Learn how to use a rain barrel for rain collection and storage. For people interested in saving water and helping the environment, a rain barrel is a win-win. When it’s raining, your garden is getting the water it needs. Rain barrels come into use during periods of drought, when you would have to resort to using water from your house to water your garden. In addition to conserving water, collecting runoff from your roof stops that water from polluting your local watershed. By diverting this storm runoff from your roof into your rain barrel, you’re stopping it from picking up all those pollutants and taking them to your local stream. Urban Gardening speaker, Barry Chenkin, is a longtime resident of Montgomery County, Maryland, and the founder of Aquabarrel LLC, a company that specializes in personal rainwater management products such as rain barrels, downspout filters, and downspout diverters.

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FREE and open to all! (Program geared to ages 12 to Adults)

"Growing green" on Saturday, July 11 at 1:00pm.



Event: Growing green

"a gardening festival"

What: Festival

Host: Washington Youth Garden and City Blossoms

Start Time: Saturday, July 11 at 1:00pm

End Time: Saturday, July 11 at 5:00pm

Where: http://www.washingtonyouthgarden.o
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A family-friendly day of fun in the Washington Youth Garden at the

Arboretum. Workshops for adults on composting, container gardening,

herbs, urban gardening techniques. Children's activities, music, and

food too. $10 adults, $5 children to benefit programming at the

Washington Youth Garden and City Blossoms.