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Celebrate Environmental Holiday Spirit
Our Neighbors in Oyster Harbor Need Lots of Volunteers to Plant a Rain Garden
Saturday, December 19
9 a.m. until done
The garden will affect runoff into Fishing Creek.
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 Project:
Construct a
major Bioretention Cell/Swale - Rain Garden system. Phase 1 of multiple phases
to restore a wetland area and mitigate storm water runoff issues destroying
Fishing Creek. It's a holiday present to the Chesapeake Bay!
The cell
will infiltrate 1,495 cubic feet of runoff a day, and will deal with a 1.75-inch
storm, giving an infiltration runoff volume reduction of over 38%.
Tasks:
Move biosoil mix into excavated
bioswale and biocell (didn't have enough money for contractor to do it). Lots of
wheel-barrowing!
Plant of 700 native trees, shrubs, perennials, ferns,
grasses.
Complete biocell diaphragm, intakes, and overflow systems.
Wear old clothes, boots, gloves, - it's
messy. Bring tools, wheelbarrows, if you have them.
Directions:
From Arundel on the Road heading east, turn
right onto Harbor Road. Go one block and make a right onto Creek Drive. Go a
block to the work site on the right at Boris home, 1262 Creek Drive.
For
more info: Contact Kim 410 280-0434, Norm 410 268-7911, or Mel 410
271-5546.
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