Saturday, March 13, 2010

Rain Garden Workshop (9:30 - 11:30 a.m.) Learn why rain gardens are important for cleaning water and controlling flooding and how to build one on your property. The instructors are Iva McRoberts and Kevin Rische of Trillium Native Landscapes, Barrington. Flint Creek Watershed Partnership (FCWP) will visit residences this spring to verify proper siting of rain gardens (available only to landowners in the Flint Creek Watershed who attend this workshop or the one held earlier on March 6). Check the map on the website, www.flintcreekwatershed.org, to see if you live in the watershed. RSVP to Patsy Mortimer pmortimer@earthlink.net. Workshop location: Ela Area Public Library, 275 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich, IL. Cost: Free. This workshop is hosted by the FCWP.