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<br />tnto a sensative body of water. Prince George's County, in eastern Maryland, promotes the use of Rain <br />'Gardens for new development projects. It is part of the County's comprehensive stromwater management <br />program for new subdivisions. <br /> <br />A GUIDE FOR CITIZENS <br />The purpose of this manual is to assist homeowners, landscape designers, engineers, water planners, and <br />landscape contractors in understanding and applying basic Rain Garden design principals to home <br />landscapes. The use of this manual is intended to illustrate how you can retrofit your yard or install a Rain <br />Garden in a new development project in order to make the landscape more attractive while benefitting the <br />local environment. A yard planted with a Rain Garden receives many benefits: it enhances watershed <br />ecology, restores native plant communities, and contributes to biodiversity. Rain Garden amenities bring <br />real nature, with real ecological meaning, back to urban environments. <br /> <br />DEMONSTRATION SITE <br />In the fall of 2000, the South Zumbro Watershed Partnership funded a Rain Garden demonstration project <br />in the Kutzky Park Neighborhood in Rochester. The purpose of the demonstration site is to have a working <br />model that illustrates the concept and functions of these gardens and to allow homeowners to take ideas <br />back their own properties. <br /> <br />The demonstration project features three homes near the Kutzky Park. entrance, located at the intersection <br />of 2nd Street and 13th Avenue Northwest. This area was selected for the project based on the following: <br />(1) its proximity to Cascade Creek, (2) high pedestrian and motor traffic, (3) represented a typical urban <br />landscape, and (4) an active and supportive neighborhood association. The first stage in the demonstration <br />project was to identify the wet areas of the sites and identify the downspouts and their location. The next <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br />