AGRI-LIFE EXTENSION TO OFFER RAINWATER HARVESTING & TURF MANAGEMENT ONLINE TRAINING
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program will host a residential rainwater harvesting and turf management training program August 20 for Washington and Austin Counties.
The training is offered in collaboration with the Mill Creek Watershed Partnership.
Dr. Becky Grubbs, AgriLife Extension urban water specialist, says attendees will learn about the design and installation of residential rainwater harvesting systems as well as appropriate turf and landscape species based on local conditions and other practices.
Participants can have their soil tested as part of the training. The soil sample bag and analysis are free to Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program participants.
The free event will be online from 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m. with a half-hour lunch. Online registration is required. Attendees can RSVP online or contact John Smith, AgriLife Extension program specialist, College Station, at johnwsmith@tamu.edu or 979-204-0573. Those who RSVP to the event will receive updates, instructions to join the online meeting and materials related to the meeting via email.
For more information about the Mill Creek Watershed Protection Plan, go to: https://millcreek.tamu.edu/files/2017/10/MillCreekWPPfinal.pdf