Rain Gardens

Rain Gardens help reduce flooding and stormwater pollution, improving water quality in our streams and rivers for aquatic life and recreational users. This is becoming an ever more important part of mitigating the effects of climate change. 

10 Residents per year are getting a rain garden built by the Hav-a-Rain Garden program if their home or small business ranks highly enough, they contribute sweat equity and commit to maintaining their garden. Hav-a-Rain Garden has built 50 residential gardens (through 2019) and helped Public Works build rain gardens in Bailey Park, Merwood Park and the Oakmont Parking Lot.  If you want a Rain Garden, request an assessment to see if you qualify. Businesses can get advice on installing their own and can gain visibility by becoming a Hav-a-Rain Garden sponsor. Volunteer to help install them - it's a great way to learn what they are all about. Email havaraingarden@gmail.com to volunteer, request an assessment, keep up with workshops and new developments or to be a sponsor of the program.

Our Thanks to EAC's primary non-profit partner in sustaining the Hav-a-Rain Garden program - the Haverford Township Civic Council. Thanks to Pennsylvania Resources Council and Eastern Delaware County Stormwater Collaborative for helping us get started and to Darby Creek Valley Association, National Fish and Wildlife Federation and others for their support during our first seven years of operation. Thanks to current sponsors Applied EHS Management Inc. and Nolan Painting.

Have-a-Rain Garden has fostered rain garden programs in Upper Darby and Treddyferrin and everyone is welcome to learn how to develop a program for their municipality.

Watch how to videos and mauals here; but there is nothing like building one with us!