HACKENSACK, NJ – A festival of green! That’s how Hackensack High School gained a community rain garden and mural at the culmination of the school year.
The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) installed a community rain garden and held two interactive painting activities at Hackensack High School on June 1 at the Boost the Block Goes Green festival. The NNJCF and the Hackensack Environmental Justice Alliance produced and gifted the large rain garden to the community. The festival also featured the development of a community mural.
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Rain Garden Installed
The rain garden, designed by Dave Chalek of Sprout Farms and Gardens in Teaneck, is comprised of 100% native plants from the area. This urban rain garden is a demonstration model, using 160 plants and 28 varieties. Almost all of the plants are salt tolerant and will not be damaged by the road salt often used in winter. Chalek installed plants important to New Jersey’s history, such as New Jersey Tea, and plants to attract a wide range of birds and other pollinators.