Summer is here, which means it’s time to water your rain garden! 
During the first two years of your rain garden’s life the plants are just getting established and will need water during dry periods. Once the roots have spread out and down (after two years) you won’t need to water them as much or at all.
If your rain garden is less than 2-3 years old, now is the time to start watering it!
RainWise has produced a video on “Watering Rain Gardens” that can help you learn how much to water your rain garden.
You can also refer to the Rain Garden Care Guide for helpful tips on watering and general plant care (Watering, page 10).
We have many great rain garden resources available in our Resource Library to answer your rain garden questions and help you maintain your hardworking garden!
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions!
For decades, people living along eighth avenue NW in Puyallup , Washington watched helplessly as their yards and streets flooded during heavy rainstorms. With each flood rivers of water tainted with lawn chemicals, car oil, animal waste and other pollutants poured into sewers and area waterways. But, a few years ago, residents found a cost-effective solution to their problem: gardens designed to manage the rain. Work with local authorities and landscape designers, residents installed bioretention cells, or rain gardens into thir yards and along the two-block avenue. We haven’t had flooding problems since,” says homeowner, Steve Hollis “and the rain garden in our front yard has improved both the appearance and value of our property. 