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What is Welcome the Rain?

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Welcome the Rain! is a fall event that celebrates our rainy season as well as a family friendly "solutions fair" showing ways to solve some of the challenges stormwater brings to the urban environment.  It is geared to address to the public's growing desire for more information on the topics of downspout disconnection, green streets, and urban stormwater issues.  This year it will be held at Sunnyside Environmental School 3421 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214.

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Plants for Rain Gardens and Eco-Roofs

This list has been compiled to provide you with lots of great plant ideas as you plan and design your rain garden. Some of these plants are “tried and true” and we know they will perform well it a rain garden setting.  Others, based on their tolerance of wet conditions, we suspect will do well, but we haven’t tried them yet. Please give us feedback on which plants do well in your rain garden. 

Many thanks to all our partners for their role in developing this rain garden plant list: City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, OSU Cooperative Extension, and URS

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How to Build a Rain Garden
A rain garden is an easy, low cost way to infiltrate your stormwater and bring some more beauty into your landscape.
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