K-State Rain-Garden Design-Build Project


Kansas State University, College of Architecture, Planning & Design
Department of Landscape Architecture / Regional and Community Planning
Contact: Lee R. Skabelund, KSU-LA/RCP  (phone: 785-532-2431)

Funded by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
Clean Water Neighborhood Grant & Kansas Campus Compact WaterLINK grants

KDHE provided financial assistance to the KSU-ISC Rain-Garden Project through EPA Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grant #C9007405-12. Three WaterLINK (Water Quality Restoration and Protection Service Learning Mini-Grants awarded to KSU by KDHE utilizing EPA funds) provided financial assistance for the Fall 2006 KSU Campus Creek Planning/Design Charrette, Spring & Summer 2007 ISC Rain-Garden construction, and Fall 2007 rain-bowl designs for the ISC Rain-Garden (rain-bowls were installed on May 10, 2008).


KSU-ISC Rain-Garden: May 16, 2007 (lrs)

October 2006 Planning/Design Charrette
Hosted by KSU's Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional & Community Planning
December 2006 WaterLINK Report for the Charrette 

Spring 2007 ISC Rain-Garden Design-Build Project - Aug. 2007 WaterLINK Report
KSU-International Student Center Rain-Garden - near Claflin Road & Mid-Campus Drive

Rain-Garden Design (by Lee R. Skabelund & Cary Thomsen)
Rain-Garden Sign (by Lee R. Skabelund)

        Fall 2007 Photos:  9/7/07 - 1a / 1b / 1c     9/26/07 - 1a / 1b / 1c

KSU Stormwater Management Project presentations
KSU-Stormwater-Management-Project_2007-ppt-lrs.pdf  (~8 MB pdf)

EPA Wetlands and Watersheds Presentation (April 2008; ~13.5 MB pdf)

12MB 2007 KSU-ISC Rain-Garden Poster (July 2007)

Rain-Garden Design-Build Brochure (August 2008)

Spring & Summer 2008 Rain-Garden Photos:  April '08    May '08    July '08


Artful RainWater Design website