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

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.  

Presented by QVCOG.  Contact QVCOG for more information, 412.766.7458

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