Volunteers gathered at B.F. Day school Saturday morning to finish up work on an innovative rain garden located in front of the school, just off Linden St.
The garden was created under the direction of Stewardship Partners, a non-profit that helps landowners preserve the environment. B.F. Day volunteered for the project, the third so far.
The rain garden will capture runoff from the school, dissipating and filitering the water while reducing sewage overflow during winter storms. “The more we can take out of the system the less we’ll have spillage into Puget Sound,” explains David Hymel, Stewardship Partners. Hymel said the Seattle School District is interested in following B.F. Day’s example at other schools. For more information on the rain garden project, visit here.
Plus: See more photos, before and after, right here