Rain Garden Fence at Lewis

Last year Depave helped us create a rain garden on our school playground. This provides a place to capture rain water, rather then having it go down the sewer, and also provides us with a green space and wildlife habitat in a space that was formerly just pavement.

Once constructed it became apparent that the rain garden was also a magnet for 4 square balls from the 4 space courts. With the help of Depave and the work of their volunteer, Jason Tuenge, we now have a fence that keeps the balls out of the rain garden. Jason worked on weekends for the past month to design and build the fence. We thank Jason for his work and his service to our school.

Rain Garden Fence at Lewis

Last year we were fortunate to be involved with Depave on a project that removed a good section of our playground which allowed us to plant a rain garden. One thing we noticed right away was that the rain garden was a magnet for playground balls from the four square area. We installed a temporary fence and that worked in the short term, but a more long term solution was called for. Our good friends at Depave offered up funds to construct a fence around the section where the balls most frequently rolled. One of their volunteers, Jason Tuenge, came up with a design, and Depave came up with the funding for materials and Jason started work in August. He, along with a few other volunteers, have been volunteering their time on weekends to work on the project, and I am happy to report that he is just about finished. One more weekend and he should be done. 

We thank Jason and the Depave volunteers for their support.