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BECOME A MASTER RAIN GARDENER
This winter, design your own home rain garden with support from southeast
Michigan’s top rain garden design educators!
Apply now for the Winter 2023 Master Rain Gardener Training Program,
taking place on Thursday mornings in March.
This virtual course includes one-on-one feedback from expert instructors, small group breakout Q&A community-building sessions, as well as inspiring in-person rain garden tours across southeast Michigan.
REGISTER NOW FOR THE WINTER 2023 COURSE
Can’t join on Thursday mornings? You can always take the free, self-paced version of the class instead.
PROJECT PARTNERS
Washtenaw County Water Resources
Huron River Watershed Council
Friends of the Rouge
River Raisin Watershed Council
Saline Be Green
City of Ann Arbor
Clinton River Watershed Council
Oakland County Water Resources
Friends of Detroit River
Huron-Clinton Metroparks
Partners from across southeast Michigan have come together to offer the largest ever Master Rain Gardener Training Course, with capacity for over one hundred students drawn from across all of southeast Michigan. Students will be paired with expert instructors from their region, enjoying both one-on-one support and the friendly support of a small peer group of no more then ten fellow students.
ABOUT THE MASTER RAIN GARDENER TRAINING PROGRAM
The Master Rain Gardener Training Program began in Washtenaw County in 2010, developed by Susan Bryan, Harry Sheehan, and Shannan Gibb-Randall. Since that time, hundreds of gardeners have earned certification as a Master Rain Gardener and built beautiful rain gardens! Rain Gardens filter and cool stormwater so that our streams and rivers run clean. It is a nonpoint solution for nonpoint source pollution. During class, you will…
- Design your own rain garden step-by-step
- Receive friendly encouragement each step of the way from course instructors, past graduates, and fellow students
- Become your neighborhood’s expert on rain gardens!
ABOUT THE MASTER RAIN WINTER 2022 COURSE DETAILS
TIME: 10am – Noon
DATES: Five Thursdays, Jan 25-Feb 22
TOURS: Washtenaw Tour: January 25, 1:00-2:30.
LOCATION: VIRTUAL, with an in-person outdoor tour
COST: $145.00 $89.00 Early Bird Rate ($380 value; sliding scale scholarships available, minimum fee of $20)
$145 for applications received after Feb 17th
Participants must attend all five classes and plant (OR adopt) a rain garden to earn their Master Rain Gardener certificate, garden sign, and t-shirt.
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