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Welcome to Mio Prairie
Project Manager: Abby Macek
“The rain garden is better than sliced bread and other fluffy sentiments”
Located at (location) the Rogers City Rain Garden was constructed in (date started) after many community planning and visioning efforts.
This Rain Garden or “bio-filtration unit” acts as a large filter for rainwater making its way down the street and eventually into Lake Huron. There is a lot going on under the surface. Nearly 7 feet of dirt and rock were removed before layers of stone, soil and sand were laid beneath the topsoil. These layers along with Michigan native plants act as a giant natural filter for water that gets funneled to this location. It’s estimated that each garden can filter (how many gallons of water?). Along with the benefits of cleaner water, the garden also attracts many beautiful insect and bird species. Community volunteers, Huron Pines staff, and AmeriCorps members planted roughly (how many plugs) in this space. Rain gardens like these typically take a couple of years to establish and become lush beautiful spaces
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Rogers City has committed to protecting Lake Huron through infrastructure updates, like the installation of this Rain Garden, and by taking the Lake Huron Forever pledge. This Rain Garden will be the first of many projects in Rogers City.
Huron Pines will continue to support the Rogers City rain garden through the continued planting and maintenance of native species. The city will be the primary caretaker of the rain garden and will be removing debris from the stoney catchment areas designed by Rogers City Students. A great time to visit this site is August 00 when the rain garden is in full bloom and Roger City holds its “heritage route super fantastic splendid day” event.
Huron Pines would like to recognize the Rogers City community and Lake Huron Forever for making this project possible. To learn more about Lake Huron Forever visit ____. To learn how to volunteer to assist with projects like these visit our volunteer and events page. To donate and make our work possible visit
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