Rain Garden Design
About this Event
Rain Garden Design
🗓️ Date: October 9, 2026
🕘 Time: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
📍 Location: Spartanburg County Clemson Extension office, 612 Chesney Hwy, Spartanburg, SC 29303
📞 Event contact: Nicole Goodman at [email protected] or (864) 986-1270
About this event
Join Clemson Extension Horticulture Agent Nicole Goodman for a full-day, hands-on rain garden workshop.
The day begins at the Spartanburg County Clemson Extension office, where you’ll learn rain garden fundamentals, work in groups to develop designs, and enjoy lunch together.
After the included lunch, attendees will drive themselves to USC Upstate to install a new rain garden in a space generously provided by USC Upstate.
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Program Cancellations
Extension classes and events may be canceled at any time due to low enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If a paid program is canceled, full refunds will be issued. Similar programs are often offered again at a later date.
Reasonable Accommodations
Persons who require additional accommodations due to a disability, please notify the county office administering the program at least 10 days prior to the event. If you need further assistance, please contact Candice Heatherly ([email protected]).
Registration Data Collection
Clemson Extension is required by the USDA to offer program participants the opportunity to self-identify. By voluntarily providing us with your demographic information, we are able to more accurately document the impacts we are making to better the lives of the citizens of South Carolina.
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Statement: https://www.clemson.edu/extension/about/legal.html
The USDA, its Agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civilrights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs).
Agenda
Rain garden theory
Info: Stormwater education; Understanding the function of a rain garden; How to size the dimensions; Soil properties; Important elements like in-flow and over-flow; Design principles; Plant selection
Groupwork: Designing rain gardens
Lunch
Travel to USC Upstate's campus
Info: No transportation is provided. Workshop attendees will drive themselves to USC Upstate's campus.
Plant (install) a rain garden on USC Upstate's campus
Info: Hands-on, real-world installation of a rain garden and the plant material on USC Upstate's campus
Where is it happening?
USD 50.00
