MORE ONLINE

GARDENS

A how-to manual: clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/home.htm

Blue Thumb: www.bluethumb.org

Gardening with Water Quality in Mind: www.mninter.net/%7Estack/rain

Burnsville Rain Gardens: www.landandwater.com/features/vol48no5/vol48no5_2.html

Design Guidelines for Stormwater Bioretention Facilities: www.aqua.wisc.edu/publications/

The Bioretention Manual: www.goprincegeorgescounty.com/government/agencyindex/der/bioretention.asp

Minnesota Urban Small Sites BMP Manual: www.metrocouncil.org/environment/Watershed/bmp/manual.htm

NATIVE PLANTS

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - list of native plant suppliers: www.dnr.state.mn.us/gardens/nativeplants/suppliers.html

Plants for Stormwater Design: www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/manuals/stormwaterplants.html

Restore Your Shore -- CD containing many plants native to Minnesota. Available through Minnesota's Bookstore: www.comm.media.state.mn.us/bookstore/bookstore.asp

Source: University of Minnesota Extension, City of Burnsville, 2009