Stormwater Workshop and Panel Discussion

I don't really know much about Bethesda Green, although I have the usual cross county reaction whenever I hear about it... why not Silver Spring GREEN? (It even rhymes!)

But regardless I like the idea of a group working towards greening an entire section of the county, no matter which section it focuses its work upon.

I got this email from them a few days ago. This workshop looks good. I really really liked Dan Kulpinski's article in the ANS magazine, as mentioned below. I'm especially looking forward to hearing what he will say.


Storm Water Solutions Panel
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7:00 -- 9:00 PM
Bethesda Green, 4825 Cordell Avenue, Second Floor

Learn about storm water management issues and what you can do to improve
conditions in our local watershed.

Panelists include:

-- Dan Kulpinski, author of "To Revive Urban Streams, Think Small,"
cover story in the Winter 2010 issue of Audubon Naturalist News. Dan is
an active volunteer with Bethesda Green and publisher of GreenListDC.org.

-- Steve Dryden, co-chair of Stormwaterpartners.org, is a self-described
"guerrilla gardener" who spearheaded building a rain garden to divert
harmful runoff from Cabin John Creek.

-- Ann English, with Montgomery County's RainScapes Program, which
provides incentives to property owners to build and maintain source
control stormwater management on their properties.

-- Donna Evans, a Landscape Designer with American Plant and LEED Green
Associate who designs rain gardens as part of her transition from
"garden therapist" to environmentalist.

-- Peter Ensign, LEED AP, Executive Director with DC Greenworks and a
former Bethesda Green Board member, will moderate the panel discussion.