RAINWISE

Webinar Resources

RainWise is a rebate program that helps eligible property owners manage stormwater by installing cisterns and/or rain gardens on private property. This page is for folks that recently attended one of our online webinars.

Please email rainwise@seattle.gov with any questions. 

RainWise Resources

• Email RainWise staff: rainwise@seattle.gov
• Sign up for our quarterly RainWise newsletter: http://bit.ly/RainWiseNewsletter
• Check your property’s RainWise eligibility: 700milliongallons.org/rainwise/eligibility
• Planting plans, plant lists for pollinators and natives, maintenance guide: 700milliongallons.org/tools
• Duwamish Tribe Land Acknowledgement: https://www.realrentduwamish.org/
• Financial resources: 12000raingardens.org/about-rain-gardens/incentives
• GSI Mini-Grants: 12000raingardens.org/gsi-mini-grants
• Do it yourself and other GSI resources: 12000raingardens.org/resources
• SPU’s side sewer program: seattle.gov/utilities/your-services/sewer-and-drainage/side-sewers

Landscaping for Climate Change Resources

• Healthy Gardens for a Healthy Environment, KCLS resources for learning more about a variety of gardening topics: 1.kcls.org/healthygardens
• Climate adapted gardening:
  • Climate Victory Gardens
  • Ecolgical Landscape Associartion
  • Discover Ecological Landscaping Brochure
  • Shades of Green Permaculture
  • Book: Climate Wise-Landscaping, by Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt, New Society Publishers, 2018
  • Book: Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates: Plants for a Lush, Water-Conscious Landscape, by Nora Harlow and Saxon Holt, Timber Press, 2020
  • Book: Pacific Horticulture, Climate Ready Landscape Plants: Practices, by Jared Sisneroz, Fall 2021
• Garden design resources:
  • Bellevue Going Green Garden Design
  • Sample Native Plant Landscaping Plans
  • Native Plant Landscaping Resources
• Soil: Climate Influences Soils
• Plants: Xera Plants, Inc., Plant Zone Look Up Tool
• Trees: Puget Sound Region: Climate Projections & Tree Species Vulnerability. Summary Report from the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS). [Unpublished Draft; Do Not Cite].
• Climate Ready Landscape Plants Project Resources
  • Climate-Ready Plant Trials Underway at UW Botanic Gardens
  • Climate Ready Landscape Plants: Practices
  • You Tube Video on the Climate Ready Landscape Plants
• Watering: Bellevue Going Green: Watering
• Compost and Mulch Resources
  • How much do you need? Calculator
  • Arborist chips: Chip Drop, Burien Bark, Dirt Exchange, and Walt’s Organic Fertilizer Com., as well as other nurseries and garden centers
  • Composted plant waste: Cedar Grove Compost, Mushroom compost:Byproduct of Ostrom’s Mushroom Farm in Lacey
  • Other composted waste: Moo-Doo: Organic product made from aged cow manure and sawdust mix, Oly Mountain Fish Compost: Made from organic waste, blended hardwoods, and Washington native fish, TAGRO, Zoo Doo (they boost this is very poopular)

Gardening Resources

Water Conservation Resources

• Where is Water Info Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1f-G6v3voA
• What is a water footprint? https://waterfootprint.org/en/water-footprint/what-is-water-footprint/
• Waterfootprint.org Interactive Tools: https://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/interactive-tools/product-gallery/
• Personal water footprint calculator: https://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/interactive-tools/personal-water-footprint-calculator/
• The Saving Water Partnership (18 water utilities in King & Snohomish Counties): https://www.savingwater.org/
• Water footprint calculator: https://www.home-water-works.org/calculator
• Alliance for Water Efficiency Calculator: https://kingcounty.gov/depts/dnrp/solid-waste/programs/natural-yard-care/watering.aspx
• Rain barrel information and sources for the Pacific Northwest
• Rainwater Harvesting for Outdoor Use
• Taking On Climate Change At Home: How You Can Cut Carbon Emissions
• Rain barrel information and sources for the Pacific Northwest : Factsheets and suppliers to help you find or build a system
• Installing Cisterns in Your Garden : Factsheet briefly describing how to get started on your cistern project.
• Local Suppliers of Cisterns, Soil and Pavers : These suppliers provide materials useful for RainWise rebate program contractors, as well as non-rebated homeowner projects.
• Disconnecting Downspouts : Factsheet on disconnecting downspouts.
• Saving Water Partnership – A variety of water conservation information including watering guidelines for new plantings

Salmon Season Resources

• Where to find salmon runs during salmon season: http://bit.ly/salmonseeson
• Article: What’s the problem with stormwater runoff? 
• Article: Tire-related chemical is largely responsible for adult Coho salmon deaths in urban streams
• Article: Salmon are dying from toxic stormwater runoff; Puget Sound area residents can help scientists figure out why
• Research: Soil bioretention protects juvenile salmon and their prey from the toxic impacts of urban stormwater runoff
• Webinar Recording: Car Tires & Salmon Health: Exploring New Research on Stormwater Impacts Webinar
• Video: Our Cities: Solving Stormwater
• Article: Solutions for Cities and Salmon
• Salmon Safe website: https://salmonsafe.org
• City of Kirkland’s Yard Smart Rain Rewards: www.kirklandwa.gov/yardsmart
• Video: Rainbow Bend: Achieving habitat restoration and flood risk reduction successfully
• Seattle Aquarium Cedar River Salmon Journey
• WRIA 8 watershed salmon recovery website
• Living Shores: Duwamish Floating Wetlands
• Article: ECOSS Grattix Boxes