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Rain Garden Workshop
Rain gardens are a beautiful AND functional solution to stormwater runoff. Learn how to create one!
A rain garden is a water-loving garden that helps soak up rainwater from your roof, driveway, or lawn. It is designed to capture water from a 1″ rainstorm and slowly infiltrate it back into the ground. By using native flowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees, a rain garden can beautify your yard while reducing standing water. Rain gardens also provide habitat for:
- Birds
- Pollinators
- Other beneficial insects
Join Gunpowder Valley Conservancy (GVC), a Baltimore County-based land trust and watershed restoration nonprofit, for a Rain Garden Workshop at a private residence in Parkville. The workshop will include a brief presentation on rain gardens, with an additional focus on proper rain garden maintenance. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the benefits of adding a rain garden to your yard and how to keep it beautiful and functioning as it matures.
What to expect: Dress for yard work (hat, long pants, sneakers/boots, sunscreen) and bring your own labeled water bottle. If possible, bring your own garden gloves. We will provide tools. The event will be held outdoors.
Location: Private Residence – 2902 Knoll Acres Drive, Parkville, MD, 21234
Questions? Contact event leader Patricia Ceglia at pceglia@gunpowdervc.org
This workshop is part of the Clear Creeks Project. Coordinated by Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, the Clear Creeks Project is a grant-funded, citizen-based initiative that helps answer a community desire to restore the water quality of the Gunpowder Watershed. Additional funding provided by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; Chesapeake Bay Trust; Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability; and Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund, administered by Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
