Rain Barrels & Stormwater Management

Using rain barrels and implementing other landscaping practices to manage the rain water that falls on your property can make a big difference to your lawn & garden and the health of our waterways. 
Virginia Cooperative Extension has put together 6 guides for homeowners to learn more about these landscaping practices: 

• Rooftop Redirection
• Rain Barrels
• Permeable Pavement
• Grass Swales
• Rain Gardens
• Buffers

VBMG Water Stewards hold rain barrel workshops March - October each year.
 
2021 Rain Barrel workshops are over. Workshops will reopen in Spring 2022. 

Participants register for the workshop and a volunteer will contact you to schedule a pickup time. Each rain barrel kit costs $50 and includes a 55-gallon sealed rain barrel, diverter kit for installation on an existing downspout, drill bits, and instructions. Rain barrel kits can be picked up at the Virginia Beach Farmers Market, located at 3640 Dam Neck Rd. 

Want to learn more about what's involved with building and installing a rain barrel?  Watch the video tutorial.