The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will hold a workshop entitled “Rain Gardens for Home Landscapes” at 6 p.m. on July 13 at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick.
Participants will learn how to plan, design and install a rain garden at home. Participants will also receive an installation manual.
Rain gardens are used to help filter polluted rainwater and to renew an area’s groundwater. Rainwater runoff can be directed from household downspouts or from surfaces like driveways, rooftops, walkways and compacted lawn areas so that chemicals are prevented from entering local waterways.
Registration and a $20 program fee are required by July 9. For more information, call 732-398-5273 or e-mail Janice.tonkery@co.middlesex.nj.us.
