The City of Ames Public Works Department, in cooperation with Prairie Rivers RC&D and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture  is hosting a series of Rain Garden Workshops

Attend a class and learn how to install and maintain a rain garden on your residential property.  In addition to being beautiful, rain gardens

• reduce stormwater runoff rate and volume
• remove pollutants that normally make their way to our drinking water
• increase groundwater recharge 
• require less maintenance since there is no mowing, fertilizer or watering once established
• may increase property values with creative landscaping designs
• increase habitat for birds and butterflies
• done correctly, native landscaping has enormous potential for good

 

April 3  1pm  Ames City Hall

 

April 5th 6:30pm  Ames City Hall

 

April 7th 10am Ames Public Library

 

April 7th 2pm Ames Public Library

 

April 10th 6:30pm Ames City Hall

 

April 12th 6:30pm Ames City Hall

 

Please preregister by contacting:

 

Carman Rosburg" < crosburg@...>,  or call Carman at 515/290-7384

 

While preregistration is not necessary, please do so in order to ensure you receive your Rain Garden Toolkit!