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LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN Glen Stream Restoration Richmond, Virginia Awesome IMAGE not some “before” image Conceptual design plan. n both its programming and the stewardship of its own property, the Lewis A nationally recognized botanical I Ginter Botanical Garden strives to “connect people through plants to improve garden demonstrates ecological communities.” The Garden is doing just that in restoring a degraded stream on restoration and water quality their 50-acre property. Runoff from surrounding development had transformed the stream into an eroded gully that offered little habitat or ecological function. improvement in their own backyard. Biohabitats helped identify the restoration as an opportunity to use the site as SERVICES a living laboratory for teaching visitors about stream restoration, water quality, Ecological Restoration and native Virginia plant species. After assessing the site, Biohabitats developed a Conservation concept which uses the existing stream channel to create a hyporheic stormwater Water treatment system. The concept also realigns and reduces the size of the channel to Urban Ecology allow more frequent connection with the newly created floodplain, and includes a Landscape Architecture new garden featuring floodplain and wetland plants native to Virginia. Biohabitats Stream Restoration helped the Garden pursue grant funding to advance the project. With funding secured from the Virginia Environmental Endowment, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Dominion Energy Foundation and a private donor, Biohabitats finalized the design, handled permitting and procured County approvals, and prepared construction documents. Construction is slated for 2021, and Biohabitats will assist with contractor selection, plant selection, construction oversight, permitting, and post-construction monitoring. © Biohabitats | Restore the Earth & Inspire Ecological Stewardship.

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