Think Green Thursday: Rain Gardens

Think Green Thursday: Rain Gardens

Rain gardens are a great way to redirect and capture runoff in your landscape.

By N.C. Cooperative Extension, Alamance County

Date and time

Location

North Park Library

849 Sharpe Road Burlington, NC 27217

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Do you have an area in your landscape that always stays wet? Do you have a small river flowing through your yard when it rains? A great way to tackle these problems is to install a rain garden to capture that excess water and use plants to help reduce the pollution that might otherwise make its way into our drinking water.


The will be held Thursday, October 9th from 5:30p.m to 6:30pm at The North Park Library: 849 Sharpe Rd, Burlington, NC 27217. Taught by NC Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteers of Alamance County.


The class is free but registration is required.


Please contact Rhiannon Goodwin with any questions at Rhiannon_Goodwin@ncsu.edu or 336-570-6740.


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Organized by

Alamance County Center

209-C N Graham-Hopedale Rd

Burlington, NC 27217

OPEN MON-FRI: 8A-5P

(336) 570-6740

https://alamance.ces.ncsu.edu/

 

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Free
Oct 9 · 5:30 PM EDT