Campus Life
Student Volunteers Build Rain Garden Beside Science Hall
Native plants will help slow runoff while creating a small outdoor teaching space.
More than forty volunteers planted native grasses and flowering shrubs in a new rain garden beside the science building.
Designed for heavy weather
The shallow basin will collect runoff from nearby paths and allow water to soak into the ground gradually.
Organizers will monitor the garden through the wet season and replace plants that do not establish.