Wilcox Park

Type: Rain garden

Use: Public

Installer: Save the Bay, OSEEC AmeriCorps, Chariho High School

Designer/Developer:

Installation Date: April 2010

Address: 44 Broad Street, Westerly, 02891

The 1,000 square foot rain garden will redirect and filter runoff from a parking lot located just above the park land and local waterways including Park’s Pond, Pawcatuck River and Little Narragansett Bay. It consists of native plants, stones, gravel and mulch which will capture and filter the runoff water. This rain garden is part of a Save the Bay educational pilot project that demonstrates sustainable landscaping and stormwater management. With the help of local landscape architect David Renzi of Out in Front Horticulture, Wilcox Park Manager Alan Peck, OSEEC AmeriCorps members and Chariho High School, the project was a success and the community is aware of the benefits of rain gardens.

people installing stones in a park — Installing the geotextile under the rain garden

two people using rakes to spread gravel — Laying gravels and planting natives in the rain garden

Address: 44 Broad Street, Westerly, 02891