One month ago today was our park(ing) day event!
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Parking Day Anniversary!
Progress report
Night time parklet building by flood light!
See you guys on Friday and Saturday!
Sneak Peek: Bicycle-powered rain showers
Check out a short instagram video of Little Collective testing our bicycle-powered rain shower machine!
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Building raingarden modules and platforms
Testing the raingarden module boxes
First raingarden module prototype
Stevie, relaxing on one of our platform boxes
@ 3:30AM, packing up mobile shop setup
Building the bicycle-powered rain shower pump system!
Breaking a standard water pump and converting it into a bicycle-powered rain shower pump system!
Getting jiggy with urban rainwater!
Why modular raingardens?
Modular raingardens are a strategic water quality management tool for our streetscapes. They appropriate parklet principles to create a quick and distributed network of above ground raingarden sponges. Modular raingardens improve the social and ecological health of our communities by increasing public space, expanding upstream urban pollinator habitat and protecting downstream water quality for salmon. Modular raingardens are an intermediary strategy for cities addressing stormwater basin goals, until funding/political will/etc is able to put permanent in-ground bioretention systems. 
Help Support a Modular Rain Garden Pop Up Park
Learn about the Raingarden Modules Prototype Phasing Schedule!
Prototyping modular rain gardens
Hey there!
Just a peek into our test lab, where we are starting to build and assemble our modular raingarden parklet. Master craftswoman, Stevie, has been diligently scavenging scrap plywood to test our construction details for Seattle’s upcoming Park(ing) Day!
Stay tuned…
Bees to Salmon: Exploring Urban Rainwater Park(ing) Day Parklet!
Join us in front of the 12th Ave Arts Building on Capitol Hill for Park(ing) Day on September 16th and 17th 2016!
Our project makes the invisible visible in terms of how our cities manage urban rainwater. Our parklet prototypes modular raingardens, which are strategic water quality management tools for our streetscapes. Our parklet highlights the opportunities to create urban habitat for pollinators upstream, while protecting salmon downstream. We will have interactive bicycle installations that clean stormwater and educational materials to show the basic components of raingarden systems.
Collaborators: Capitol Hill Housing (Eco-District), The Nature Conservancy, The International Living Futures Institute, Seattle 2030 Districts, Seattle Parks Foundations, Cascadia Edible Landscapes, Cedar Grove and Rainwise.
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