About this Event
In this five-week class hosted by staff from the Huron-Clinton Metroparks, you will learn how to design your own rain garden! Rain Gardens filter and cool stormwater so that our streams and rivers run clean. Join us to receive step-by-step instruction to create your garden, protecting your home against flooding and helping the birds and butterflies. And in the process, you will become a neighborhood expert!
When: Tuesdays, March 17, 24, 31 and April 14, 21
Time: 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. with office hours from 5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Earn your certification – including a t-shirt and sign - by building your own rain garden or adopting a public rain garden. One optional off-site field trip to an existing rain garden is included.
This project has been funded wholly or in part through Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s Nonpoint Source Program by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Pre-registration is required. You only need to register for the first class, on March 17, to be automatically registered for the whole series.You must attend all five classes.
Registration is capped at 25 for the series. You are welcome to join the waiting list if the series fills up.
Questions? Email [email protected]!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sherwood Forest | Detroit Public Library, 7117 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit, United States
