Rain Gardens for Homeowners Workshop

2025 Rain Garden Workshop

Rain gardens are bowl-shaped, planted areas that capture and absorb stormwater runoff. Learn about rain garden inflow, ponding areas, outflow, and planting guidelines. Get expert tips on how to design, build, plant and maintain a rain garden on your property.

Jardines de Lluvia en Español

Aprenda sobre los jardines de lluvia. 

Bajar la presentación (PDF)(PDF, 32MB)

Previous Rain Garden Workshop Recordings

Here are the 2024 presentations and recordings. 

• Function and Benefits of Rain Gardens
  Rebecca Murphy, Northern Virginia Regional Commission
  Presentation | Recording
  
  
• Designing and Building a Rain Garden
  Dan Schwartz, Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District
  Presentation | Recording Part 1 | Recording Part 2
  
  
• Planting and Maintaining Your Rain Garden 
  Lily Whitesell, Arlington County Office of Sustainability and Environmental Management
  Presentation | Recording

Community Rain Gardens on HOA Common Property

2021 Rain Garden Workshop Presentation and Recording: See the presentations and recording from a previous rain garden workshop.

• Function and Benefits of Rain Gardens, Corey Miles, Northern Virginia Regional Commission
• Designing and Building a Rain Garden(PDF, 4MB), Maria Harwood, Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District
• Planting and Maintaining Your Rain Garden, Aileen Winquist, Arlington County Department of Environmental Services
• 2021 Workshop Recording