Talk on rain gardens set Oct. 19

UD’s rain garden on Academy Street

11:21 a.m., Oct. 7, 2005--A how-to talk on the design and construction of rain gardens by UD alumni Elaine Grehl and Gerald Kauffman is set for 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19, in 132 Townsend Hall.

Held in conjunction with the UD Botanic Gardens Friends fall meeting, the free lecture, which is open to the public, will outline the design process for a rain garden using the example of UD’s rain garden on Academy Street. The talk also will address the advantages of rain gardens, the ways they can be incorporated into traditional landscapes and the plantings that grow best in such environments.

Grehl received her master’s degree in public horticulture from UD and her bachelor’s degree in horticulture design from Michigan State University. Before assuming her current position as a graduate research assistant with UD’s Water Resources Agency, she worked as a woodland technician for the city of Novi, Mich., where she proposed design alternatives to save existing woodlands from development.

Kauffman is an engineer who received his master’s degree in public administration from UD. He is the director of watershed policy and state water coordinator with UD’s Water Resources Agency, where he serves as the watershed coordinator for the Christina Basin Clean Water Partnership and the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Watershed plans.

For more information, call (302) 831-2627.

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