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Rain Garden Installation at the Tolland Agricultural Center

Step by step documentation was made of the rain garden installed at the Tolland Agricultural Center. Images may be viewed through the following .mpg, .pdf, or PowerPoint files. You may also click on the thumbnails below to see the images separately.

Rain Garden Slideshow (.mov version)

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Rain Garden Slideshow (.pdf version)

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Rain Garden Slideshow (PowerPoint version)

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Rain Garden Slideshow (thumbnail version)
ELN slideshow, title page map of Tolland Ag Center Photo of outdoor pavillion at the Tolland Ag Center Photo of outdoor pavillion at the Tolland Ag Center volunteers measure for the rain garden at the tolland ag center volunteers planning the rain garden at the tolland ag center NRCS soil conservationist Vivian Felten begins work on the rain garden at the Tolland Ag Center
Placing drainpipes on the pavillion at the Tolland Ag Center close-up picture of the Pavillion's drainpipe close-up picture of the drainpipes on the pavillion Photo of a level check of the rain garden at the Tolland Agricultural Center Rain garden preparations, Tolland Ag Center measuring the length of the rain garden measuring the depth of the rain garden
a good start to the rain garden the rain garden covered up and ready for planting the rain garden is uncovered and ready for planting a final look before plants are placed inside the garden volunteers plan out where the plants will go planting begins volunteers working on the plants
about halfway through the process of planting volunteers working on the rain garden planting is complete volunteers look over the project after the planting is complete volunteers gather and share their stories volunteers overlook the site the garden is now ready to begin growing
growing begins, plants are starting to sprout volunteers look over the wonderful progress the plants are making a good photo of the plants another scenic photo of the garden a volunteer tends to the plants the plants are finally in bloom the rain garden is working
months later and the garden looks great the rain garden is complete a beautiful scenic photo of the garden months later        

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