Begins: Sep 17th, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Ends: Sep 17th, 2014 at 9:00 pm

Venue: North Oaks Community Room
Cost: Free
Contact: Vanessa

Lakeshore Gardening
Healthy Yards
Clean Water

Whether you are an experienced gardener or have never tried gardening before, this eco-friendly workshop will help you learn how to:

• Turn your yard's wet spots into assets, instead of headaches.
• Use beautiful native plants in your garden landscape.
• Adopt healthy yard care practices for you and for our clean waters.
• Find more resources including grants and expert assistance for those extra tough areas
  
  

With special guest speakers Samuel Geer and Michael Keenan from reGEN Land Design.  
Samuel Geer and Michael Keenan are the co-founders of reGEN Land Design, a local design and planning firm aimed at creating resilient urban landscapes that perform and thrive in a changing and challenging urban environment. Their project types include green roofs, green walls, rain gardens, urban tree canopies, water harvesting/re-use and other sustainable urban planting and stormwater systems.
 

Sam is a LEED accredited professional dedicated to creating sustainable urban landscapes. He holds master's degrees in landscape architecture and urban planning from the University of Minnesota. Michael is a landscape designer and plantsman. He holds a bachelor's and master's of landscape architecture from the University of Minnesota. Sam and Michael are also adjunct professors of landscape architecture at the University of Minnesota, teaching courses in planting design, geographic information systems, ecological design and landscape analysis.

Kristine Jenson will also be speaking about VLAWMO's Cost Share Program, and other resource opportunities. Kristine has a Bachelor's Degree in Natural Resources and has been working in the field for 18 years, including 9 years at the DNR and over 7 years at VLAWMO. She has a wealth of experience in water resource project management, grant writing and management, and landscape design.

 This event is brought to you by your local Watershed Agency:

Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization (VLAWMO)
In partnership with the:
North Oaks Natural Resource Commission
North Oaks Home Owners' Association (NOHOA)

Soggy Yard Solutions flyer