Project Title: City Hall Storm Water Quality Improvements Location: City of Wayne (4001 S. Wayne Road) | - Bioretention (depressed parking lot islands)
- Dry Swales with underdrain
- Rain barrels
- Inlet filters
- Underground swirl concentrators
- Native Landscaping
- Completed July 2004
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Project Title: Ford Rouge Center (FRC) Location: Ford Rouge Center, Miller Road, Dearborn | | |
Project Title: LID techniques applied for campus storm water management Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | - Porous pavement
- Bioretention
- Underground detention
- Manufactured treatment
- Constructed wetland
- Winter deicing program
| (photos courtesy M. Chock) |
Project Title: Miller Road Reconstruction Location: Miller Road adjacent to the Ford Rouge Complex, Dearborn | - Reduced Number of Pavement Lanes
- Depressed Median Swales
- Vegetative Filter
- Swirl Concentrator Outlets
- Existing Storm Sewers
| - Project Partners: Wayne County, City of Dearborn, Ford Motor Company, MDOT
- Michael Darga, Transportation Services Chief Engineer, Tetra Tech MPS, 810-225-8445
- Roger Gaudette, Ford Land, 313-323-2333
- Hassan Saab, Director, DPS-Engineering, 313-224-7692
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Project Title: Canterbury Gardens Condominiums Location: Waltz & Willow Roads, Huron Township | - 64 condominium units on less than half of 68 acre parcel
- Natural features inventory completed
- First flush managed by either VortechnicsTM or rains gardens
- Detention pond
- 15.6 ac wetland mitigation bank
- MACDC "Innovative & Excellence Award", winter 2004
| (photos courtesy S. Khaldi) |
Project Title: Rain Garden, City of Lathrup Village offices Location: City of Lathrup Village, 27400 Southfield Road (parking lot north of offices) | - Compost, mulch mix with native plants
- City handled excavation and paid for plants
- Design and planting completed by SOCWA volunteers
- Installed 2002
| (photos courtesy L. Dean) |
Project Title: Rain Garden at Beach Road Park Location: Beach Road between Wattles and Long Lake, City of Troy | Rain garden at clay soil site - Manages storm water from large parking lot
- 75% compost, 25% sharp sand mix
- No underdrain; overflow via surface flow to roadway swale
- 70 ft x 30 ft
- Native shrubs, wildflowers, “dry stone†river bed
- Planted May 2005
| (photos courtesy L. Dean) |
Project Title: Rain Garden at Heritage Park Nature Center Location: 31555 W. 11 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills | Rain garden at clay soil site - Manages storm water from roof of nature center
- attached to perforated underdrain; overflow routes to rain garden
- 25 ft x 15 ft
- Wildflowers, native grasses & shrubs
- Planted June 2004
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Project Title: Rain garden at Adler Elementary School Location: 19100 Filmore Ave, Southfield | Rain + learning garden - Manages storm water from school building roof and underdrains
- 50 ft x 50 ft
- Clay soils; no underdrain
- Overflow to nearby storm sewer
- Planted May 2004
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Project Title: Rain garden at Eisenhower Elementary School Location: 24500 Larkins, Southfield | Manages storm water from school building roof - 3 downspouts routed underground to perforated pipe
- 50 ft x 50 ft
- All native wildflowers
- Planted May 2005
| - Lillian Dean, SOCWA Healthy Lawns and Gardens Coordinator, (248) 546-5818
- Photo: The problem
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Project Title:Rain garden at Bowers Farms Location: 1219 E. Square Lake Rd, Bloomfield Hills | Manages storm water from farm education building roof + overland runoff - 60 ft x 30 ft
- Sandy soil on steep hill
- No underdrain
- Native wildflowers and grasses
- Planted summer 2004
| - Mark Seeley, Farm Manager, 248-341-6475; mseeley@bloomfield.org
- Martha Humphrey, SOCWA Master Composter & Gardener user1='babylon6' site1 = 'ameritech.net'; str = '
- Lillian Dean, SOCWA Healthy Lawns and Gardens Coordinator, (248) 546-5818
- Photo: Rain garden
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Project Title: Bedford Neighborhood Rain garden Location: Village of Beverly Hills (Street island, intersection Bedford & Medord Sts.) | Manages storm water from the road - 2 gardens, each 20 ft x 10 ft
- Wildflowers and grasses; 80% native species
- No underdrain
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Project Title: Beverly Park Bioretention Swale Location: Village of Beverly Hills | - Native trees, shrubs, and perennials were planted in combination with grass seed mulch blankets along the top of the slope
- Project completed October 2003
| (photos courtesy Village of Beverly Hills) |
Project Title: Home Rain Gardens Location: Oakland County | Listing of rain gardens planned and installed by homeowners | |
Project Title: Wayne County Grow Zone Pilot Project Location: Hines Park, Wayne County | - 3 sites
- Techniques included grow zones (no-mow) with native plantings
- Interpretive signage
- Ongoing
| - Noel Mullett, Wayne County Dept. of Environment-Watershed Div., 734-326-4486
- David Robbins, Design Manager, Wayne County Parks, 734-261-2034
- Fact sheet forthcoming
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Project Title: Dynamite Park Improvements Location: City of Wayne | - Native wet meadow plantings
- Grow zone
| - Dan Ballnik, Ford Land,
313-220-0517 - Kurt Kuban, Rouge RAP Advisory Council
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Project Title: Native habitat restoration at Dearborn Public Schools Location: Howard Elementary, Long Elementary, Miller Elementary, Nowlin Elementary, Bryant Middle | Native habitat: - Prairie
- Woodland Transition
- Woodland
- Green screens
| - Dan Ballnik, Ford Land,
313-220-0517
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Project Title: Environmental Interpretive Center (EIC) and Henry Ford Estate (HFE) Location: University of Michigan-Dearborn, 5501 Evergreen, Dearborn | Native plantings: - Prairie
- Woodland
- Woodland transition
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Project Title: Native Plant Learning Garden, Martha Baldwin Park, Birmingham Location: Martha Baldwin Park (SW corner, Maple and Southfield Roads), Birmingham | - Native wildflowers, ferns, grasses -- all labeled
- Planted in a wet spot in the grass; fed by groundwater (VERY wet).
- Planted in fall 2003 with help from Seaholm High schools students and SOCWA volunteers.
| - Bob Fox, Birmingham Parks and Recreation,
248-644-5349 - Linda Forrester, Rouge Green Corridor Steward/ Volunteer, 248-646-3442
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Project Title:SOCWA/SOCRRA Native Landscape Education Site Location: 3910 W. Webster, Royal Oak | - 300 species of native trees, shrubs, wildflowers, ferns and grasses planted and maintained by SOCWA volunteers as a community education resource.
- Site includes: woodland garden; biohedge; rain garden (wetland garden), butterfly garden, mesic prairie garden
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Washtenaw County Guidance | The Washtenaw County Drain Commissioner has published "Low Impact Design Fact Sheets" on the following topics: - Vegetated Swales
- Bioretention Islands
- Porous Pavement
- Native Landscaping
- Porous Pavement
- Engineered Systems
Each fact sheet highlights several projects utilizing the featured technology | |
| Reference for rain garden soil mixes | Study completed by Lawrence Technical University on soil mixes for rain gardens | - Donald Carpenter Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, 248-204-2549
- Lillian Dean, SOCWA Healthy Lawns and Gardens Coordinator, (248) 546-5818
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General local rain gardens references | Go to SOCWA website
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