Bog Gardens

A bog garden is an easy and Florida-friendly way to take advantage of a wet, sunny area in your landscape, such as a ditch, water runoff, or muddy area. But you can build a bog garden in a fairly dry yard as well — a perfect opportunity to utilize your rain barrel!

UF/IFAS Publications

• Building a Bog Garden (PDF)

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Rain Gardens

Other Sites

• Backyard Wetland--Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. Agriculture
• A Bog Garden--Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Bog Gardens--North American Native Plant Society (Canada)
• Bog Gardens--Tuscon Water Gardeners
• Building a Bog Garden--University of Illinois Extension
• Creating a Bog Garden--Mississippi State University Extension Service
• Wetland Types: Bogs--U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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