{"id":1341,"date":"2020-09-15T15:13:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T15:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/?page_id=1341"},"modified":"2021-02-11T19:28:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T19:28:08","slug":"how-the-rain-garden-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Rain Garden Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strategically located to intercept and collect the water runoff, the garden reduces erosion and sediment load as the water filters gradually through layers of gravel and soil and is cleansed. The rain garden mimics natural hydrological processes found in native woods and grasslands. Native plantings, which are well-suited to the climate and resistant to many endemic pests and diseases, have been selected for their ability to absorb and filter water.<\/p>\n

Because of an under drain pipe which runs the length of the garden, Marymount is using herbaceous plants and low shrubs with relatively small to moderate root systems that will not aggressively spread and will provide year-round color, as well as wildlife habitat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strategically located to intercept and collect the water runoff, the garden reduces erosion and sediment load as the water filters gradually through layers of gravel and soil and is cleansed. The rain garden mimics natural hydrological processes found in native woods and grasslands. Native plantings, which are well-suited to the climate and resistant to many […]<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1339,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/left-sidebarpage.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow the Rain Garden Works - Marymount University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Strategically located to intercept and collect the water runoff, the garden reduces erosion and sediment load as the water filters gradually through . Click here to learn more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How the Rain Garden Works\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Strategically located to intercept and collect the water runoff, the garden reduces erosion and sediment load as the water filters gradually through . Click here to learn more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marymount University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-11T19:28:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/\",\"name\":\"How the Rain Garden Works - Marymount University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-15T15:13:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-11T19:28:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"Strategically located to intercept and collect the water runoff, the garden reduces erosion and sediment load as the water filters gradually through . Click here to learn more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About Marymount\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Catholic Tradition\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Service & Social Justice\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Focus on Sustainability\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"Ecological Sustainability\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":7,\"name\":\"Rain Garden\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":8,\"name\":\"How the Rain Garden Works\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/\",\"name\":\"Marymount University\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How the Rain Garden Works - Marymount University","description":"Strategically located to intercept and collect the water runoff, the garden reduces erosion and sediment load as the water filters gradually through . Click here to learn more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How the Rain Garden Works","og_description":"Strategically located to intercept and collect the water runoff, the garden reduces erosion and sediment load as the water filters gradually through . Click here to learn more.","og_url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/","og_site_name":"Marymount University","article_modified_time":"2021-02-11T19:28:08+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/","url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/","name":"How the Rain Garden Works - Marymount University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-09-15T15:13:48+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-11T19:28:08+00:00","description":"Strategically located to intercept and collect the water runoff, the garden reduces erosion and sediment load as the water filters gradually through . Click here to learn more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/how-the-rain-garden-works\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About Marymount","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Catholic Tradition","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Service & Social Justice","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Focus on Sustainability","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"Ecological Sustainability","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"name":"Rain Garden","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/about-mu\/the-catholic-tradition\/service-social-justice\/focus-on-sustainability\/ecological-sustainability\/rain-garden\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"name":"How the Rain Garden Works"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/","name":"Marymount University","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7308,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1341\/revisions\/7308"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}