Archive for March, 2008

March 31st 2008

Middle school students kick off Arbor Week - Carroll County Times (subscription)

Middle school students kick off Arbor Week
Carroll County Times (subscription), MD - 1 hour ago
Allgeier said the parking lot at West Middle has a lot of runoff, so it’s an ideal spot for a rain garden. The purpose of a rain garden is to stop runoff

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March 31st 2008

Community campaigns to cure Crofton creek - Annapolis Capital


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Community campaigns to cure Crofton creek
Annapolis Capital, MD - 6 hours ago
In May, Bob Carr, president of the Greater Crofton Chamber of Commerce, said he plans to create a rain garden outside the offices of his company,

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March 31st 2008

City Officials Greening Up Blacks Run - Rocktown Weekly


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City Officials Greening Up Blacks Run
Rocktown Weekly, VA - Mar 30, 2008
City officials also will use $1700 in grants from the Virginia Department of Forestry to build a rain garden in Purcell Park, where water from an

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March 31st 2008

City Officials Greening Up Blacks Run - Harrisonburg Daily News Record


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City Officials Greening Up Blacks Run
Harrisonburg Daily News Record, VA - 6 hours ago
City officials also will use $1700 in grants from the Virginia Department of Forestry to build a rain garden in Purcell Park, where water from an

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March 29th 2008

Club to hold event about rain gardens - St. Cloud Times

Club to hold event about rain gardens
St. Cloud Times, MN - 1 hour ago
Carolan is a restoration ecologist for Bonestroo, Sartell’s planning consulting firm, and part of the rain garden installation team.

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March 28th 2008

Saco to develop first ‘green’ subdivision (Printed March 27, 2008) - Courier Connection

Saco to develop first ‘green’ subdivision (Printed March 27, 2008)
Courier Connection, ME - 9 hours ago
She said in keeping with new state Department of Environmental Protection guidelines, her company will use a “rain garden” opposed to a detention pond,

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March 28th 2008

Runoff surges to forefront of development issues - Milton Daily Standard

Runoff surges to forefront of development issues
Milton Daily Standard, PA - 1 hour ago
He went on to explain that a rain garden can be a nice landscaping feature in a naturally occurring low lying area of a property. “Rather than capture rain

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March 28th 2008

Limelight Calendar - Tallahassee.com

Limelight Calendar
Tallahassee.com, FL - 23 minutes ago
“Dig Into Mother Nature”: Help make a rain garden. 9 am-4:30 pm $40, $35 for members. Tallahassee Museum, 3945 Museum Drive. Details/registration: 575-8684,

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March 28th 2008

Rain barrel options catch interest of Emmitsburg green group … - Frederick News Post (subscription)

Rain barrel options catch interest of Emmitsburg green group
Frederick News Post (subscription), MD - 24 minutes ago
If you have a naturally depressed area, a rain garden may be an idea as it captures more water because of its shape. “You need plants that are drought and

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March 27th 2008

Green Week 2008 Expands Green Theme - Larchmont Gazette

Green Week 2008 Expands Green Theme
Larchmont Gazette, NY - 7 minutes ago
Anyone interested in helping create a rain garden is invited to show up (with tools) in Kane Park (the strip of green along the Boston Post Road from Beach

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