Presented by Front Range Sustainable Landscaping Coalition and Denver Botanic Gardens
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Water is the greatest challenge in creating sustainable Colorado landscapes, homes and communities. Rainwater and greywater are potential sources of water, but can they be used legally in Colorado? And if so, how? Join us for full day symposium at Denver Botanic Gardens which will include:
Brad Lancaster, author of the three volume Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, will share how rainwater gardens transformed his home and community, and provide detailed information on rainwater systems that can be used in Colorado.
Join landscaping professionals, lawyers, and engineers for a panel discussion of Colorado’s quirky, complicated water laws, moderated by Paul Lander, Executive Director of Colorado Waterwise Council. We’ll hear how rainwater and greywater can be used currently, and discuss possible changes in existing laws.
Lunch-time roundtables hosted by the panelists and speakers
Michelle DeLaria, stormwater BMP scientist with Denver Urban Drainage, will discuss LID techniques to reduce stormwater runoff, and the expense of current development which does not detain stormwater/rainwater.
Keith Bowers, president and founder of Biohabitats, a pioneering ecological restoration company, is a landscape architect with a deep interest in sustainable landscaping. He’ll explore ways in which use of rainwater and greywater in the landscape can create vital habitat on site and downstream. Keith will discuss how restoring ecological functioning to all of our landscape is the fundamental path to sustainability, and how healthy soil is crucial to all restoration work.
Registration is limited, so sign up early! Fee is $75 pre-registered, $20 for students, $90 at the door, $10 for optional lunch. Deadline for lunches is February 6.
Zach Johnson is an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University in the Landscape Design and Contracting and Landscape Business Programs. He also owns Green Ink Designs, LLC, a design firm specializing in residential and commercial landscape architecture. Zach holds an undergraduate… (Read More)
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