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Sweetbay Magnolia Rain Garden
Fall 2004, Sweetbay Magnolia Rain GardenThis rather large rain garden is an attractive addition to our collection of rain gardens. Unlike the other three rain gardens at the CEC, the Sweetbay Magnolia Rain Garden has a wide frontage on the middle parking lot and several curb cuts to allow runoff to enter its bioretention area. It also features a low berm on the back side and ironstone boulders (for visual interest) at the downhill side.
Like our other rain gardens, this garden provides not only wildlife benefits with its attractive flowers and inviting fruits; but it contributes water quality advantages through its filtering action. Stormwater is purified by the plants and soil in the garden, and it is allowed to soak into the ground and recharge groundwater. The addition of this rain garden significantly lessens the impact on the Biolog Rain Garden, which is occasionally inundated with water since it is at the lowest point on the grounds in the front of the school.
Darnell Hall, Marvin Redding, Bill Sanders, Vince Leggett, members of the Anne Arundel County Stewardship Workgroup, and others, assisted Zora Lathan and Thistle Cone in preparing the site. Adams Academy students, Naval Academy Midshipmen, Annapolis Green Party members, and other volunteers planted the garden. Zora Lathan designed the garden.
Pictures:
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Size: 4,312 square feet
Plant List:
- Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
- River Birch (Betula nigra)
- Red Twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- Inkberry (Ilex glabra)
- Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
- Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
- Hyssop Thoroughwort (Eupatorium hyssopifolium)
- Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
- Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
- Little Blue Stem (On Berm) (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Lowbush Blueberry (On Berm) (Vaccinium angustifolium)
