Download Rain Barrel Workshop Registration, Order Form, Membership form
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Rainwater can help improve the health of your gardens, lawns, and trees. It provides an ample supply of free 'soft water' to homeowners, containing no minerals, chlorine, fluoride, lime or calcium. For this reason, plants in your garden will respond very well to rainwater. After all, it’s what plants in the wild thrive on!
Protects your home from water damage:
A rain barrel can also help reduce the amount of water that may settle around the foundation of your home.
Helps recharge ground water naturally:
Using stored water collected in rain barrels for lawn and garden use prevents it from running off into storm drains and allows it to infiltrate back into the ground water.
How much rainwater can I collect?
A typical 1/2-inch rainfall will fill a 50- to 55- gallon barrel.
How do I Prepare Barrels for Winter?
Ice inside will cause damage. Open all spigots and hoses so water will not accumulate. Store barrel upside down and reattach your downspout or take barrel inside and reattach downspout.
How Do I Assemble & Install a Rain Barrel?
IF YOU WISH TO LEARN HOW TO ASSEMBLE & INSTALL A RAIN BARREL TO YOUR
DOWNSPOUT, ATTEND A GVC RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP OR BECOME A GVC MEMBER PLEASE SEE CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE BACK PAGE
OR SEND IN THE SIGN UP SHEET LOCATED WITHIN THIS BROCHURE.
Download the Rainbarrel purchase form
Download Jennifer Branch RB order form
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Project Manager
Peggy Perry
410-668-0118
Between 9am-3pm Tues. - Fri.
pperry@gunpowderfalls.org
Secondary Contacts
Rachel Streusand
Assistant Project Manager
Email
Diane Brazil
Community Outreach Coordinator
Email
If you are attending a workshop and purchasing a rain barrel, we will accept check or cash payments. You may bring your payment directly to the workshop or you may mail checks 2 weeks ahead. If you would like to attend the workshop for educational purposes only (not purchasing a rain barrel), and would like to support the GVC in its educational activities, you may make a donation by cash or check.
For More Information on the Jennifer Branch Project go to:
www.jenniferbranch.org
