Our July 2024 monthly meeting will be a hybrid meeting (in-person and via Zoom) featuring member Andra Prewett giving a presentation on
Rain Garden Success: Tips for Installing and Maintaining
Rain Gardens in Middle Tennessee
Rain gardens are a great way to reduce pollution and prevent flooding in our waterways. In fact, many municipal stormwater departments encourage homeowners to install rain gardens on their properties. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of conflicting information on the best way to go about this. Andra will share her experience gained from managing the 2,900 square foot rain garden at Lane Agri-Park in Murfreesboro, TN, to help us better understand how to build a successful rain garden.
Andra Prewett is a certified Master Gardener in Rutherford County, TN. She is the project leader of the demonstration rain garden at Lane Agri-Park, which won a Conservation Promotion Award from the Tennessee Association of Conservation Districts in June of 2024.
Andra has been a member of Wild Ones since 2020. She is also an enthusiastic birder and has volunteered as a bird rescuer for the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors. Her interest in native plants started as a way to attract birds to her yard, in order to take pictures for her Instagram account, @goodfriendofbirds. She has recently switched her conservation activities to the plant kingdom, and can be found rescuing plants and saving seeds ahead of lawnmowers and bulldozers.
Everyone is welcome at our monthly meetings. Doors (and Zoom) open at 6:30 PM — meeting begins at 7:00 PM CDT.
When? July 22, 2024 at 7:00 PM CDT
Where? Ed Jones Auditorium at 416 Hogan Road, Nashville, TN 37220 (36.063915, -86.744533)
