Haddonfield Rain Gardens Installed on Lincoln Avenue

Three new innovative green infrastructure projects were completed recently in Haddonfield on Lincoln Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Walnut Street. 

 Known as “roadside rain gardens,” the structures are built into the existing right-of-way and are designed to capture and infiltrate storm-water runoff from the roadway that would otherwise run along the curb and into the storm drain.  This infiltration will reduce the amount of nutrients and pollutants that flow into the Cooper River watershed during rain events.

The project is sponsored by Camden County Soil Conservation District (CCSCD) and Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Water Resources Program who have designed and managed construction of the gardens.   Volunteers from the Borough’s Environmental Commission, Sustainable Haddonfield, HMHS Environmental Sciences Program, and Elizabeth Haddon Elementary fifth graders planted the gardens with instruction from CCSCD and RCE last weekend.

The rain gardens are part of an ongoing effort to improve storm-water management in the Cooper River watershed by creating innovative demonstration projects to showcase the effectiveness of such green infrastructure and promote techniques that could be copied throughout the watershed. 

More projects are planned in Haddonfield and are contributing to the many efforts of the Borough to promote sustainability through Sustainable Haddonfield and the borough’s participation in the Sustainable Jersey program.