Virtual Tour of the 2003
Dane County Better Lawns and Gutters Tour

#2 - Edgewood College

Edgewood's rain gardens capture large volumes of runoff, largely from campus parking lots. Students involved with Edgewood College's Wingra Watershed Project and community members associated with Friends of Lake Wingra helped plan and plant these gardens in 2000 and 2001. Much of the soil is compacted clay covered with construction fill from previous building projects. Even in these poor soils, the plants are growing well and capturing much of the sediment and runoff from rain events.