Our long-term vision for this lot is a high visibility demonstration pilot rain garden and surface storm water management system that helps alleviate residential & storm sewer flooding into Royster Bayou stream (to the Lick Creek Basin) and raise awareness of the importance of residential surface management techniques that have multiple benefits, including beautification, native plant propagation, & species diversity.

An attractive, water absorbing landscaping will provide

a demonstration rain garden of native species, water capture and filtration to reduce the volume flowing into City stormwater systems, and, reduced turfgrass for cutting (thereby reducing the involuntary private obligations and challenges presented by the unmaintained lots).

By removing surface water from the storm system during peak flows (which can be done at the area, commercial, residential levels), rain gardens can provide an attractive, low maintenance and dispersed system to support local, countywide, and regional planning with respect to sustainability, water quality, and quality of life.

Community members will play an active role in the planting and maintenance of the lot. Through the Evergreen Rain Garden Association (ERGA), Evergreen Historic District Association (EHDA) and Evergreen Garden Association (EGA), other area garden associations, volunteers have been and will be solicited for plant, planting/labor, maintenance, and other in-kind support.