Opequon Creek Project Team

Rain Gardens

PSSD
The PSSD Headquarters Rain Garden (65 District Way, Martinsburg, WV) is a collaboration between the Opequon Creek Project Team and the Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District.  In the fall of 2009,  the Team installed this rain garden with contributions from PSSD and the WV Department of Environmental Protection's Nonpoint Source Program.  Because of the time of year, only shrubs and trees were planted and the garden will be filled in with flowers in the Spring. 
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Home Gardens

In May 2009, the Team completed the installation of a homeowner demonstration rain garden.  This garden is designed to show homeowners how simple and inexpensive it is to capture storm water, filter it of pollutants, and recharge the groundwater.

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Baltimore Street

The Baltimore Street Rain Garden, at the intersection of Baltimore and Randolph Streets in Martinsburg, WV) is a collaboration between the Opequon Creek Project Team and the City of Martinsburg.  In the spring of 2008,  the Team installed this rain garden with funding received from the WV Department of Environmental Protection's Nonpoint Source Program.  This project included the production of a video which describes how homeowners can convert such a large garden into a scaled down version for home use and enjoyment.  The Master Gardeners, Hedgesvill Girl Scout Troop 442 and Faith Christian Academy students have all donated their expertise and labor to this project.
Video Highlight of garden installation 
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Judicial Center
In summer – fall of 2006, the Team helped design and construct a rain garden to hold and filter runoff from a large parking lot at the Berkeley County Judicial Center in Martinsburg, WV.  The garden was dedicated on November 2, 2007 and a number of dignitaries were present, including Stephanie Timmermeyer, Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.  At the dedication, a sign describing the benefits of rain gardens and listing the partners involved in the project was unveiled.  In the spring of 2008, the Team, again with the help of the Master Gardeners, installed a terraced garden on the slope draining into the rain garden.
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