Create Your Own Rain Garden - Karen Wilkens

What is a rain garden? A rain garden is a landscaped, shallow, depression that

captures and absorbs rainwater before it leaves your property. Rain gardens can

purify and beautify your landscape while at the same time perhaps reduce your

water bills. Learn how to select a location, make a plan, select plants, construct,

and maintain a rain garden.

Karen became a Master Gardener in 2003 in California. She experienced gardening

in Texas for 20+ years before moving to Delaware in 2015. Living in these areas has afforded

her hands-on experience in rain gardens. All these locations have

different soils and amounts of rainfall. What they have in common is a need to

capture rainwater and rain gardens are one way to fill that need.

Host or Publisher Inland Bays Garden Center