{"id":3844,"date":"2026-05-21T10:50:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/?page_id=3844"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:50:46","slug":"design-inspirations-examples-and-sketches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/design-inspirations-examples-and-sketches\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Inspirations: Examples and Sketches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This information supplements the &#8220;Designing your Rain Garden&#8221;&nbsp;section of the Rain Garden Manual for Vermont and the Lake Champlain Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are some example design sketches to help you get started on your rain garden. These sketches come from an earlier version of the Rain Garden Manual and have not been updated to reflect our recommendation to increase the use of natives in GSI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we recommend tailoring the garden to your unique style and preferences- check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pss.uvm.edu\/ppp\/articles\/designing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this article<\/a>&nbsp;by Leonard Perry, UVM Extension-&nbsp;also consider swapping out some of these plants for more native plant species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View Design Sketches&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/rain-garden-manual\/design-sketches\/examples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supplemental Information<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/Green_Infrastructure\/BirdButterflyPlantingPlan.png\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.unh.edu\/resources\/files\/Resource002619_Rep3890.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rain Garden Sketch<\/a>\u00a0in Portsmouth, NH by Lauren Chase-Rowell, UNH Extension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/Green_Infrastructure\/UNH%20rain%20garden%20sketch.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rain Garden Plant Plan<\/a>\u00a0in Hampton, NH, UNH Extension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sketches from the\u00a0Federation of Vermont Lakes and Ponds:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cottage Rain Garden Example (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/Green_Infrastructure\/CottageRainGardenExample.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edible Beach Eden Example (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/Green_Infrastructure\/EdibleBeachEden.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pollinator Meadow Garden Example (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/Green_Infrastructure\/PollinatorMeadowGarden.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This information supplements the &#8220;Designing your Rain Garden&#8221;&nbsp;section of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-3844","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3845,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3844\/revisions\/3845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}