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Forget jewellery & flowers this year, give Mom a gift that keeps on giving.

Why Buy A Rain Barrel from Us?

• Rain Barrels are perfect for capturing and harvesting rain water and therefore helps in water conservation
• Rainwater is free from chlorine, ammonia, fluoride and other chemicals – perfect for Mom’s garden
• By buying a rain barrel from us you would be supporting a non-profit organization in your area.

Where to BUY A Rain Barrel ?

See our full list of sales HERE

Below is a list of our non-profit fundraising partners that are now accepting orders for pick up May 12th or 13th. Click on the location closest to you to submit your order. Make picking up your rain barrel part of your Mother’s day plans.

Belleville , ON – Quinte Conservation

Eden , NY – St. John’s Community Church

Peterborough, ON  Grace United Church Men of Faith

Sarnia, ON – The Alzheimer’s Society of Sarnia-Lambton

Val Caron, ON – Confederation Secondary School

Grimsby, ON – Grimsby Kinette Club

Ottawa, ON – 62nd Ottawa Scout Group

Cookstown, ON – Inn Services Utilities Inc.

Don’t see your location here? Order one for later pick up and tell mom about it on her special day!  For a full list of sales please click here.

It may be helpful to look at our scheduled sales on THIS MAP. We are unable to sell individual barrels during our truckload sales season. You may want to consider contacting one of our non-profit partners directly to see if you can arrange pick up at a more convenient time when you are in their area. Contact information is on all of our sales pages listed at RainBarrel.ca/truckload-sales.

Buy A Rain Barrel and Support Stirling Lions

Many Benefits to Rain Barrels

Amherstview Lions and Loyalist Township Team Up To Bring Rain Barrels to Community Members

ARLENE VANDERBEEK COLUMN Hamilton

North Bay Regional Health Centre

Question: I am looking for a design that I can use to connect my downspouts to a 1,000 liter tote, or a couple of plastic rain barrels. My downspouts are connected to pvc piping near the ground, and the pvc piping continues underground and to the edge of my lawn and drains into the woods. I’d like to find a way to fill the containers and then have any overflow travel through the buried pipe to be dispersed away from the house. Even better would be a way to set up a pump so I could let the water rip when it was watering time. I’m on a well and watering is a challenge with low flow rates and lack of volume. Any ideas or links would be appreciated!

Answer: Our universal downspout diverter will help with this. Take a look at how it connects to the white rain barrel (below). When full the water backs up and continues down the downspout. A tote tank can be set up the same way.

Is there a way I can set up the original barrel approx 15 feet from the downspout?  I have a fairly narrow alleyway next to the downspout and can’t locate the barrel there.

The solution for narrow passageways is to install a downspout diverter and to use a 24 foot overflow hose to supply water from the diverter to your distant rain barrel. That hose will be very heavy when filled with water so you will want to install hooks or hangers along the wall to support the hose. See diverter and hose installation photos below. You wouldn’t need the white diverter hose as the black overflow hose would replace it and attach directly to the diverter. Notice how conduit clamps were used to support the hose. Similar clamps could be attached to brick or siding.

Conduit supports were used for the hose which was placed behind the railing of the deck . At the corner of the deck there is a built in bench and the hose is kept behind the railing of the bench and comes around the corner to the rain barrel.