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Going to go ahead with this plan I drafted earlier for my neighbor. They went out to one the nursey in Westland and got the plants so I plan on working on the rain garden later today.

Yes maackia, I posted recently, I think you even responded. I've been around these forums for a long time and in the past posted numerous pics of my Wheeler garden. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6478539/a-visit-to-a-former-garden#n=16 I now garden just across the Nehalem River, in Nehalem. Not long ago I shared my Nehalem garden. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6449463/my-nehalem-conifers#n=10

Percolation test went very well! The hole drained in 12 minutes. I filled it a third time for fun and it drained in 12 minutes again. Given the fast drainage, it seems like I don't actually need that big of a rain garden, which is great because I can keep it further from the sidewalk. The section of roof that will be draining to it is 285 square feet, so it sounds like we're looking at about ~57 square feet. I do have a question though. Given that the rain will be guided through an existing garden bed via a river of stone (my hope is that this will help water that bed as well, as it's pretty dry), do you think I'd be able to swing a slightly smaller garden at around 50 sqft, if needed? I might be able to do the full 57 but just trying to be mindful of all of the county guidelines about having everything at least 5 feet from any sidewalks or property lines.