{"id":65,"date":"2018-06-01T19:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/get-your-rain-check-wood-downspout-planter-now\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T11:51:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T16:51:28","slug":"get-your-rain-check-wood-downspout-planter-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/get-your-rain-check-wood-downspout-planter-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Want One of These Beauties? We WOODn\u2019t Wait!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/philadelphiawater\/albums\/72157696935140344\" title=\"Wood Planters Catch Roof Runoff in Philly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/886\/42448289132_6a895c3ca0_c.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"big\">If you&#39;ve been considering getting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwdraincheck.org\/en\/stormwater-tools\/wood-downspout-planters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wood downspout planter<\/a> for your home through Philadelphia&#39;s Rain Check program, now is the time to act!<\/p>\n<p>Beginning on July 1, 2018, the participant cost for the wood downspout planter will increase from $100 to $250.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\" style=\"width: max-content; max-width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<p>To get a wood planter at the lower cost, you must:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Attend a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwdraincheck.org\/en\/stormwater-tools-home\/sign-up\">Rain Check Workshop <\/a><strong>before July 1, 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Submit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwdraincheck.org\/en\/place-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the $25 consultation fee<\/a> <strong>by October 1, 2018<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Interested? Rain Check workshops are filling up quickly, so sign up now at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwdraincheck.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PWDRainCheck.org<\/a> and read up on the program.<\/h5>\n<p>Even if you can&#39;t make a workshop by July 1, the $250 cost for participants represents <strong>nearly $1,000 in savings<\/strong> compared to buying or building a similar planter on your own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There&#39;s even more good news: <\/strong>we recently introduced beautiful, new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwdraincheck.org\/en\/stormwater-tools\/metal-downspout-planters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metal downspout planters<\/a><\/strong>, and those will still cost participants just $100. Just like the wooden planter, this new model will come with custom installation, a soil-stone medium for plant support and stormwater filtration, and plants.<\/p>\n<p>Participants buying either planter style will receive species based on their sunlight conditions. All the plants are selected by the <a href=\"http:\/\/phsonline.org\/programs\/rain-check\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania Horticultural Society<\/a>, our Rain Check partner, based on their ability to handle stormwater runoff and dryer conditions, making them fairly low-maintenance.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Why the change?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Since launching Rain Check, in 2012, we&#39;ve strived to keep the cost of green tools down for residents and the department. Keeping these projects free, like rain barrels, or affordable, allowed us to install thousands of at-home green infrastructure upgrades all over the city. Because the wood-framed model of downspout planters come in a variety of sizes and shapes, they are custom-built by Sustainable Business Network-certified contractors and then assembled on-site.<\/p>\n<p>While this increases the time, labor and costs associated with the installation, we are still making these planters available to Rain Check participants at a fraction of the overall cost because we recognize the importance of managing stormwater and engaging Philadelphia residents in the effort to protect and improve our waterways.<\/p>\n<h5>For more information, contact us at RainCheck@pennhort.org or (215) 988-8767.<\/h5>\n<p class=\"big\">You can also get inspired by checking out the truly creative and vibrant Rain\u00a0Check projects <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/RainCheckPhotos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featured in submissions from last year&#39;s photo contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been considering getting a wood downspout planter for your home through Philadelphia\u2019s Rain Check program, now is the time to act!<\/p>\n<p>Beginning on July 1, 2018, the participant cost for the wood downspout planter will increase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_css":"","custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8,41,44,77,99],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infrastructure","tag-announcement","tag-gardening","tag-green-infrastructure","tag-rain-check","tag-tips-and-how-to","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/get-your-rain-check-wood-downspout-planter-now\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Want One of These Beauties? 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