Join Southeast Green as we speak to Cecie Harrington of Rainwater Pillow about new legal support for rain water usage in Atlanta, the new formation of a regional industry group and how green building and rain harvesting still go hand and hand together.
Join us as we get up to date with Jim Harrington of Rainwater Pillow.
Jim Harrington developed The Original Rainwater Pillow in 2008 as a response to the drought in Georgia. Owner of Jim Harrington Garden Designs, one of the Atlanta Area’s top landscaping companies, he recognized the havoc that a lack of available water could wreak on his customer’s gardens and the potential for rainwater harvesting as a solution.
The result is The Original Rainwater Pillow, an innovative way to take advantage of heavy downpours and provide ample water for flowers, gardens and other outdoor and indoor water needs. The pillows are hidden in horizontal wasted space already availble in many homes and buildings so you do not have a hard-to-disguise tank or the excavation expense required for cisterns!
We build custom pillow sizes and foot prints up to 200,000 gallons to fit your available space. This allows you to utize all your avialble space and maximize your rainwater collection volume.
Jim and his wife, Cecie are both accredited by The American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association.
We’ve had a Pillow installed under our front porch about a month ago, (1800 gal). It’s full now, and have it attached to our drip irrigation system. We expect to keep our plants alive and well this summer without any concerns about high water bills and restrictions
Dennis Croll – Callaway Gardens
Homeowners Embracing Sustainability in a Big Way
Leslie and Bill Heitz, looking for a rainwater system, ran across the Rainwater Pillow, invented by Atlanta horticulturalist Jim Harrington. The Heitzes, who moved to Atlanta this year, weren’t accustomed to water rationing; currently the city allows no outdoor watering.
Rainwater Pillows range from 1,000 to 40,000 gallons and are designed to go under your crawl space, porch or deck. The Heitzes’ pillow is about 2 feet tall and 10 feet by 15 feet in size, holding 22,000 gallons of water. “I left this gorgeous garden in Baltimore,” says Leslie Heitz, 56. “I just felt like I wasn’t going to plant a lot of landscaping if I was depending on city water. It just doesn’t feel right.”
By Dawn McMullan
I am both an avid gardener and conservationist. Since last summer, I had been searching for an effective way to collect rain water. There is very limited space around my house for either rain barrels or tanks. When I saw the Original Rainwater Pillow display at the GPPA booth of the Southeastern Flower Show, I knew that I had found just what I needed.
My Rain Water Pillow has now been in operation for about 6 weeks. With all the rainy weekends, the pillow has filled up quickly. The pump system supplies more than sufficient pressure to run a hose. So watering is easy and I look forward to a green and happy garden this year.
Cindy J. – Original Rainwater Pillow Customer