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Stormwater Management in YourBackyard: Rain Garden Education

for Landscape Professionals

This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute

of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture under Agreement No. 2007-51130-03878.



Authors:

•

Madeline Flahive DiNardo, Amy Boyajian,Christopher C. Obropta, Mary Cummings, BenPearson, Jillian Thompson, Greg Rusciano,Rutgers NJ Agricultural Experiment Station-

Cooperative Extension

• Brian Benham, Virginia Tech Cooperative

Extension

• Teresa Rusinek, Cornell Cooperative Extension

of Ulster County



St o r m w a t e r M an a g em en t i n Yo u r B ack y ar d : Rain Garden Training Program for

Landscape Professionals



Program Objectives• Train Landscape

Professionals onrain gardeninstallation and

maintenance sothey can offer it asa service.

• Promote theseservices toresidential clientele.



Promotion

• NJ Landscape and NurseryAssociation trade shows

• Rutgers CooperativeExtension North JerseyOrnamental HorticultureConference

• NJ Landscape ProfessionalsAlliance

• NJ Landscape Contractors

Association

• NJ Farm Bureau Newsletter

• Extension Mailings

• Press Releases



Professional Landscaper TrainingDay 1 of 2008 Program

• NJ StormwaterManagementRegulations

• NJ One Call Center

• Native P lants

• Rain Garden Installationand Maintenance

• Tour of Rain Garden Site Union County Vo-Tech FFAHorticulture Students participated.



Professional Landscaper TrainingDay 1 of 2009-10 Programs

•

Same topics in morning

•“Advanced Topics” inAfternoon

•Rain Garden LandscapeDesign

•Costs

•

Difficult sites



Professional Landscaper TrainingDay 2, Installation Demonstration

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Community Demonstration Gardens

Municipal and County Officials were

supportive of demonstration rain gardens.



Excavation



Planting



Program Evaluation

Participants were given a pre/ post 10 questionsmultiple choice survey

Year #Participants

Pre

Score

Post

Score

Pre

Mode

Post

Mode

2008 71 45% 84% 40 80

2009 60 47% 76% 40 70

2010 46 46% 75% 30 80



Pre TestNo. CorrectAnswers

Question Post TestNo. CorrectAnswers

57 80% Groundwater flow to water andwells 60 85%

24 34% Number of days to call for utilitymark-outs

66 92%

31 45% Mark-out utility flag identification 67 94%

47 66% Definition of watershed area 43 60%

2008 Professional Landscaper Training Evaluation

71 Participants



Pre TestNo. Correct

Answers

Question Post TestNo. Correct

Answers

43 41% Best Design Style for Rain Garden 71 67%

61 57% Define Facultative P lants 85 80%

83 78% Wetland Indicator P lants 96 91%

81 76% Improve Drainage 83 78%

2009 & 2010

Professional Landscaper Training Evaluation

106 Participants



Pre TestNo. CorrectAnswers

Question Post TestNo. CorrectAnswers

30 17% Amending clay soils 88 50%

66 37% Distance to locate a rain gardenfrom a foundation

167 94%

77 44% Rain garden drainage rate 166 94%

65 37% Part of the rain garden that needsto be level

105 59%

50 28% Proper Depth of a rain garden 160 90%

81 46% When to fertilize native plants 146 82%

2008-10 Professional Landscaper Training Evaluation

177 Participants



Professional Landscaper Training Evaluation

• The pre/ post survey had participants rate

statements on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being stronglydisagree and 5 being strongly agree.

• The first statement on the pre survey stated: “Icurrently offer rain garden installation services”.

– The average rating was 2.90(disagree).

• The first statement on the post survey stated: “Iplan to offer rain garden installation services.”

–

The average rating was 4.20 (agree).



Behavior / Attitude Changes2008-2010

177 Participants

PreTest

Statement PostTest

4.10 I can help prevent flooding in my

community by offering rain gardeninstallation services.

4.22

3.81 I w ill test soil for pH and nutrientlevels prior to using fertilizers.

4.44

4.41 I w ill call for utility mark-outs priorto any job that requires digging,

excavation, or demolition.

4.68



Behavior / Attitude Changes

Pre Test Question Post

Test

4.16 I w ill use native plant materials inmy landscape designs.

4.46

3.01 I know how to choose a propersite for a rain garden.

4.38

2.73 I know how to prepare a rain

garden site.

4.41

2.81 I know how to maintain a raingarden.

4.42



The Most Important Things Learned Were:

1. Types of Plants to Use in a Rain Garden

2. Locating Rain Gardens

3. Installation

4. How to Design a Rain Gardens

5. Rain Garden Costs



How Will You Use the Information ?

1. Promote/ sell rain garden installation tocustomers

2. Build a rain garden on my property

3. Work w ith municipality to plant a communitydemonstration rain garden

4. Talk to family/ friends about rain gardens

5. Master Gardener Projects



How Will You Use the Information ?

Quotes from Participants

“I plan to use today’sinformation to create better

residential designs andmaster plans whichincorporate rain gardens toaddress the discussed waterissues.”

“I am looking forward tousing rain gardens as muchas possible. I am excited

about our going greenchoices.”



Assisting Landscapers w ith Promotingtheir Rain Garden Services

• Certificate of Completion

• Directory of Businessesoffering Rain Garden

Installation Services

• www.water.rutgers.edu

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Community Outreach

108 Master Gardeners and community volunteers have been

trained to deliver rain garden education programs.



Landscaper TrainingSustainable South Bronx, New York

“Green Jobs” Training Program



Landscaper Training inPortsmouth, New Hampshire

Co-sponsors:• Hodgson Brook RestorationProject

• New England Grows!

• New Hampshire LandscapeAssociation

• NIFA Northeast States andCaribbean Islands Regional Water

Center

• Rutgers New Jersey AgriculturalExperiment Station & CooperativeExtension

• UNH Stormwater Center Photograph by New Hampshire Sea Grant

50 Landscape professionals installed the

Hodgson Brook Rain garden.



Landscaper TrainingBridgeport, Connecticut

Demonstration Rain Gardens were installed at Beardsley Zoological Park, Bridgeport and Classical Magnet School, Hartford.



Stormwater Management inYour Backyard: Rain Garden

Education for LandscapeProfessionals

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