Rain/Erosion Garden, Zach Roberts

 STEM has been working on many projects this year. Of those projects is a rain/erosion garden (worked on by Michaela, Allyssa, Lloyd, Vikingur, and Zach). This garden serves to control erosion from rain water runoff. Some of the plants include woodland flox,  bloodroot, and violets (NJ's state flower). These plants are very water tolerant, and have deep roots to hold their ground. This garden will absorb and slow down most of the rain runoff that flows by it, effectively controlling the level of erosion on the hillside where it is planted. We hope to have a few more gardens planted in the near future.