SciGirls build Rain Garden at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

The SciGirls program received a grant from TAPP to implement a rain
garden behind the lab.
What is TAPP?
The TAPP - Think About Personal Pollution Campaign helps educate
individuals on ways that small personal changes in home and yard
practices can help keep local lakes, sinks and streams cleaner. The
campaign is here to help you understand your impact on water quality
and to encourage you to take action by adopting some slightly
different approaches to things you do every day.

A rain garden is a landscaped area designed to capture and hold
excess water for a short period, allowing it to soak into the soil.
The garden is planted with vegetation that prefers a slightly wetter
environment, but can tolerate dry times, too. It is a place to grow
some beautiful plants like blue-flag iris and black-eyed susans, and
offers a break in the monotony of ordinary landscaping. Rain gardens
are easy to maintain and many rain garden plants attract birds and
other wildlife.