'Make and Take' Rain Barrel Workshop at Wood Lake Nature Center - just $35! July 26, 6-7:30 p.m.

What's one of the simplest, high-impact ways to save water and help protect our watershed? Using a rain barrel.

Lawn and garden watering typically makes up 40% of total summer household water usage, according to the EPA. Plus, the biggest threat to our waters today is polluted runoff. For conservation and for pollution prevention, installing a rain barrel to collect and store rainwater for use on your lawn and gardens is a simple but powerful way to make a difference for the Mississippi River.

You can help! Join us July 26 at Wood Lake Nature Center for our 'Make & Take' Rain Barrel Workshop.

The workshop will begin with a presentation on how home lawn and garden practices impact our waters and how we can make a difference. Next we’ll discuss the watershed-friendly benefits of rain barrels in more detail, then review how to build, incorporate, install and maintain them. With guidance from Friends of the Mississippi River staff, participants will then build a rain barrel to take home.

Learn more and claim your rain barrel now at http://fmr.org/events/2016/07/26/make-take-rain-barrel-workshop-just-35