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Refugia showcases rain-garden conversions to reduce runoff near schools and libraries
Summary
Presenter Jeff described projects converting lawns into rain gardens—at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute and outside the Media Upper Providence Library—that he said have reduced runoff while creating public education spaces.
Jeff described several site-level projects intended to slow, spread and soak stormwater, saying plantings helped reduce runoff and created pedestrian-friendly, educational walks.
At the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, he said a nonfunctioning stormwater catchment under lawn was replaced with plantings and a walk-through landscape; he also described an ongoing unexplained late-season dieback that prompted soil testing and plans for toxicology analysis. "We did this to manage stormwater issues, but also we started to see some, like, funky runoff...we can't figure it out," he said.
Outside the Media Upper Providence Library, Jeff described a rain-garden-style conversion located near Media Elementary School that children now use as a small trail. He said the conversion both treated stormwater and served as a public demonstration site for neighborhood residents.
Jeff urged the township to consider these low-cost, visible demonstrations and said staff and volunteers could replicate similar rain gardens on township-owned properties.
