Join Jay Solomon, University of Illinois Extension Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy Educator, for “Rainwater Management in Your Home Landscape” on Tuesday, April 8 at 1:30 p.m. at the Jo Daviess County Extension Office, 204 N. Vine Street, Elizabeth, IL. There will be a $5 fee to attend this program and pre-registration is requested as seating is limited. To register or for more information please call the Extension Office at 815-858-2273 or visit us online at go.illinois.edu/jsw.
Rainfall is important to the health of any landscape. Whether dealing with drought conditions or excess rainfall, management of rainwater is important to the long term health of your landscape. The ability of the landscape to deal with heavy rainfall events is important both during drought and wet years. Intentionally designing rainfall management systems into our landscape (yard or larger areas) can ensure success during minor drought and excessively wet times.
Learn about options to put rainwater diverted from the hardscapes in your yard to use instead of lost as runoff. Jay will discuss how rain gardens, bioswales, and other structures can be designed into your landscape to retain this valuable resource.
This program is a part of the Spring Break Gardening Series. Other programs in this series include Vermicomposting, Spring Centerpieces, Invasive Species, Herbs, Gardening with Wildlife, Pollinators, and Tree Health. For more information on these programs call the Extension Office at 815-858-2273 or visit us online at go.illinois.edu/jsw.
University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state's land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy.