March 27, 2024
HVA’s work to install two rain gardens in Dover Plains, NY, is featured in this article from Main Street Magazine by Abby Audenino.
“The Housatonic Valley Association recently installed two rain gardens on the McDonald’s property in Dover Plains, NY. The purpose of the rain gardens is to protect streams from pollution coming from Route 22 and filter the stormwater that is collected from the McDonald’s roof and parking lot.
‘This is incredibly progressive landscaping on the cutting edge of how people are starting to think about landscaping for climate change,’ said Claire Wegh, the Ten Mile River Watershed manager for the Housatonic Valley Association.
The Housatonic Valley Association is a conservation organization that works to protect the natural character and environmental health of the Housatonic River Valley, from the Berkshires, eastern New York, and western Connecticut to the Long Island Sound.
The installation of the gardens was a collaboration between the Housatonic Valley Association, McDonald’s, J.C. Wong Management, Rennia Engineering, and Earth Tones Landscape Design. Funding for the project was provided by the National Fish and Wildlife Long Island Sound Futures Fund.”
Read more here.
Quotes taken from the Main Street Magazine website: https://mainstreetmag.com/rain-gardens-in-dover/
