LID Resources & Rain Garden Information
Photos courtesy of Barr Engineering in Minnesota: Fred Rozumalski, Landscape Architect and Kurt Leuthold, Civil Engineer.
LID Resources
- National Low Impact Development Clearinghouse
This site provides a wealth of information regarding low impact development and is sponsored by a Cooperative Assistance Agreement under the US EPA Office of Water 104b(3) Program. Also features user forums. - Low Impact Development Center
This site may be related to the link above. Provides further information and resources.
More LID information will be added to this page as it becomes available.
Rain Barrels
- How To Make Your Own Rain Barrel
A simple and inexpensive way to catch and store rainwater that can later be used to water your lawns and gardens during dry periods.
Rain Garden Resources
- Natural Infrastructure For Nashville and Davidson County
A Powerpoint presentation discussing why natural infrastructure, such as rain gardens, is a viable option in managing stormwater runoff.
Demonstration sites in Nashville and Tennessee
The following sites are available to visit:
Ellington Agricultural Center, Crieve Hall neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee
- Features: 8 commercial scale bioretention structures and rain gardens, porous paving, parking lot retention/detention bays, stream bank re-shaping, forest restoration, native forest understory restoration, stream buffer restoration, wetland enhancement, invasive/exotic plant removal, native grasses, native meadows, rain barrels.
- 454 Hogan Road (Private residence: View from road and read interpretive sign on sidewalk at corner of Marchant and Hogan)
- Features: Residential streamside native plant restoration
Building Outside the Box, Nashville and Middle Tennessee
- Features: Low impact development practices such as energy efficiency, porous paving, infiltration trench and rain garden
- 401-501 12th Avenue South Redevelopment (The Gulch)
The Gulch Redevelopment Project- Features: Pervious paving parking spaces and bioretention
- Henry Horton State Park, Chapel Hill, Tennessee (off Exit 46 on I-65 near Columbia)
- The Natural Side of
Henry Horton State Park (PDF)
- Features: Native grass and meadow restoration (replaced high runoff and high maintenance lawns)
Examples of Rain Gardens and Bioretention Uses Around The Country
- Emeryville Green Dense Development (PDF)
Best examples of bioretention, water harvesting, green roofs, etc by Portland Oregon - The BAE Stormwater Engineering Group
Southern Examples from NC State - Dakota County, MN Soil and Water Conservation
A Soil Conservation District example of Low Impact Development Program - Burnsville Rain Gardens Case Study: Retrofitting for Water Quality (PDF)
- Burnsville Retrofit Rainwater Garden Costs (PDF)
Details of Burnsville Project (best residential example in nation) - Prairie Stone Best Corporate Site Example near Chicago
- Natural Drainage Systems Overview
Best Public Works example from Seattle - Bioretention Design Examples
Good Technical Guidelines from Pugent Sound - Maryland Bioretention Manual
Good Technical Guideline - Barr Rain Gardens (PDF)
An urban transformation—Rainwater gardens unify a neighborhood - Sears & Roebuck Corporate Headquarters
Cost Comparisons Of Native And Traditional (Powerpoint Presentation) - Garden Gate Magazine (Sept/Oct 2005)
Examples of creating your own rain garden
Special thanks to Dodd Galbreath of TN Department of Agriculture (Ellington Agricultural Center) for all of his helpful suggestions and information for this page.