Rain Garden University: A Turnkey Solution The Master Rain Gardener Class Presented by: Susan Bryan Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner s Office Funded by:
Playdough: $21 Staff time: $14,000 Hosting a Field Trip: $400
66 rain gardens a year built on private property Priceless
Rain Gardens Maintenance Summer 2012 Priceless Ann Arbor 3145 Baylis
30 People Excited About Improving Water Quality -Master Rain Gardener Class of 2013 Fighting Hydro-Filth! Priceless
Residents giving neighborhood talks on stormwater management Priceless
Independent Friendly Publicity Denise Held, Natural Awakenings, June 2012 Priceless
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
Underground Infiltration Vaults Pioneer High School Regional Detention and Infiltration Vaults, OHM
Master Rain Gardeners Denise Held, Natural Awakenings, June 2012
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
Today Introduction Program Goal: Make vegetative infiltration the norm for landscaping practices in Washtenaw County
Today Agenda 1. Comprehensive citizen training what are benefits? 2. We taped it. 3. You can offer it.
Today Agenda
Benefits Non-partisan Mount Vernon Ladies Association George Washington s Estate at Mount Vernon
Benefits Non-partisan Schoolyard gardens Urban Seedling
Benefits Non-partisan Guerilla gardening Ron Finley Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA
Benefits Non-partisan Young and old Renee Ringholz, MRG Bella Ann Townes on guerilla gardening
Benefits Non-partisan All kinds of backgrounds Gardeners Students Retired Landscape Architects Young Professionals Landscapers Architects Gardeners Horticulturalists Teachers Retired Engineers
Benefits Rain Gardens Get Built
Benefits Rain Gardens Get Built Denise Held MRG 2011 Design by Denise Held, 2011 design dig mulch & plant
Benefits Rain Gardens Get Built Photo by Susan Bryan
Benefits Rain Gardens Get Built Google Maps
Benefits You get Ambassadors Master Rain Gardeners are peer educators Photo by Susan Bryan
70 60 20 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 10 0 20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016 Total: 303
Number of Rain Gardens Built 70 60 Rain Garden U begins with a $100,000 MDEQ Grant 50 40 30 20 Volunteer #2,3,4, Volunteer Designed Staff Designed 10 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
We Taped It So you don t have to... Thanks to Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Nonpoint Source funding by:
We Taped It So you don t have to...
We Taped It So you don t have to...
We Taped It So you don t have to...
We Taped It So you don t have to...
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
You can offer it too Tips & Lessons Learned Recruit knowledgeable Hosts Photo by Linda Prieskorn, MRG
You can offer it too Tips & Lessons Learned Offer a field trip Photo by Linda Prieskorn, MRG
You can offer it too Tips & Lessons Learned Keep in touch & celebrate their successes Graciela Rubalcava, MRG Photo by Susan Bryan
Rain Gardens in Washtenaw County
We are here! (Gardeners)
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
Conclusion
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