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������ <br />The Gifts Rain Gives Us <br />April showers bring May flowers, but April showers can bring so much more to our lakes <br />and streams. Rain water washes chemica�s and pollutants from sidewaTks, driveways or <br />rooftops, and it washes fertilizers and herbicides from gardens and lawns. l�ollutants can <br />wash down storm wafer drarns and into the water supply. <br />With a little Iandscaping effort on your part, you can help scrub the rain water clean an.d <br />add bea�ty to �our yard. Rain gardens are shallow depressions that capture storm water <br />and allows it to trickle through the soil rather than running off the surface. The soil filters <br />out pollutants before fhey reach the grour�dwater. <br />Rain gardens reyuire �ninimal care once they are established, but pTanting one takes <br />forethought, including selecting plants that can tolerate occasional wet soils. Many native <br />plants are ideal far rain garc�en pianting, and they will add beauty and attract butterflies <br />and birds to your garden. <br />Log on to www.cityofroseville.com/stormwaterlinks or Call City Engineer Deb Bloom. at <br />651-792-7042 for in%rmation about planting a rain garden. <br />