Free Healthy Lawns & Healthy Waters Workshop

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service‘s Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program will host a free residential rainwater harvesting and turf management training for Travis and Williamson Counties. The training is offered in collaboration with the Shoal Creek Watershed Partnership. Attendees will learn about the design and installation of residential rainwater harvesting systems as well as appropriate turf and landscape species based on local conditions and other practices. Management practices such as using irrigation delivery equipment, interpreting soil test results and understanding nutrient applications can help reduce runoff and make efficient use of applied landscape irrigation water. Proper fertilizer application and efficient water irrigation can protect and improve water quality in area creeks, and collecting rainwater reduces stormwater runoff. Participants can have their soil tested as part of the training. The soil sample bag and analysis are free to Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program participants. The training will include information on how to understand soil test results and nutrient recommendations so residents can interpret results once the analysis is mailed to them. Attendees who RSVP to the event will receive materials related to the training via email. They can RSVP online or contact John Smith, AgriLife Extension program specialist, College Station, at [email protected] or 979-204-0573 with any questions. Funding for the Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program is provided in part by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality through a Clean Water Act § 319(h) grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The project is managed by the Texas Water Resources Institute, part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, AgriLife Extension, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University.

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Sponsor: https://go.evvnt.com/2166202-2

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