Botany/Ecology

Looking for Information on Bioswales, Rain Gardens, Vegetated Buffers, and other water-sensitive and environmentally friendly gardens

Books: There are a number of gardening handbooks and guides on reserve for your class in the WHHS Library

For magazine and newspaper articles on these topics:

Search under the specific names of the topics, and be sure to select all documents (not just those from the last year).

Newsbank- Fulltext magazine and newspaper articles, including maps, and a current events section for recent news stories. Password Needed from home: user name 7675; password: 7675.

Student Resource Center-Gold- Fulltext magazine, newspaper, and reference articles on a variety of controversial issues. Password Needed from home: User name: cinc_log; Password : CINC48953.

INFOhio Databases- One databases in the collection, EBSCO Host, has full text magazine and newspaper articles. User Name:think password: infohio

Websites: NOTE: This is just a selection of particularly good sites--if you google these terms you will find many more. Be sure to add "gardening Midwest" to the subject specific search terms

Rain gardens and bioswales-plants to use for these ecosystems
http://www.bluestemservices.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.viewCategory/catID/13/index.htm

Rain Gardens http://www.gardeners.com/Rain-Gardens/5710,default,pg.html

Planting for Clean Water: a manual for ecologically sensitive planting, including Vegetated buffers, rain gardens, and bioswales. http://www.bluethumb.org/media/docs/BT_PartnerAgreement08.pdf

Rain Garden design and construction http://www.cee.mtu.edu/sustainable_engineering/resources/technical/BachmannTechnicalBrief_CopyrightSatisfied.pdf

Vegetated Buffers in Neighborhood planning and design http://www.hillsdalecounty.info/planningeduc0003.asp

Water-wise landscaping for the lower Midwest http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/water-wise-landscape-for-the-lower-midwest/index.html

“Pervious” Pavement Use in the Midwest http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4185/is_20050422/ai_n14595872

Low Impact Development: Rain gardens and bioswales- Although this sites focuses on Oregon, it has some good pictures using these kinds of landscaping techniques.