Interested in learning about rain gardens?
The Clean Water Campaign has a wealth of resources available about rain gardens and their purpose. Currently, we are working on a 30-minute video that should be completed this year. Contact us if you would like to have a rain garden presentation for your organization.
Upcoming Workshops
Succulents and Cacti In Your Garden Design. Add interest to your garden with these unusual plants by attending a free Gardening Seminar with UGA Cherokee County Extension Office. This seminar will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 10:00am at the Woodstock Library on 7735 Main Street, Woodstock, GA 30188. To register for this workshop please call the Cherokee County Extension Office at 770-479-0418 or email your contact information to uge1057@uga.edu or visit their website at www.ugaextension.com/cherokee.
Gwinnett County Departmet of Water Resources is hosting a Rain Garden Workshop on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:00p.m. at the Gwinnett Justice and Administratin Center. This rain garden workshop will educate citizens on how to created a rain garden and how these landscapes can create a more natural flow for rainwater, allowing it to soak into the ground rather than runoff to the streets or drainage ditches. Registration is required! Please register for this and other workshops by completing an online registration form.
If you are interested in having a workshop in your community, please contact us.
Additional Resources
The materials, presentations and workshop show how to construct a rain garden and to identify what plants to select. The plants in the rain garden are both beautiful and helpful. They add color and interest to your landscape and serve as habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife. She will also cover how rain gardens create a more natural flow for stormwater and reduce the amount of stormwater that runs into storm drains.
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