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On the corner of Sassafrass and Fourth Streets, you may notice a new development coming to 乱伦视频’s campus. Behind the chain-linked fence is a new rain garden that is a part of Gannon University’s Project NePTWNE initiative. The garden is in collaboration with the ) with funding through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Growing Greener grant program. 

A rain garden is a shallow, vegetated depression in the landscape that is designed to capture and absorb rainwater runoff from impervious surfaces, such as roofs, sidewalks and parking lots. This will help alleviate the large capacity of water running into the storm drains at once by slowing down the flow and allowing the water to filter naturally into the ground. The intention of this garden is to prevent flooding, decrease pollution into local waterways and recharge the groundwater, as well as provide a home for native plants.

“The rain garden picks up where the Greenhouse left off,” said Sherri Mason, Ph.D, director of Project NePTWNE. “We not only want to grow native plants for Presque Isle and other green spaces around Erie, we want to demonstrate their beauty on our own campus. The rain garden will be filled with native plants, many of which were grown within our own 乱伦视频 Greenhouse.”

The native plants will help filter contaminants out of the water, absorb the excess water and stabilize the soil. They will support pollinators, birds and other wildlife, which will positively impact Erie’s greater ecosystem as a whole.

“Additionally, as an urban campus, we tend to have a lot of impermeable surfaces, which act to impede the natural penetration of rainwater into the ground,” said Mason. “Rain gardens are a beautiful, natural way for us to actively help the City of Erie with stormwater management. With the rain garden we have replaced a largely impervious surface with a best management practice for stormwater management, allowing rainwater to naturally enter the ground water and reducing the demand on the stormwater management system.”

Similarly to the new Tiny Forest, this Rain Garden will provide students with hands-on learning and research opportunities, as well as serving as a demonstration project for community members.

The Rain Garden is set to be completed in fall 2025.