Rain Gardens & Wildlife Ponds

Here you will find posts from The Metropolitan Field Guide about rain gardens and wildlife ponds as well as resources for designing, installing and maintaining them.

Wildlife Pond Resources

• Create a Garden Pond for Wildlife (PDF):: Oregon State University Extension Service
• The Backyard Wildlife Pond:: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest (Book)
• Water for Wildlife: Bird Baths and Backyard Ponds (PDF):: Penn State Cooperative Extension
• Backyard Pond (PDF):: NRCS
• Ponds for Wildlife:: RSPB
• Dig a Pond for Dragonflies (PDF):: British Dragonfly Society
• Excavated Ponds for Wildlife (PDF):: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Working with Wildlife: Pools for Amphibians (PDF):: Stewardship Forest
• Vernal Ponds: Seasonal Habitat for Wildlife (PDF):: Penn State Cooperative Extension
• Guidelines for the Certification of Vernal Pool Habitat (PDF):: Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Massachusetts
• Backyard Habitat Ponds (PDF):: University of Florida IFAS Extension
• Creating Urban Stormwater Control Ponds for Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat (PDF):: University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service

Stormwater Ponds

• Creating Urban Stormwater Control Ponds for Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat (PDF):: University of Kentucky Extension Service
• Wildlife Habitat Creation In and Around Urban Ponds (PDF):: University of Florida IFAS Extension

Rain Garden Resources

• Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape (Book)
• Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington Homeowners (PDF):: Washington State University, Pierce County Extension
• The Oregon Rain Garden Guide: A Step-by-Step Guide to Landscaping for Clean Water and Healthy Streams (PDF):: Sea Grant Oregon
• The Vermont Rain Garden Manual: Gardening to Absorb the Storm (PDF):: Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District
• Rain Gardens: A How-to Manual for Homeowners (PDF)::  University of Wisconsin Extension
• Rain Gardens: A Rain Garden Manual for South Carolina (PDF):: Clemson Public Service
• Rain Gardens: Iowa Rain Garden Design and Installation Manual (PDF):: Iowa NRCS
• Rain Gardens for Home Landscapes (PDF):: Clean Water Campaign, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
• The Vermont Rain Garden Manual: Gardening to Absorb the Storm (PDF):: Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District
• Rain Gardens: A How-to Manual for Homeowners (PDF)::  University of Wisconsin Extension
• Create a Rain Garden (PDF):: Rain Gardens of Western Michigan
• Backyard Rain Gardens:: North Carolina Cooperative Extension
• Rain Gardens Fact Sheet (PDF):: Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension
• Start-to-Finish Rain Garden Design (PDF):: Faribault County Soil & Water Conservation District, Minnesota
• Rain Garden Design and Construction: A Northern Virginia Homeowner’s Guide (PDF):: Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District