such Soil tests (water table, soil type, soil compaction, infiltration rate), Design Calculation (calculating the depth of depression of the garden, slope of the site, garden location, drainage area, sizing the garden), Design Element (inlet, overflow, note on berms and walls, border).

You also will be guided to the materials sections that will give you description about the soil amandments, calculating the cubic feet of your garden, how to calculate mulc you will need for the garden, list of materials needed, and section about planting (choosing plant, design tip, how to calculate the quantity of plants as the square footage of the garden, and buying plant tips). You may have Rain Garden Worksheet for the DIY Rain Gardeners here in pdf format.