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Terrace Planting Plans

When planning a rain garden, it’s important to determine whether or not it is a good fit for your landscape.

Full Sun

Blue Rendezvous Planting Plan
Foxy Fragrances Planting Plan
Kaleidoscope Craze Planting Plan
Pollinator's Delight Planting Plan
Short and Sweet Planting Plan

Partial Shade

Bottles Bells Planting Plan
Guys Dolls Planting Plan
Purple Haze Planting Plan

Full Shade

Erebus's Favorite Planting Plan
Woodland Wildflowers Planting Plan
 

No Preference Shade

Sedges Have Edges 
Strawberry Fields Forever 

Stormwater

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Engineering

Engineering
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 115
City County Building

Madison, WI 53703
Engineering Larry D. Nelson Operations Facility
1600 Emil St
Madison, WI 53713
  • engineering@cityofmadison.com
  • Phone: 608-266-4751
  • Fax: 608-264-9275
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