• “[My rain garden has solved] a flooding problem…and given me a chance to meet my neighbors”

    STEFANIE
    Burien, WA
  • “I don’t consider myself a gardener, so I really appreciate that my rain garden is low maintenance”

    SALLY
    Eatonville, WA
  • “This rain garden solved flooding, improved my home’s appearance and value and is helping the environment.”

    STEVE
    Puyallup, WA
  • “This project taught me about sustainability… and how one person or one household can make a difference.”

    BERT
    Puyallup, WA

     

Join your neighbors cleaning up Puget Sound!

Click the map to see what’s happening in your community!

 

Washington State University and Stewardship Partners are leading a groundbreaking campaign to install 12,000 rain gardens in the Seattle/Puget Sound Region.

home-pageYou can actively participate in this exciting campaign by installing one or more rain gardens in your community. Rain gardens will help your immediate surroundings because they:

  • Reduce water pollution
  • Prevent flooding
  • Increase home values
  • Make for beautiful, low-maintenance landscapes
  • Help your community save millions of dollars in pollution clean-up and expensive stormwater projects

 

Rain gardens work like a native forest by capturing and infiltrating polluted runoff from rooftops, driveways, and other hard surfaces. Meeting our campaign goal of 12,000 rain gardens in Seattle/Puget Sound would soak up 160 million gallons of polluted runoff to protect our waterways, significantly helping stop the stormwater crisis that is threatening our waterways. Help us reduce water pollution and prevent flooding in the Puget Sound area by installing a rain garden in your area soon.

Upcoming Events

May 31, 2023
  • Regional Stormwater Summit 2.0

    Starts: May 31, 2023 - 11:00 am
    Ends: May 31, 2023 - 1:30 pm
June 3, 2023
  • Gardening for Wild Pollinators

    Starts: June 3, 2023 - 10:00 am
    Ends: June 3, 2023 - 12:00 pm
    Location: Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands, 5513 S Cloverdale St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
June 6, 2023
  • Webinar: How to Get RainWise

    Starts: June 6, 2023 - 5:30 pm
    Ends: June 6, 2023 - 6:30 pm
June 13, 2023
  • Class: Fundamentals of Organic Gardening

    Starts: June 13, 2023 - 6:00 pm
    Ends: June 13, 2023 - 8:30 pm
    Location: Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
June 22, 2023
  • KCD Duwamish River Streamside Tour

    Starts: June 22, 2023 - 6:00 pm
    Ends: June 22, 2023 - 8:00 pm
    Location: Duwamish Gardens Park, Duwamish Trail, Tukwila, WA 98108, USA
  • How to Get RainWise Workshop

    Starts: June 22, 2023 - 6:30 pm
    Ends: June 22, 2023 - 7:30 pm
    Location: TBD
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