In 2019 construction of a 965 m² rain garden on the grounds of Glendale Public School within the Fletcher’s Creek Sustainable Neighborhood Action Plan area in Brampton took place.  In approximately two months a previously unused baseball field was turned into a rain garden that can capture and infiltrate 200 m³ of runoff per rain event, addressing an existing drainage problem on the school property.

During construction, an innovative approach was applied to re-use site soils.  Soils from the site were amended on site to make the growing media used in the rain garden / bioretention area, which eliminated the need to haul it offsite and bring in a pre-made growing media.

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