Expert Tips to Creating a Green Home

Recently, Ashland SWCD’s Urban & Education Specialist Becca Vales was asked to contribute to an article on Making 2021 Your Most Sustainable Year Yet: Expert Tips to Creating a Green Home. Becca’s tip was to incorporate rain gardens into your landscape:

Use collected rainwater for your garden. By collecting this rainwater it can be used for things such as watering your lawn or garden or maybe even washing your car. A rain barrel can save most homeowners about 1300 gallons of water during the peak summer months.

Stay tuned for upcoming rain barrel workshops this spring, or purchase your own rain barrel kit through our tree sale going on right now