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Rain Check 2017 Photo Contest
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Thanks to all who participated in the Rain Check Photo Contest!
After 115 entries and nearly 9,000 votes cast, we are pleased to announce the top three Rain Check projects highlighted in our 2017 Rain Check Photo Contest.
1st Place with 2511 votes: Karen’s City Garden
2nd place with 2114 votes: Northeast Philly Downspout Planter
3rd place with 1425 votes: Our Three Basin Rain Garden
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About the Winners
The first-place photo featured a Rain Check project completed last summer. With discounts through the Rain Check cost-sharing program, this participant depaved a concrete pad and replaced it with beautiful, rain-absorbing hardscaping. The plantings seen in the photo were done by the participant after the project was finished; spruced-up yards that added to Rain Check improvements were a common theme in the photos submitted.
In all, the first-place project removed 127 square feet of hard surface to manage stormwater and protect our waterways from runoff. As the first-place winner, they will receive a Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Family membership with four 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show tickets.
The second-place winners received a $100 gift card for a local farm stand and gardening center, and the third-place winners took home two Flower Show tickets.
Thank you to all who participated: we know many who voted for their favorite project were inspired by just how good these green stormwater tools can look, and we’re excited to see those people at our upcoming free Rain Check workshops!
Interested in getting your own free rain barrel or a discounted hardscaping project like the first-place winner? Sign up for a workshop here.
Vote for the downspout planter? You can get one for your home for just $100 – a deep discount compared to getting one of these stormwater runoff-capturing planters on your own.
With bigger projects like the third-place rain garden, we’ll chip in up to $2,000 and connect you with certified professional contractors to make sure your garden is done right and manages lots of stormwater to sustain native plants. Learn more.
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About Rain Check
Rain Check is a Philadelphia Water Department program that helps residents manage stormwater at their homes. Participants can get a free rain barrel and/or get a downspout planter, rain garden or permeable paving installed at a reduced price. Rain Check supports Philadelphia’s Green City, Clean Waters program, which is adding green features to neighborhoods across the city to keep excess stormwater out of sewers.
The program is funded by the Philadelphia Water Department and managed by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) in partnership with the Sustainable Business Network (SBN).