Cypress Basin Master Gardeners AssociationCBMGA is an educational and volunteer program offered through the A&M AgriLife Extension of the Texas A&M University System.
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Rain Gardens: Design, Construction, Performance and Maintenance
June 27, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
| June 27, 2019 9 am – 12 pm Hide-A-Way Lake Club House 101 Hide-A-Way Lane Central, Hideaway, TX Located just north of I-20 (exit 552) Restricted Access to Community. RSVP required. |
Rain gardens can do amazing things for storm-water management, pollution control and biodiversity. Join Dr. Fouad Jaber, PE, Associate Professor at Texas A&M Agrilife Extension and Research, to learn how to engineer, install and maintain a rain garden in your backyard or community. This class will offer practical information about using rain gardens to protect our waterways from pollution and siltation, and should be of interest to everyone including city planners, engineers, landscape architects, storm-water professionals, Master Naturalists and interested public. Admission is free. Registration begins at 8:45 am in the Clubhouse (Rooms B & C) and classes will conclude with a 1-hour tour of prospective rain garden sites within Hideaway For more information and to register, please contact Beverly at finwren@sbcglobal.net Approved AT for Master Naturalist PE CEU Credits and Certificate of Attendance Available. |
