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NOHLC
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • History
    • Staff / Board
    • 2021 Corporate Sponsors
    • Partners in Conservation
    • Subscribe
    • Contact Us
  • Land
    • What Is a Land Conservancy?
    • Preserves & Trails
  • Ways to Give
    • Recurring Giving
    • Join Our Sustainers Circle
    • Corporate Sponsorship
  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer Application
    • Property Inspection Report
    • Scout Projects
  • Take Action
    • Create Your Rain Garden
    • Save the Poweshiek!
    • Make Native seedballs
    • Plant for Pollinators
    • Ramp up Recycling
    • Protect Your Water
    • Install a Turtle Protector
  • Events
  • Learn More
    • Invasive Species
    • Nature Documentaries
    • Native Plants
    • Native Lakescapes
    • Guided Walks
    • Blanding's Turtle
    • Butterflies & Dragonflies
    • Frog Sounds
    • Bird Songs
  • News
  • Jobs

Creating Your Rain Garden


​Ready to start planning a rain garden or looking for resources? 
​See the information below and get started! 
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Friends of the Rouge ​Resources
Rain Garden Guidance
Step-by-step design manuals for Michigan Rain Gardens
https://therouge.org/diy-rain-garden-guidance 

Where can I purchase supplies?
See Friends of the Rouge website, a great resource for rain garden suppliers, download their PDF

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The Washtenaw County Water Resources
Offers robust information and online certification in rain garden creation:
  • ​Online Master Rain Gardener Certification 
  • Rain Garden Guide for Homeowners (PDF) - Washtenaw.org
  • Master Rain Gardeners Handbook (PDF)
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Where can I buy plants and seeds for my rain garden?
​NOHLC bi-annual Native Plant Sale
Second Saturday in June and 1st Saturday after Labor Day
Wildtype Nursery
  • Michigan genotype native plants, grasses, shrubs, trees
Michiganense Natives
  • Micro-nursery specializing in wildflowers and their seeds, native to the Great Lakes region.
Ypsilanti Native Plant Nursery
  • Michigan genotype native plants
Feral Flora
  • Michigan-native plants from wild-collected seed. 
East Michigan Native Plants (Formerly Designs by Nature East)
  • Michigan genotype native wildflowers and grasses
Better Finds Nursery
  • Michigan Native Plant Nursery offering Specimen & Architectural Grade Native Michigan Perennials & Ferns
Plants for Ecology
  • Michigan Native Plant Nursery
Michigan Wildflower Farm
  • Michigan genotype native seeds
Designs by Nature South
  • Contact Brian Vanpatten designsbynature.south@gmail.com  810-618-2529
  • Native plants of Michigan Genotypes​

Rain Garden Contractors
Native Lakescapes - Clarkston, MI
Natural Shorelines, Sustainable Riparian Buffers, Indigenous Plants and Grasses, Bio-engineering Practices, Creating Diverse Habitats, Design and Installation
​
Appel Environmental Design - Ann Arbor, MI
Design, digging, planting, burns, maintenance. 

PlantWise Native Landscapes - Ann Arbor, MI
Design, digging, planting, burns, maintenance, invasive plant control. 
Feral Flora - Ann Arbor, MI
Design, digging, planting, burns, maintenance

Creating Sustainable Landscapes, LLC - Novi, MI
Design, digging, planting, maintenance

Native Plant Nursery - Ann Arbor, MI
Native plant nursery, design, planting

Halcyon Earth & Sky - Lakeland, MI
Design, digging, planting, lakeshore plantings

Updated as of: 10/2021
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office@nohlc.org​                                       
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248-795-2808                                                   
​7150 Dixie Highway, Suite 2
Clarkston, MI  48346 
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Mailing: PO. Box 285, Clarkston, MI 48347

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  • About
    • Our Mission
    • History
    • Staff / Board
    • 2021 Corporate Sponsors
    • Partners in Conservation
    • Subscribe
    • Contact Us
  • Land
    • What Is a Land Conservancy?
    • Preserves & Trails
  • Ways to Give
    • Recurring Giving
    • Join Our Sustainers Circle
    • Corporate Sponsorship
  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer Application
    • Property Inspection Report
    • Scout Projects
  • Take Action
    • Create Your Rain Garden
    • Save the Poweshiek!
    • Make Native seedballs
    • Plant for Pollinators
    • Ramp up Recycling
    • Protect Your Water
    • Install a Turtle Protector
  • Events
  • Learn More
    • Invasive Species
    • Nature Documentaries
    • Native Plants
    • Native Lakescapes
    • Guided Walks
    • Blanding's Turtle
    • Butterflies & Dragonflies
    • Frog Sounds
    • Bird Songs
  • News
  • Jobs