Why would you want to "green" your neighborhood?

"Green" has become a universal and all encompassing term for environmental or ecological activity. The term, along with "greening" refers to smart and healthy actions that can be taken in your live and around your home that will improve your quality of life and improve the environment in which you live.

Creating an eco-friendly yard can, however, seem daunting but even if you live on a small lot that is exposed to sidewalks and street traffic you can use these techniques to "green" your landscape and your neighborhood. 

This program, sponsored by Rain Garden Network, focuses on simple, sustainable practices and techniques in the areas of preserving and conserving water, reducing air, water and land pollution, creating habitat for birds, butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects and addressing some of the issues that will reduce an individual's contribution to climate change.

We offer classroom course, website information and on-site walk-around sessions. The classroom course will include sections on building a compost pile, building a vegetable garden and building a rain garden.

Through this program, Rain Garden Network is encouraging friends and neighbors to get together to improve their own property and their neighborhoods. When we talk about improvement we are considering:

• Water preservation and conservation

• Habitat creation

• Air, water, land pollution prevention

• Waste reduction

• Climate change action

As this program grows you will see the website grow as well. Stick with us.