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<br />RICE CREEK <br />WATERSHED <br />DISTRICT <br />V vcvllO-ff'lA/l'l <br /> <br />One-Stop Shopping To Restore Your Yard and Shore! <br /> <br />Native plants decrease all of the top water quality concerns plus <br />help with drainage problems reducing the "squishy" spots in <br />lawns. So why isn't everyone planting natives? Part of the <br />problem has been that native plants are harder to find in retail <br />stores. <br /> <br />The Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) is launching a new program called "One-Stop <br />Shopping to Restore Y our Yard and Shore" to make it easy for residents to purchase these <br />beneficial plants. Starting April 15, 2005, residents can go to area garden retailers to learn the <br />"how to's" of rain gardens and lakeshore restoration at the RCWD display and then purchase the <br />plants they need - all in one place! Participating retailers are Landscape Alternatives in Roseville, <br />Lebens Floral and Old Town Market in Hugo, Linder's Garden Center in S1. Paul and Rice Creek <br />Gardens in Blaine. <br /> <br />Why are native plants so effective in improving water quality? The answer is largely due to the <br />eA1ensive roots sometimes extending down 16-fee1. These roots anchor soil thereby decreasing <br />erosion and suspended sediment that makes the water unclear. If the plants are planted as a <br />"buffer" between a yard and the lake, the roots act as a filter and absorb polluted run-off and <br />, excess nutrients before it enters the water. In addition, native plants produce oxygen and provide <br />1 habitat to fish an wildlife. <br /> <br />Regular lawn grass <br />roots are very short. <br /> <br /> <br />Root Systems of Prairie Plants <br /> <br />Tht fIlnolnltflul b~l&for~~ l* afrla~ plIlIt~ for-InIpl'(:l'lo'N' ~;e.~ COI'!trd ir1 ,trt,rMarJ ~t'.er~..ci.t~S6~ill thil f>>Ct tr..rt <br />N1u'e plan"~ h.tw: ~~.,~ roat !l)'fIkfl16 ~h Impro-'e the: ..tilityof the! :lQU t.c lnfJk.ate ""Ur..-.d Mt~r.d wa or c:~c Ulflditio~. t.lati...e pt.nt <br />'f'ddt~.1U t.hooc I~ III tN6 Guide, afUn haw" IJruw ~ ~thcl &lrl.ce.1rr t.hb 'I.IOtrat:t>rl. not( tlw ~lItky OLt..gl'Jl" *-' on tt-e far Itft. <br />""dl,~GDl'IlrareJtD~tl.e!rJ~,udfori,~.~il>rki' Nlowroot~ ~~byHNiN"t.lnaftJi4~tkMresurdl <br />,""tft.ut.I. <br /> <br />Lo.I ...... WiM c....-,....,.. .... Pnrto...... ....... -"0.. ........ ..... l..IIGJ .... ....... 1_ ..... <br />..... CoII.n.I W. .... c:n. ~ c.-.Gn. - ....... ....... ~ ..... er. .......... _!iii-. ..~ ~ eo- c.- <br />~~~.Sipa -'- ~~c...... ~"""".r...IooiI,.... ,..., ~ ~ 0.-......... u....,..... 5 <br />~ _ __.... ___ ~...... t.-.- ~ ...,.......~..,... ....... ...,.... ~,_____ ~ ~ <br />..... <br /> <br />Drawing by Heidi Natura - Living Habitats <br /> <br />Questions? Contact Dawn Dubats at ddubatsrmricccreek.org or 763.398.3078. <br /> <br />\ <br />