Rain Harvesting and Rain Gardens.
Trevor Smith, lead designer at Land Escapes, Inc., and a past president of the Ecological Landscape Alliance, will give a talk on rain harvesting and rain gardens, continuing the talk on permeable surfaces he gave to the club last October. Trevor is an ecological landscape design expert specializing in living walls, rain harvesting, rain gardens, permeable pavement, and natives plant/habitat design. Among his accreditations are organic land care professional, Massachusetts certified horticulturist, certified green wall installer, LEED green associate, and a Landscape For Life certified trainer through the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and open to the public. 7-9pm. Meetings are held the at the Tufts Administration Building, (TAB), 167 Holland Street, second floor, wheelchair accessible. Parking is available, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.