{"id":1899,"date":"2011-04-13T14:50:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T19:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hulettsonlakegeorge.com\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2011-04-13T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T19:52:39","slug":"new-rain-garden-poster-and-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/archives\/1899","title":{"rendered":"New Rain Garden Poster and Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/pictures\/rain_garden_poster_large.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/pictures\/rain_garden_poster_small.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Lake George Association and the Lake Champlain\/Lake George Regional Planning Board are distributing a free 18&#8243; x 24&#8243; four-color poster entitled Rain Garden.  Designed and illustrated by Sheri Amsel, the poster depicts a rain garden design for a home in the Adirondacks, including 10 native plants. Teachers, gardeners, municipalities, and people who are interested in lake-friendly landscaping are encouraged to call the LGA to receive their free copy.  <\/p>\n<p>Rain gardens are landscaped depressions that are designed to capture and filter stormwater from roofs, driveways and other hard surfaces.  &#8220;By collecting water and allowing it to slowly soak into the ground, rain gardens reduce the potential for erosion and minimize the amount of pollutants flowing from your lawn into a storm drain, and eventually into our lakes, rivers and streams,&#8221; said Emily DeBolt, the LGA&#8217;s director of education.  &#8220;Planting your rain garden with native plants not only enhances the beauty of your yard, but also provides valuable habitat for birds and butterflies,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the project was provided by the Champlain Watershed Improvement Coalition of New York, the LGA, and the Lake Champlain\/Lake George Regional Planning Board. Funding for printing and a paper donation were provided by the International Paper Foundation. <\/p>\n<p>In coordination with the poster&#8217;s release, the LGA is offering talks about rain gardens for public groups, both children and adults. People interested in scheduling a talk can contact Emily DeBolt at the LGA at 518-668-3558 or info@lakegeorgeassociation.org<\/p>\n<p>Click on the above image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lake George Association and the Lake Champlain\/Lake George Regional Planning Board are distributing a free 18&#8243; x 24&#8243; four-color poster entitled Rain Garden. Designed and illustrated by Sheri Amsel, the poster depicts a rain garden design for a home in the Adirondacks, including 10 native plants. Teachers, gardeners, municipalities, and people who are interested &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/archives\/1899\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Rain Garden Poster and Presentation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lake-george","category-the-environment"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}