Shea High School

Type: Rain garden

Use: Civic/Public

Installer: Mike Merrill (NRCS Conservationist)

Designer/Developer: Students with the help of Mike Merrill (District Conservationist) and Joel Schmidt (Hydrological Engineer)

Installation Date: 2005

Address: 486 Pleasant Street, Pawtucket, 02860

An ecology class at Shea Senior High School in Pawtucket helped to establish this rain garden at Varieur Elementary School as part of the Northern Rhode Islands Conservation District’s Urban Rain Garden Project. With the help of a hydrological engineer, Joel Schmidt, and district conservationist, Mike Merrill, the rain garden was dug near the parking lot at the elementary school. The students then planted native vegetation in and around the rain garden. The rain garden serves to collect and treat stormwater runoff that flows over the parking lot. The students then publicized their rain garden so as to educate the public on the importance of controlling and treating stormwater runoff.

people putting plants in the ground

Address: 486 Pleasant Street, Pawtucket, 02860