| Construction | Cost | What is a Rain Garden? | Design a Rain Garden |

| Maintenance | Plant Lists | Plant Sizing & Spacing | Choosing Plants | Plant Images |

Construction

• LID Urban Design Tools - Bioretention Construction Schedule
  http://www.lid-stormwater.net/bioretention/bio_schedule.htm 

• Virginia Department of Forestry
  http://www.dof.virginia.gov/wq/index.shtml

Cost

• LID Urban Design Tools - Bioretention Cost
  http://www.lid-stormwater.net/bioretention/bio_costs.htm 

• LID Urban Design Tools - Soil Amendment Cost
  http://www.lid-stormwater.net/soilamend/soilamend_costs.htm 

• Virginia Department of Forestry 
  http://www.dof.virginia.gov/wq/index.shtml

What is a Rain Garden?

• American Horticultural Society USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
  http://www.ahs.org/pdfs/USDA_Map_3.03.pdf

• Kansas 10,000 Rain Gardens
  http://www.rainkc.com/home/index.asp

• Maryland Montgomery County DEP Rainscapes
  http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Content/DEP/Rainscapes/home.html

• Michigan - Rain Gardens of West Michigan
  http://www.raingardens.org/Index.php

• Virginia Department of Forestry
  http://www.dof.virginia.gov/rfb/rain-gardens.shtml

• Washington Raintree Nursery USDA Hardiness Map http://www.raintreenursery.com/map_usdaHardiness.html

• Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin Extension
  http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/home.htm#rain

How to Design a Rain Garden

• American Horticultural Society Heat Zone Map
  http://www.ahs.org/pdfs/05_heat_map.pdf

• American Horticultural Society USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
  http://www.ahs.org/pdfs/USDA_Map_3.03.pdf

• Georgia - Athens/Clarke County - Build a rain garden
  http://www.accstormwater.com/publicinfo/Build_a_Rain_Garden.pdf

• Georgia - Clean Water Campaign - How to design a rain garden
  http://www.cleanwatercampaign.com/html/636.htm

• Michigan - Rain Gardens of West Michigan
  http://www.raingardens.org/Index.php

• Rain Garden Network
  http://www.raingardennetwork.com/

• Tennessee - The Harpeth River Rain Gardens for Backyards
  http://www.harpethriver.org/backyard_raingardens.html

• Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin Extension
  http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/home.htm#rain 

Maintenance

• LID Urban Design Tools - Bioretention Maintenance
  http://www.lid-stormwater.net/bioretention/bio_maintain.htm

Plant Lists

• Find a native list for your state
  http://plantnative.com/index.htm

• Finding Native Plants – Bayscapes Office link http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay//BayScapes/bsresources/bs-findingnatives.htm 

• American Native Plants Maryland Natives Nursery, Inc.
  http://www.americannativeplants.net (wholesale site)
  http://www.retailnativeplantsonline.com (retail site)

• Chesapeake Bay - Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping Chesapeake Bay Watershed http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay//BayScapes/bsresources/bs-nativeguides.htm 

• Chesapeake Bay - Nursery specializing in native plants from the Chesapeake Bay area http://www.chesapeakenatives.com/Catalog_A_C.html 

• Delaware - Coastal Plain Plant List http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay//BayScapes/bsexamples/bs-trappondplants.htm 

• Georgia - Whitehall retrieved 11/17/2006 http://www.rivercenter.uga.edu/education/upper_altamaha/pdf/memo_whitehall_stormwater.pdf

• Georgia - Whitehall, GA, Upper Altamaha Watershed Practicum: White Hall Mill Condominium Community Stormwater Management, retrieved 11/17/2006  http://www.rivercenter.uga.edu/education/upper_altamaha/pdf/memo_whitehall_stormwater.pdf 

• Georgia - UGA extension sheet on plants for residential rain gardens; word document available on plants suitable for zone 7a and warmer (some suitable for zones 5 and 6) http://www.cleanwatercampaign.com/html/636.htm 

• Maryland - Coastal Plain Plant List http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay//BayScapes/bsexamples/bs-cbfoplants.htm 

• Maryland -  Plant list by physiographic region http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/nativesMD/lists.htm 

• Maryland - Native Plant Society
  http://www.mdflora.org/publications/natplants.html 

• Maryland - Montgomery County MD Rain Garden Page with lists of Rain Garden information. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Content/DEP/Rainscapes/garden.htm

• Maryland - Montgomery County MD Rainscapes Page: Native Plant Nurseries from NY to VA http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Content/DEP/Rainscapes/nurseries.htm

• Maryland - Montgomery County MD Rain Garden Page with lists of Rain Garden info. Links http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Content/DEP/Rainscapes/garden.htm 

• Native Plants for Native Places; Native plant and seed nursery http://www.sylvanative.com/trees_&_shrubs_i-p.htm 

• New England - Herbaceous Plants New England Wild Flower Society 2005 Nursery Catalog Garden in the Woods & Nasami Farm
  http://www.newfs.org/nurscat05/05-56.htm

• North Creek Nurseries
  http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/index.cfm 

• Pennsylvania - Sustainable Wetland Garden List from Temple University http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/design/2004sp_raingardens2.html 

• Pennsylvania - Stormwater Best Management Practices: Appendix B – Pennsylvania Native Plant List – retrieved 1/19/2007
  http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/subject/advcoun/Stormwater/Manual_DraftJan05/Appendix-B-jan-rev.pdf

• Pinelands Nursery and Supply – Zonal Plant Selection for Stormwater management
  http://www.pinelandsnursery.com/stormwater.htm 

• Puget Sound - Plants for bioretention (Puget Sound Action Team), retrieved 11/17,2006
  http://www.psat.wa.gov/Publications/LID_tech_manual05/11_app3.pdf

• Overall Native Plants Nursery Index
  http://www.plantnative.org/nd_kytomt.htm 

• Virginia - Albamarle County, VA, Master Plan Open Space Matrix, retrieved 11/17/2006
  http://www.albemarle.org/upload/images/forms_center/departments/community_development/
  forms/Crozet_Master_Plan/Crozet_Master_Plan_Open_Space_Matrix.pdf

• Virginia - Nursery with wide range of plants and information http://www.lazyssfarm.com/storefront.htm 

• Virginia - Second Suffolk County list
  http://www.suffolk.va.us/citygovt/udo/apdx_c/appendix_c9-2_plant_list.pdf

• Virginia - Virginia Tech Urban Water-Quality Management: Rain Garden Plants http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/waterquality/426-043/426-043.html 

• Virginia - Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration and Landscaping, State of Virginia http://www.dcr.state.va.us/dnh/native.htm 

• Virginia - Bayscaping with Native Plants in Virginia http://www.vaes.org.vt.edu/HRAREC/Bayscape/Bayscape_plants.htm
  

Plant Sizing and Spacing

• LID Urban Design Tools - Bioretention Sizing
  http://www.lid-stormwater.net/bioretention/bio_sizing.htm 

• Virginia Department of Forestry
  http://www.dof.virginia.gov/mgt/resources/pub-Rain-Garden-Tech-Guide_03.pdf 

• Virginia Department of Forestry
  http://www.dof.virginia.gov/mgt/resources/pub-Rain-Garden-Tech-Guide_05.pdf 

• Virginia Department of Forestry
  http://www.dof.virginia.gov/wq/index.shtml

Choosing Plants

• http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay//BayScapes/bsresources/bs-nativeguides.htm

• http://www.dof.virginia.gov/mgt/resources/pub-Rain-Garden-Tech-Guide_05.pdf

• National Arboretum USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
  http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html

• http://www.ahs.org/pdfs/USDA_Map_3.03.pdf

• http://www.raintreenursery.com/map_usdaHardiness.html (new USDA hardiness zone map)

• http://www.americannativeplants.net 

• http://www.plantnative.org/nd_kytomt.htm

• http://www.chesapeakenatives.com/Catalog_A_C.html

• http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dep/greenman/soggy.pdf

Plant Images

• http://www.growingforyou.com/pages/4/index.htm
• http://www.noble.org/webapps/plantimagegallery/ 
• http://www.armitageimages.net/
• http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/