Stormwater & Drainage
Living More Lightly
An overview to Green Stormwater Infrastructure/Low-impact Development in the home landscape.
Rain Gardens & Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Workshops offered by Stream Team/WSU Native Plant Salvage each year. See calendar at the StreamTeam website.
Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington
A guide for design, maintenance, and installation by the Washington State Department of Ecology and Washington State University Extension program.
WSU Rain Garden Page
Washington State University Extension’s rain garden website provides everything from basics of how rain gardens workto building your own and where to get more help if you need it.
Catching Rain: Low Impact Development, an introduction to pervious pavement
Get a brief overview of permeable pavement options for improved stormwater management. The program is based on a residential street demonstration project located in PuyallupWA. Video by Washington State University Extension featuring Puyallup City Engineer Mark Palmer.
Building a Rain Garden in the Pacific Northwest
Get important steps to follow to site design, construct, and maintain a beautiful landscape feature that captures and filters polluted run-off, helps prevent flooding, recharges our groundwater aquifers, and creates habitat for birds and butterflies. This video complements the WSU and OSU handbooks on creating rain gardens, expands on some of the ideas in those books, and includes helpful resources for homeowners.
12,000 Rain Gardens
A cooperative effort with local partners led by Stewardship Partners and Washington State University Extension that promotes rain gardens to address significant problems on priority streams and marine shorelines caused by untreateduncontrolled runoff. The site acts as a clearinghouse for information and resourcesincluding in-person events and training for people interested in learning to build rain gardens.
