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1 Rain Garden University: A Turnkey Solution The Master Rain Gardener Class Presented by: Susan Bryan Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner s Office Funded by:

2 Playdough: $21 Staff time: $14,000 Hosting a Field Trip: $400

3 66 rain gardens a year built on private property Priceless

4 Rain Gardens Maintenance Summer 2012 Priceless Ann Arbor 3145 Baylis

5 30 People Excited About Improving Water Quality -Master Rain Gardener Class of 2013 Fighting Hydro-Filth! Priceless

6 Residents giving neighborhood talks on stormwater management Priceless

7 Independent Friendly Publicity Denise Held, Natural Awakenings, June 2012 Priceless

8 15 supporters showing up at a public meeting about a new streetside rain garden public works project: Priceless Miller Avenue Rain Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI

9 Underground Infiltration Vaults Pioneer High School Regional Detention and Infiltration Vaults, OHM

10 Master Rain Gardeners Denise Held, Natural Awakenings, June 2012

11 Susan Bryan Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner s Office Master Rain Gardener class UofM Nichols Arboretum Harvard bioinfiltration area Miller Avenue Rain Gardens, Ann Arbor

12 Today Introduction Program Goal: Make vegetative infiltration the norm for landscaping practices in Washtenaw County

13 Today Agenda 1. Comprehensive citizen training what are benefits? 2. We taped it. 3. You can offer it.

14 Today Agenda

15 Benefits Non-partisan Mount Vernon Ladies Association George Washington s Estate at Mount Vernon

16 Benefits Non-partisan Schoolyard gardens Urban Seedling

17 Benefits Non-partisan Guerilla gardening Ron Finley Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA

18 Benefits Non-partisan Young and old Renee Ringholz, MRG Bella Ann Townes on guerilla gardening

19 Benefits Non-partisan All kinds of backgrounds Gardeners Students Retired Landscape Architects Young Professionals Landscapers Architects Gardeners Horticulturalists Teachers Retired Engineers

20 Benefits Rain Gardens Get Built

21 Benefits Rain Gardens Get Built Denise Held MRG 2011 Design by Denise Held, 2011 design dig mulch & plant

22 Benefits Rain Gardens Get Built Photo by Susan Bryan

23 Benefits Rain Gardens Get Built Google Maps

24 Benefits You get Ambassadors Master Rain Gardeners are peer educators Photo by Susan Bryan

25 Number of Rain Gardens Built in Washtenaw County per year We start 50 designing rain gardens with a 40 $100K MDEQ Grant 30 1 st Master Rain Gardener class Rain Garden U begins with a $100K MDEQ Grant 66 Rain Gardens built last year! Volunteer #2,3,4, Volunteer Designed Staff Designed Total: 303

26 Number of Rain Gardens Built Rain Garden U begins with a $100,000 MDEQ Grant Volunteer #2,3,4, Volunteer Designed Staff Designed

27 We Taped It So you don t have to... Thanks to Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Nonpoint Source funding by:

28 We Taped It So you don t have to...

29 We Taped It So you don t have to...

30 We Taped It So you don t have to...

31 We Taped It So you don t have to...

32 You can offer it too Tips & Lessons Learned 1. Recruit knowledgeable hosts. 2. Offer a Field Trip 3. Keep in touch and celebrate their success. Photo by Linda Prieskorn, MRG

33 You can offer it too Tips & Lessons Learned Recruit knowledgeable Hosts Photo by Linda Prieskorn, MRG

34 You can offer it too Tips & Lessons Learned Offer a field trip Photo by Linda Prieskorn, MRG

35 You can offer it too Tips & Lessons Learned Keep in touch & celebrate their successes Graciela Rubalcava, MRG Photo by Susan Bryan

36 Rain Gardens in Washtenaw County

37 We are here! (Gardeners)

38 Conclusion Master Rain Gardener Class I find myself driving/walking and looking for houses that need rain gardens! With the class, I feel confident. But I would not have tackled this project without taking the class. Great class!! -Student feedback Photo of Lake Superior by Lisa Moutinho, Washtenaw County

39 Conclusion

40 Conclusion Master Rain Gardener Class Let s partner! Access the class on YouTube Master Rain Gardener And send me a note Susan Bryan Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner s Office bryans@ewashtenaw.org Funded by: Photo of Lake Superior by Lisa Moutinho, Washtenaw County

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