Welcome to Rain Garden UK
Rain Garden UK’s workshops and talks will help you make your green space part of the solution, not the problem. Creating a simple, attractive and biodiverse rain garden or rain planter in your own garden is achievable and fun. Sign up to an event here!
Upcoming events
Book your place onto one of our upcoming workshops or talks and find out how easy it is to add a rain garden or rain planter to your garden or outside space. If you’d like a bespoke workshop package or talk for your group or organisation please get in touch.
Our funding partners
Why do we need rain gardens?
As climate changes we are seeing more cloudburst type rainfall, with heavy deluges that overwhelm our drainage network, causing local flooding and overflows of untreated sewage. These are often followed by long dry periods, so it’s important that we look for ways to slow the flow of stormwater, catch what we need to water our gardens and create space for water to soak into the ground slowly instead of rushing off taking sediment and other pollutants down drains to either the river or the sewage treatment works.
Benefits of a rain garden
Rain gardens and rain planters are a type of a Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS). They can be small depressions in the ground or planters which provide a safe space for water to slowly soak into during and after rainfall. They are a beautiful addition to a garden and are simple to construct and plant.
Manage water quantity
Manage water quantity
Reduced local flooding
Increased resilience to drought
Recharged groundwater
Provide Amenity
Provide Amenity
Creative planting
Interesting outdoor spaces
Urban cooling
Enhance biodiversity
Enhance biodiversity
Habitat creation
Food for pollinators & birds
Healthy soils
Improve water quality
Improve water quality
Cleaner rivers and streams
Fewer sewage overflows
Natural Filtration
Feedback from our workshops
“Great mix of theory and practical”
“The fabulous ideas and explanations”
“Small and large tips that make it seem really possible to implement”
“Inspiring examples and very clear, detailed instructions”
“Learning about water, climate change and what we can do about it”
“Being made to think about where our water goes in the face of climate change and urbanisation”
“Really enjoyed the background information at the beginning – learning about the river, drainage, sewerage systems”
“Helped understand why rain gardens are important and why you are doing it”