A rain garden is a depression — this one was clawed out by a small backhoe — planted to catch and filter stormwater. In 2013, the first rain garden was installed at the Marble Works in a partnership amongst the Marble Works Partnership, the town of Middlebury, the Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation District and the Let It Rain program, with some public donations. It was designed by LandWorks landscape architects, which has offices in the Marble Works, and installed by volunteers.

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