Rainwater Harvesting in the Pacific Northwest: February 5

Cottage Grove Garden Club is excited to start 2019! We have a number of great presentations lined up for the year, at least one field trip, and several social events.

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We start on Tuesday, February 5 with Abel Kloster speaking on Rainwater Harvesting in the Pacific Northwest. Abel's presentation will focus on making the best use of rainwater as it runs off of our roofs and flows through the landscape. Special emphasis will be placed on:

• Mitigating runoff impacts to waterways and treatment systems through bio-swales and other urban filtration systems. 
• Disconnecting rainwater downspouts and designing rain gardens. 
• Designing rainwater catchment systems for drinking water and irrigation purposes. 
• Ponds for urban and rural properties. 

Our speaker, Abel Kloster, is the co-director of Resilience Permaculture Design; a design and implementation company focusing on restoration, water harvesting, and agroforestry for farm, forest, and urban environments.

Please join us. Our informal business meeting begins at 6 PM and Abel's talk on Rain Harvesting will run start at 7 PM. All guests and visitors welcome. Light refreshments provided. We meet at the First Presbyterian Church, 216 South 3rd Street (the corner of 3rd and Adams), Cottage Grove, Oregon, enter off the garden on Adams Street.

Also, mark your calendars for these upcoming programs:
March 5, 2019: Let's Talk Hummingbirds with Barbara Linnett
April 2, 2019: Indoor Succulents & Cacti with Marcia Peeters of Pierce Street Gardens
May 7, 2019: Firewise Gardening with Keep Oregon Green
June 4, 2019: Keeping your Garden Healthy with Christina Bixel
July 2, 2019: Summer Social/ Garden Hop