Rain Garden Groundbreaking Ceremony at Good Foods Market & Cafe Posted 9/14/08. Good Foods Market & Café on Southland Drive will host location for a press conference for the Southland rain gardens project on October 13th at 2:00 pm. Guests will include Mayor Jim Newberry, City Councilman Don Blevins, and representatives from Lexington Fayette Urban County Government and Kentucky American Water. |
Midway Rain Garden Workshop October 5, 2008 Posted 8/25/08. On Sunday October 5 the Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance is co-sponsoring a Rain Garden Workshop at the Midway Women's Club. The workshop will be from 1-3pm and we'll be planting a rain garden. Participation is limited to 30 people. Call Bob Rathbone at 859-846-9970 or email at srathbone@qx.net to register. |
Rain Garden Workshop in Franklin County On September 27, 2008 a Rain Garden workshop will be held in Frankfort at the Franklin County Extension Office. Anyone is welcome to attend! We'll be learning about rain gardens and then planting one at the extension office. To register please call 502-695-9035 (Space is limited!) If you have questions please email Brittany@kentuckypride.com or kim.cowherd@uky.edu. |
Lily is Lexington's new recycling tool Posted 8/20/08. Announced on 8/20/08, Lexington is starting a cost-shared rain barrel program for Fayette County residents! Read |
List of Native Plants Our native plant list for rain gardens is here! Compiled by Natalie George from Shooting Star Nursery in Georgetown, it's now available in our Rain Garden Resources. Click here to see the plants!! |
Homeowner Committee meeting Our next Homeowner Committee meeting will be on Tuesday August 19th at 6pm at Bluegrass PRIDE (http://kentuckypride.com/aboutus/about_us.htm) . |
Save the date! September 27, 2008 On September 27, 2008 a Rain Garden workshop will be held in Frankfort at the Franklin County Extension Office (http://ces.ca.uky.edu/Franklin/). Anyone is welcome to attend! We'll be learning about rain gardens and then planting one at the extension office. Check back, more details to come! |
| #1 rain garden Our #1 rain garden at Coca Cola on Leestown Road is almost complete! |
| New Rain Garden at Good Foods Market The Southland Association, Good Foods Market, and CDP Engineers < www.cdpengineers.com >, one of BRGA's partners, will be partnering to construct a rain garden at Good Foods on Southland Dr. beginning later this summer. Check out the progress the next time you're at the co-op! |
| July 16th a press conference was held to officially announce the plans for a rain garden at the Good Foods Co-op on Southland Drive funded through a grant from Kentucky American Water. |
Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance - Rain garden Tour The Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance is sponsoring a free rain garden tour of Lexington on Sunday May 18, 2008. Participants will see the rain gardens of 5 local homeowners and the Arboretum's gardens. The tour will be from 1pm-5pm. Please arrive promptly at the Arboretum at 1 to ensure you get to see all of the gardens!! |
Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance - Rain garden Workshop Learn about various benefits Rain garden has to offer to the environment. Click here to know more about the workshop!!! |
| Which one's your Favourite Bluegrass PRIDE's Roll Out the Rain Barrel program - Vote for your Favourite Rain Barrell |
Thinking green - Now its all Rain gardens |
| Stormwater management might be as close as your own backyard - Read the latest article in the Chevy Chaser Magazine about the Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance |
