Get your hands dirty for clean water!
The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, a Baltimore County-based land preservation and watershed restoration non-profit, is seeking volunteers to help create a rain garden at a private residence in Parkville,MD. No gardening experience required!
Got flooding in your backyard? This is the perfect time to learn more about the benefits of incorporating a rain garden into your landscape. Our landscape designers will give a presentation followed by a hands-on gardening opportunity.
A rain garden is a special, water loving garden that helps soak up rain water from your roof or driveway. It is designed to capture water from a 1” rain storm and slowly infiltrate it back into the ground. By using beautiful, native flowers, grasses and even trees, a rain garden will beautify your yard while reducing stormwater impacts. It also provides habitat for wildlife, beneficial insects, such as ladybugs, and pollinators like butterflies.
Register online for this workshop. For more info, contact Amy Young, Clear Creeks Project Volunteer/Outreach Coordinator, at ayoung@gunpowdervc.org or (410) 404-4748
EVENT DETAILS
When: Saturday June 23rd, 10 am – 1 pm
Where: Private residence, 9636A Oak Summit Avenue, Parkville, MD 21234
What to expect: Dress for yard work (hat, long pants, sneakers/boots, sunscreen) and bring your own water bottle. Garden gloves and tools will be provided. Our hosts will provide lunch after the garden installation.
This workshop is part of the Clear Creeks Project. Coordinated by the 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 Bird River, Lower Gunpowder Falls, Middle River, and Tidal Gunpowder watersheds. Additional funding provided by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; Chesapeake Bay Trust; Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability; Baltimore Gas and Electric; and Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund, administered by Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
