Rain Garden Plaza
The City of Elk Grove’s Rain Garden Plaza, located on Laguna Springs Drive across from Colton Park, is the most comprehensive rain garden in the Sacramento region.It’s a beautiful garden that is a magnet for wildlife—as well as one that is low maintenance and habitat-friendly.
The Elk Grove Rain Garden Plaza is designed to educate the public about eco-friendly landscaping and encourages water conservation with native and drought-resistant plants. The Rain Garden Plaza features a creatively-designed and aesthetically-pleasing outdoor area that includes rain gardens, biofiltration swales and pervious paving systems. The Rain Garden Plaza features Low-Impact Development (LID) practices that work with nature to manage stormwater as close to its source as possible by incorporating natural, river-friendly landscaping techniques. The Rain Garden Plaza also features a canopied picnic area, fitness equipment, educational components, and local artwork.
Learn more at http://www.elkgrovecity.org/visitors/about_elk_grove/elk_grove_rain_garden_plaza
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Plant List
- Big Leaf Maple, Acer macrophyllum
- California Buckeye, Aesculus californica
- Marina Strawberry Tree, Arbutus ‘Marina’
- Western Redbud, Cercis occidentalis
- Chinese Fringe Tree, Chionanthus retusus
- Purple Smoke Tree, Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’
- Oregon Ash, Fraxinus latifolia
- Tupelo or Sour Gum, Nyssa sylvatica
- Valley Oak, Quercus lobata
- Sawleaf Zelkova, Zelkova serrata ‘Village Green’
- Sentinel Manzanita, Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Sentinel’
- Emerald Carpet Manzanita, Arctostaphylos ‘Emerald Carpet’
- Showy Milkweed, Asclepius speciosa
- Santa Margarita Foothill Penstemon, Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Margarita B.O.P.’
- Spice Bush, Calycanthus occidentalis californica
- Bush Anemone,Carpenteria californica
- Concha Ceanothus, Ceanothus ‘Concha’
- Carmel Creeper, Ceanothus griseus horizontalis
- Santa Barbara Daisy, Erigeron karvinskianus
- Coyote Bush, Baccharis pilularis
- Sageleaf Rockrose, Cistus salvifolius ‘Prostratus’
- Dwarf Bottlebrush, Callistemon citrinus ‘Little John’
- California fuschia, Epilobium canum
- Biglow’s Sneezeweed, Helenium bigloveii
- Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia
- Douglas Iris, Iris douglasiana
- Golden Sticky Monkey Flower, Mimulus aurantiacus
- Oregon Grape, Mahonia aquifolium
- Myoporum, Myoporum parvifolium
- Walkers Low Catmint, Nepeta x faasesenii ‘Walker’s Low’3
- California Blue Sage, Salvia clevelandii
- Hot Lips Autumn Sage, Salvia greggii ‘Hot Lips’
- Hummingbird Sage, Salvia spathacea
- Anthony Waterer Spirea, Spirea x bumalda ‘Anthony Waterer’
- Coffeeberry, Rhamnus californica
- Golden Currant, Ribes aureum
- Bush Germander, Teucrium fruticans
- Carmen’s Grey Rush, Juncus patens ‘Carmen’s Grey’
- Deer Grass, Muhlenbergia rigens
- European Grey Sedge or Berkeley Sedge, Carex divulsa
- Tufted Hair Grass, Deschampsia caespitosa ‘Northern Lights’
- Elijah Blue Fescue, Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’
- Virgin’s Bower, Clematis ligusticifolia
- Violet Trumpet Vine, Clytostoma callistegiodes
