Pierce Stream Team, the City of Puyallup, and Stewardship Partners invite you to a rain garden demonstration installation event on Saturday, September 18, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help install five residential rain gardens adjacent to Clarks Creek, a salmon-bearing tributary to the Puyallup River. Other activities that day include stormdrain marking, salmon-friendly car wash demonstration, and a live broadcast of the Ciscoe Morris gardening show on KIRO 97.3. A component of Low Impact Development, rain gardens are landscape features that double as stormwater treatment. By capturing stormwater run-off from roofs, driveways, and yards, rain gardens filter water on-site, removing pollutants, allowing for groundwater recharge, and decreasing the amount of run-off that is discharged into local streams and rivers through the stormdrain system. Rain gardens are designed to be low maintenance and many are planted with native trees, shrubs, and groundcovers that provide habitat for birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. Please register for this event by contacting the Pierce Stream Team at (253) 845-2973 or streamteam@piercecountycd.org. See the flyer below for more information. Jayme Gordon Stream Team Coordinator Pierce Conservation District 5430 66th Ave. E. P.O. Box 1057 Puyallup, WA 98371 (253) 845-2973