The Rain Garden Handbook
Creating beautiful gardens that help water your landscape

This is a book for gardeners and those new to gardening. It is for environmentalists and any governmental agency that is looking for a complete and easy to follow set of instructions for creating a garden that collects rainwater.

Standard technical language usually associated with how-to books has been replaced with humorous antidotes and put-you-in-my-shoes descriptions that help the reader/adventurous gardener avoid pitfalls while he learns.

A Rain Garden Handbook leads the reader step-by-step through the process of creating a rain garden. From the USDA Zone Map that helps the reader identify his climate to the formulas for calculating material needs and where to find those materials, the reader is able to confidently plan, design and install his garden.


by Cheryl Shiflett