[SEMCO] Low Impact Landscaping with Bob Hartzel

[Charles Gerrior]

Low Impact Landscaping Workshop This Saturday, October 15

The Westport River Watershed Alliance is hosting a "Low Impact Landscaping
Workshop" for local homeowners on October 15, from 10AM to Noon, at the
Westport, MA Public Library at 408 Old County Road.  The workshop will teach
participants ways to beautify their property while protecting the water
quality of our ponds, streams and the Westport River.  This will be a free
workshop to teach homeowners how to apply "low impact development"(LID)
stormwater management practices to their property by using attractive native
plants and promoting healthy soil that water will seep into.  Bob Hartzel of
Geosyntec Consultants in Boston is leading the workshop.  Bob will provide
an overview of LID concepts and step-by step guides to building rain
gardens, "bioretention cells", porous pavers, rain barrels, and other LID
landscaping techniques that use native shrubs, annuals and perennial
flowers.

Bob Hartzel is a Certified Lake Manager (CLM) and wetland scientist with
over 18 years experience managing lake, river and wetland restoration
projects. Bob served as Massachusetts Lakes & Ponds Program Coordinator from
1992-1998. As a consultant since 1998, Bob has conducted numerous watershed
planning projects, lake diagnostic studies and ecological investigations.
Bob is also a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control and led
a variety of recent projects implementing Low Impact Development (LID) storm
water techniques in New England watersheds.

This program is supported by the Westport Cultural Council through a grant
from Helen E. Ellis Charitable Trust administered by Bank of America.

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