Save Bolin Creek volunteers joined Friends of Bolin Creek last Friday at McDougle Middle School building a rain garden. Five 8th grade science classes met outdoors with NC State experts and Friends of Bolin Creek volunteers to learn about impervious surfaces, how cisterns can capture rain water, and how rain gardens can keep rain water on site while filtering pollutants. The students assisted NC State experts to complete the cistern and rain garden installation.
The pictures tell the story.
McDougle Rain Garden
Mitch Woodward, NC State, asks students to calculate the amount of rain water coming off the gym roof.
Alderman Randee Haven O'Donnell helps students plant the native vegetation.
Principal Scott plants the last native plant in the Demonstration Garden with help from a Paperhand frog puppet.
Students, Paperhand puppets, and Friends of Bolin creek volunteers celebrate the Garden's completion.
Read more on rain gardens and maybe even build your own.
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