Payment required with registration, one barrel per paid registration Please be sure you can get your barrel home after the workshop

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1 Rain Barrel Workshop Make your own rain barrel June 7 th, 2011, 6:30 8:30 pm Moorestown Friends School. Registration is required, $45.00 per person. Learn about local water issues and how to make your own rain barrel. Maximum of 25 Participants. Sponsored by Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Pompeston Creek Watershed Association. Payment required with registration, one barrel per paid registration Please be sure you can get your barrel home after the workshop Contact Mike Haberland at (Haberland@njaes.rutgers.edu) or BEFORE sending payment to ensure that space is available. Name #Attending Address Phone Send completed registration form and check payable to Camden County Board of Agriculture to: Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Camden County; 152 Ohio Ave, Clementon, NJ ATTN: Mike Haberland

2 BUILD A RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP Thursday, June 9, PM-8PM Hillsborough Municipal Building Multi-Purpose Room 379 South Branch Road Hillsborough, NJ A rain barrel is placed under a gutter s downspout next to a house to collect rain water from the roof. For registration ($45 per barrel) and more information about rain barrels, please visit The barrel holds about 50 gallons of water which can be used to water your lawn, flowers, shrubs, and trees. The fee for this workshop is $45, which includes the barrel and all the materials. Rain water harvesting can help save money on your water bill, prevent basement flooding, and reduce flooding in local rivers and streams. Participants will be shown step by step how to build their own rain barrel and learn how to install it at home. This workshop is part of a research project conducted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension to determine whether rain barrels encourage adoption of other environmental best management practices by residents. Participation is voluntary and is open to all New Jersey residents. For further information contact Sara Mellor x6163 saramellor@envsci.rutgers.edu

3 Whippany River Watershed Action Committee Presents: Take a Ride with us on a Mini-Bus! Tour the Troy Brook Watershed featuring Parsippany Rain Gardens and The latest in Green Infrastructure Projects. Tour narrated by Rutgers University professionals. No charge, just reserve your seat at info@wrwac.org by June 8 th. Saturday, June 11, :00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Bus will depart from the Parsippany Municipal Building 1001 Parsippany Boulevard, Parsippany See the new rain gardens that were installed at various locations Parsippany; the new installed pavers at the Parsippany Department of Public Works that directs the flow of stormwater away from the Troy Brook; the Normandy Property Office Park on Cherry Hill road that was fitted with pervious pavement surrounding the catch basins and additional projects scheduled for completion this Spring.

4 Upper Deerfield Township Environmental Commission presents: What s Polluting our Lakes? Tuesday, June 14, 7 pm at the Upper Deerfield Senior Center on Route 77 Speakers: Matthew Blake, American Littoral Society Phillip Arsenault, AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassador Salvatore Mangiafico, Rutgers Cooperative Extension The workshop is free, but please register by calling

5 Rain Barrel Train the Trainer Program July 13, 2011 Considering starting a rain barrel program in your community? Want to incorporate rain barrels into your organization s educational activities? Rain Barrels are a great tool for promoting water conservation and reducing stormwater runoff. The Rain Barrel Train the Trainer program is for environmental commission members, educators, municipalities, garden clubs, and environmental organizations interested in learning how to teach others about the environmental benefits of rain barrels. When: Wednesday, July 13th, :30-8:30pm Where: Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County Davidson Mill Pond Park 42 Riva Ave. in South Brunswick, New Jersey Material covered at the workshop: How to get barrels Tools and materials needed to build a rain barrel Rain barrel installation examples Methods for painting rain barrels Preventing mosquitoes, and other maintenance issues Education on water conservation and stormwater management Brochures, fact sheets and other resources for educating the public and promoting your program Participants will receive a packet containing all workshop materials and presentations on hard copy and CD so they can easily put the information to work. Participants will have the opportunity to build a rain barrel for use in their community. For those building a rain barrel, the cost is $ For those not building a rain barrel, the cost is $ Call (732) to register and directions. Payment must be received by Monday, July 11 th in order to be registered for the program. Class size is limited so register early to ensure a space.

6 Free Water Quality Workshops Ever wonder about the water quality of our streams? Take a FREE stream monitoring workshop hosted by the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program. You will learn about watershed and water quality issues affecting your community and trained to visually assess the quality of streams. Place Date Time Parvin State Park April am Scotland Run Nature Center April am Pinelands Preservation Alliance May am Cousteau Center, Bridgeton June am Triple Oaks Nursery June pm To register for these FREE workshops, RSVP to the contact below: Philip Arsenault x4023 watershed17@ccia-net.com

7 purchase a copy of the RAIN GARDEN MANUAL OF NEW JERSEY on sale $10 Winner of a 2011 NJ Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (NJASLA) Merit Award! also available to purchase online at