The landscape design around Mountain Top Arboretum’s timber frame Education Center uses plants native to the Catskill Mountains and features a system of six interconnected Rain Gardens that catch and filter water runoff. We hope that these beautiful plantings will inspire and educate visitors about water and land stewardship, important tenets of our mission.

Click below for a guide to the Arboretum’s Rain Gardens.

In this informative article—“Let it Rain”—landscape architect Jamie Purinton and Arboretum Executive Director Marc Wolf describe the process of designing and planting the rain gardens around the Education Center. Plant lists are included. We appreciate the Ecological Landscape Alliance giving us the opportunity to share this story!