Edwina Liao

Rain Garden - A kit to our river

Designed with Lan Yang

2022 - Design for beings more-than-human

Build your version of caring for our river through this rain garden starter kit.

Rain Garden

Rain garden consists of loose, deep soil that absorbs and naturally filters the runoff, preventing it from entering the storm drain system and, eventually, your waterways. Runoff is collected from paved surfaces, grass and roof and directed into your garden.

It is a beautiful, creative, and functional way to support more biodiversity in an environmentally sustainable way. By planting a rain garden, you can help maintain the natural water cycle while protecting local rivers, lakes, fish and drinking water.

The Kit

Use this kit to build a rain garden and learn about our rivers and how we can help them. This kit includes an instruction and information booklet along with the tools to help you plan your rain garden.

Tools

These tools include a customizable base, moldable sand (soil), wooden pieces that symbolize trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses/ferns, and wooden figures (a.k.a little garden helpers).

Package

We were specific about paperless packaging. Linen bags are used to store all the loose pieces in the kit. Everything then is held together with the wooden base and tied up with a rope.