{"id":78,"date":"2010-11-07T03:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T03:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2010-12-24T14:41:13","modified_gmt":"2010-12-24T14:41:13","slug":"conservation-rain-garden-now-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/07\/conservation-rain-garden-now-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation: Demonstration Rain Garden Now Installed"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, October 29th five 8th grade classes from McDougle Middle School met outdoors. Instead of inside learning, they learned outdoors with <\/strong>North Carolina State experts and <\/strong>Friends of Bolin Creek volunteers. Each class rotated through three learning stations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the first station Erin Martin, Friends of Bolin Creek educator,\u00a0 taught students how impervious surfaces cause rain water to take pollutants into creeks. Students learned concepts by designing their own model houses on a piece of turf and measuring the amount of water draining from the site when smaller areas are covered by impervious surfaces.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the second station, students learned from <\/strong>NC State expert Mitch Woodward how cisterns can help capture rain water on site.\u00a0 Students calculated how much rainwater could be collected off the school gym roof and how much would be captured by the cistern. Students prepared the site and the last class completed the installation.\u00a0 The cistern water will be used to water the rain garden and other plantings at the school.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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At the third site, students learned from NC State expert Zan Price how rain gardens can retain rain water on site and filter pollutants to keep them out of nearby streams.\u00a0 Students prepared the bed in the early classes.\u00a0 At the last class of the day Randee Haven O’Donnell helps students plant native species.<\/strong><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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Alderman Randee Haven O'Donnell helps students plant native species in the Demonstation Rain Garden.<\/p><\/div>\n

At the end of the day <\/strong>Principal Debra Scott help an owl <\/strong>Paper Hand Puppet make the final plantings.\u00a0 Then all participants celebrated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Read more about rain gardens<\/a> or maybe even build one<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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