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Ozarks Rain Gardens

Everyone had a great time at the Field Day. The sun came out just as we finished the presentations and walked outside to see the Rain Garden!

Here is the handout from Adam Coulter's presentation.

 Sponsored By     

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“This workshop is partially funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VII through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources    under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.” 

 

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Missouri State University will be hosting a rain garden field day on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 from 9:30am to 2:30pm.  The event will be held at Faurot Hall on the Mountain Grove Campus, and any interested home gardener is welcome to attend.  In addition to free admission, snacks will be provided.  Tri-County Master Gardeners will provide snacks and answer questions. Vendors will be available for lunch, and door prizes will be given to guests.  Speakers Tucker Fredrickson, Adam Coulter and Marilyn Odneal will give talks concerning rain gardens and will describe the process of design and planting.

Ozarks Rain Gardens Flier

The Fruit Science Experiment Station is located at 9740 Red Spring Road in Mountain Grove.  Take the second Mountain Grove exit of Hwy 60 and go north on Hwy 95 for about ¼ mile.  Faurot is at the crest of the first hill on the right of Hwy 95.

 

 

RainGarden

 

 

 

A rain garden is a landscaped depression that soaks up rainwater, often from the roof of a house or a driveway.  The increased amount of water that filters into the ground reduces stormwater runoff, which often carries urban pollutants into lakes and streams.  In addition to protecting natural water resources, rain gardens can protect communities from flooding and draining problems.  Of course, the gardens enhance the aesthetic quality of our yards and neighborhoods as well.

 

 

 

 Tucker Fredrickson is the NPS Grant Coordinator with the MoDNR/Water Protection Program. Fredrickson oversees the evaluation for milestones of the rain garden project, with the purpose of assessing the success of the project. In order to make sure that criteria are being met, Fredrickson tracks progress by reviewing reports of the rain garden’s development.

 
Adam Coulter is an Urban Conservationist with the USDA, working with the South Missouri Water Quality Project. Coulter has experience with urban conservation, implementing basic conservation principles to manage resource issues. Thus, he has been a crucial member in planning Mountain Grove’s rain garden, utilizing his experience with conservation principles to filter runoff pollutants, deter flooding impacts and produce other benefits of rain gardens.
 
Marilyn Odneal is the Horticulture Outreach Advisor at Missouri State University on the Mountain Grove campus.  Odneal develops and maintains educational gardens, including the rain garden.
 

For more information, contact:  Pamela Mayer, PMayer@missouristate.edu, 417-547-7533

For planning purposes, MSU faculty would appreciate an RSVP, which can be accomplished by completing the following fields: