We have found that drainage can be a problem across our Master Gardener Display Gardens site, a problem that is encountered in many flat neighborhoods.  Rain Gardens serve to help address drainage issues around homes by accepting run-off from roofs and driveways and helping it percolate down into the soil.

Rain gardens are dug and turned deeply and then planted with plants that root deeply, especially native perennials. Water is much more readily absorbed in these gardens then it is in lawn areas. Visitors can see a working rain garden firsthand and decide how one might work on their own site. (Garden sponsored by Vanderburgh County Soil and Water Conservation District.)