Stormwater Management in Your Backyard
Rain Garden Outreach Manual
The goal of the Stormwater Management in Your Backyard program is to empower volunteers to educate their communities about the benefits of rain gardens. The purpose of this Rain Garden Outreach Manual is to provide volunteers, such as Master Gardeners, Environmental Stewards, Master Naturalists and community environmental groups with the materials needed to provide community level outreach. This manual focuses on the "How Are We Going to Clean Up Messy Town?" and "How to Install a Rain Garden at Your Home" programs for children and adults, respectively.
Download Manual and Support Materials
Volunteers using this manual should have a basic understanding of nonpoint source pollution, stormwater management, and rain gardens. Using their knowledge of gardening and the environment, volunteers have the capability to effectively communicate to their communities the importance of stormwater management. The training materials include:
- Tips on coordinating Rain Garden Education Programs
- Lesson Plans for Grades 1-3 and 4-7
- Scripted PowerPoint Presentation for high school and adult audiences
- Program Evaluations for youth and adult audiences
- Program Publicity Materials
- Templates for demonstration rain garden fact sheets
For more information about this manual, please contact Madeline Flahive DiNardo.
This project is funded by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture National Water Program.