Archive for July, 2008

July 31st 2008

Around the Park: Scout plants needed rain garden - Annapolis Capital


Annapolis Capital
Around the Park: Scout plants needed rain garden
Annapolis Capital, MD - 2 hours ago
By LESLIE HUNT Staff writer With months of planning, preparations and phone calls behind him, the rain garden he started mapping out in December for his

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July 31st 2008

Outdoors update: Fresh Water Forever Saturday at Flushing Township … - MLive.com

Bring the family for a day of free, fun activities while learning the value of clean water at Fresh Water Forever, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at Flushing Township Nature Park, 8301 N. McKinley Road north of Mt. Morris Road. Canoe rally: Paddlers will put …

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July 31st 2008

Around the Park: - HometownAnnapolis.com

Kyle Frank, 17, had done his homework. With months of planning, preparations and phone calls behind him, the rain garden he started mapping out in December for his Eagle Scout project was about to be installed in his community of Chartwell. The …

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July 31st 2008

Extreme Makeover home extremely green - WKOW-TV.com

Extreme Makeover home extremely green
WKOW-TV.com, WI - 31 minutes ago
And out back - a rain garden and two rain barrels. In this case it takes the water off the garage, which will be used for any of the plants out back or in

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July 31st 2008

Job Swap: Landscape Artist - KARE

Job Swap: Landscape Artist
KARE, MN - 35 minutes ago
At Heidi’s we are planning out and planting in a rain garden, which in theory, sounds fun. “You have to amend the soil because it’s critically important

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July 31st 2008

Downtown makets to become extra green - Toledo Blade

Downtown makets to become extra green
Toledo Blade, OH - 4 hours ago
Walking tours, at 10 am and noon, to a nearby demonstration rain garden that uses barrels will depart from the round stage in the Civic Center Promenade

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July 31st 2008

Grants help projects in Johnston take shape - Des Moines Register

Principal Suzie Pearson can’t recall what Wallace Elementary School looked like before it was surrounded by the gardens and the copper oak-tree sculpture that now provide an outdoor focal point. The project would not have been possible without the …

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July 30th 2008

Library might get rain garden - West Salem Coulee News

Library might get rain garden
West Salem Coulee News, WI - 41 minutes ago
By MATTHEW PERENCHIO | Assistant editor The village of West Salem will be considering constructing a rain garden at the library as a means to control

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July 30th 2008

Laurel to capitalize on budget surplus - Business Gazette

Laurel to capitalize on budget surplus
Business Gazette, MD - 11 minutes ago
‘‘A rain garden is a garden that a homeowner might have where they have a lot of runoff of rainwater,” said Mike Lhotsky, director of the city’s Department

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July 30th 2008

Wellesley’s Morses Pond going online - Abington Mariner

A new educational resource is coming to Wellesley. It’s not a class or a book, but a Web site. In the fall, the Natural Resources Commission will officially launch the Morses Pond Web site. Its main function will be to inform residents on what they …

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