Lake George Rain Gardens Progress

This past May I collaborated with some local contractors on a large rain garden project in Lake George, NY. This week we returned to take some photos of the rain gardens progress. Shown above is the rain garden that we manipulated to behave as a wetland habitat; this piece of the property has standing water [...]

By | 2016-11-03T10:31:57+00:00 August 12th, 2012|Butterfly Attracting Plants, Butterfly Habitat Plants, engineering, Environmental Gardening, erosion mitigation, garden, gardening, Gardening in Lake George, habitat friendly gardening methods, Habitat Gardening, Habitat Gardens, habitat plants, Lake George gardens, Lake George habitat plant, Lake George rain gardens, Milkweed, Monarch butterflies, Monarch butterfly habitat, Native Plants, native plants Lake George, native plants to attract butterflies, plants, plants to attract butterflies, rain, rain garden design, rain gardens, Specialty Gardening Projects, summer|1 Comment
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Rain Gardens in Lake George, NY

This past week found me planting a series of Rain Gardens in Lake George, composed entirely of native plants. Pictured here is the shade garden. Species include Wild Columbine, Heart Leafed Aster, Wild Ginger, Great Blue Lobelia, Cardinal Flower, Foamflower, Alumroot, Culver's Root and Trillium. These gardens are engineered to prevent erosion from storm runoff. [...]

By | 2012-05-25T23:27:26+00:00 May 25th, 2012|engineering, erosion mitigation, Lake George rain gardens, Native Plants, rain garden design, rain gardens|3 Comments
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