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Alabama Watershed Stewards(AWS)<\/a>\u00a0held its second\u00a0How to Install Your Own Rain Garden<\/em><\/a> workshop this year on Friday September 16th in Montgomery, Alabama. \u00a0Over 25 people attended the workshop held at the Crump Senior Center, and participants took part in lectures, a site visit, and hands-on design sessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rain gardens are shallow, vegetated landscape depressions that slow stormwater runoff for a short time to help capture the pollutants carried in the \u2018first flush\u2019 of stormwater. Part of larger green infrastructure stormwater management systems, rain gardens provide stormwater infiltration, native plant habitat, and stormwater treatment for small-scale residential or commercial drainage areas.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/Rain-Garden-2.png” title_text=”Rain Garden 2″ url=”https:\/\/www.aces.edu\/blog\/topics\/fish-water\/how-to-install-a-rain-garden\/” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n At the location of proposed rain garden at the Crump Senior Center. Photo Credit: Laura Bell<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Crump Senior Center, the Alabama Herb Society<\/a>, and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management have plans to install a rain garden at the Crump Center in 2023. This workshop helped lay the foundation for their future plans. Participants worked together to envision the future rain garden site, evalauating the use of native plants and landscaping designs.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/Rain-Garden-3.png” title_text=”Rain Garden 3″ url=”https:\/\/www.aces.edu\/blog\/topics\/fish-water\/how-to-install-a-rain-garden\/” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Participants sketch their rain garden design plans for the Crump Senior Center. Photo Credit: Laura Bell<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”1548.9px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/Rain-Garden-4.png” title_text=”Rain Garden 4″ url=”https:\/\/www.aces.edu\/blog\/topics\/fish-water\/how-to-install-a-rain-garden\/” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Participants were provided with a free handbook from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System on How to Install Your Own Rain Garden.<\/em><\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n AWS is an outreach program at the Auburn University Water Resources Center (AUWRC) intended to bring citizens, agencies, and city governments together in learning about water quality issues and identifying ways to begin addressing them in their areas. AWS provides education about watershed health, watershed management, and provides a platform for regional parties to meet and discuss opportunities for projects and ways forward.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/Rain-Garden-5.png” title_text=”Rain Garden 5″ url=”https:\/\/www.aces.edu\/blog\/topics\/fish-water\/how-to-install-a-rain-garden\/” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||13px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Participants share their rain garden design concepts. Photo Credit: Laura Bell<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n AWS also hosts specialized educational trainings, technology transfer workshops, and develops educational content. Find more resources the AU Water Center\u00a0 Resources webpage.<\/a> For other AWS workshops and events, see the AUWRC calendar<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_social_media_follow _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”facebook” url=”https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/auwrc\/” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#3b5998″ global_colors_info=”{}” follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”]facebook[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”twitter” url=”https:\/\/twitter.com\/AuburnWater” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#00aced” global_colors_info=”{}” follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”]twitter[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”instagram” url=”https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/auburnwater\/” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ea2c59″ global_colors_info=”{}” follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”]instagram[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][\/et_pb_social_media_follow][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RAIN GARDEN WORKSHOP HELD AT CRUMP SENIOR CENTER IN MONTGOMERY, ALAlabama Watershed Stewards(AWS)\u00a0held its second\u00a0How to Install Your Own Rain Garden workshop this year on Friday September 16th in Montgomery, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":9558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111,155],"tags":[66,101,100,26,59],"class_list":["post-9425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outreach","category-wrc-blog","tag-alabama-watershed-stewards","tag-outreach","tag-rain-gardens","tag-water-resources","tag-watershed-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9425"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9562,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425\/revisions\/9562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}