Southeast Michigan Master Rain Garden Class
January 30 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$150
Design your own rain garden step-by-step during class. We teach you *everything* you need to know to create your own rain garden. That includes lessons learned from more than 1,400 rain gardens built by homeowners just like you! Learn what works and what doesn’t. Ask questions in our live class and visit a rain garden in person! Neighborhood virtual breakout rooms and Facebook (or an alternate forum) for discussion/homework. Earn your certification – including a t-shirt and sign – by building your own rain garden or adopting a public rain garden.
Date/Time
CLASS DATES: Five Thursdays, January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27
CLASS TIME: 10am – Noon (with optional 9 – 10 am office hours)
Location
VIRTUAL Classroom with In-Person Tours throughout SE Michigan
REQUIREMENTS: Participants must attend all five classes and plant OR adopt a rain garden to earn their Master Rain Gardener certificate, garden sign, and t-shirt.
QUESTIONS: Need to talk through your registration with a real person? For questions about the Master Rain Gardener course, please contact your hosting partner (your watershed group or county partner). For questions about the course registration system, please contact growgreen@hrwc.org.
Do you live in Brighton or Belleville? You could qualify for FREE registration to the 2025 winter Master Rain Gardener course funded by EGLE. Please contact Ric Lawson to see if you qualify and to get the registration link!
Full scholarships funded by an EPA-GLRI Grant are available for residents in the following zip codes: Detroit (48209, 48217), Ecorse (48229), Inkster (48141), Lincoln Park (48146), Melvindale (48122), River Rouge (48218), Riverview (48193), Romulus (48174), Taylor (48180). Email Jill Martin for scholarship details.
HOSTING PARTNERS:
Washtenaw County Water Resources Commission
Friends of the Detroit River
Huron-Clinton Metroparks
Oakland County Water Resources Commission
River Raisin Watershed Council
Rain Catchers Collective: Clinton River Watershed Council, Friends of the Rouge, and Huron River Watershed Council