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Good for Your Plants, Good for Your Pocketbook: On Site Rain Water Capture and Harvesting

12/19/2018

 
Do you know the benefits and techniques of capturing rainwater for your garden?  Attend this program and learn how to save money and improve the health of your plants by utilizing the free water that comes from the sky!  Rain Barrels and other methods allow for environmentally responsible care of your property as well as reduce run off into streams and sewers from roof, patios and other impervious surfaces.   

Stormworks will present a introduction to rain barrels and their benefits.  Learn the best place to site a rain collection system, and the drawbacks to avoid.  Find out when and how to set up the rain collection system, what materials are needed and how to keep water stored safe and clean.  Be a part of the private green infrastructure transformation of our built environment!  Program runs from 10 AM to noon on Saturday March 2, 2019 at Fern Hollow nature Center, 1901 Glen Mitchell Rd, Sewickley, PA 15143. Open to the public; $10.  Click here to download the event flyer

Presented by QVCOG.  Contact QVCOG for more information, 412.766.7458

​ Click here to register. 
Quaker Valley Council of Governments | 343 Eicher Road | Pittsburgh, PA  15237
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • QVCOG
    • Members
    • Allegheny County InterCOG Council
    • Managers & Secretaries Committee
    • Board of Delegates
    • Financial Information
    • Bylaws
    • 2021 Annual Dinner
    • Donations
    • Contact
  • Visit our Sponsors
  • Programs
    • Solid Waste Recycling
    • COG wide GIS >
      • GIS Subscribers
      • GIS Technical Assistance Policies
    • Community Development >
      • Community Development Block Grants
      • Data Driven Code Enforcement
      • UCC Board of Appeals
      • Zoning Technical Assistance >
        • ZTA- Emsworth
        • ZTA Request for Service
  • Announcements
    • Notice to Bidders
  • Executive Director Reports
  • Board of Delegates Meeting Information & Packets