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Greetings!  

   

Seventy people have RSVP'd so far to attend the groundbreaking of our newest demonstration project:  Mount Calvary Rain Garden in Brentwood. If you aren't one of them, don't forget to let us know if you'd like to join us as well.   Also, mark your calendars for the May 12th Deer Creek Friends Spring Meeting where the new creek names from our 2010 Tributaries Naming Project will be revealed. 

The River des Peres Watershed Coalition is hosting an exciting opportunity to view our University City Residential Rain Gardens at a Rain Garden Block Party in University City.     

Hope you can join us for one or all of these events this spring!
 
Rick Holton
Chairman, Deer Creek Watershed Friends
Mount Calvary Rain Garden Groundbreaking Ceremony
Please Join Us and Remember to RSVP if You Plan to Attend 

 

Flowering Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood
Courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder

 

 

Located on the property of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Brentwood, MO, the Mount Calvary Rain Garden is designed to catch and slow the movement of stormwater from the church property into Deer Creek.

 

Please join us for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Mount Calvary Church Rain Garden to be held on March 11th, 2011 from 11 to 11:30 AM at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brentwood.   The installation of this rain garden is set to begin in the spring following the groundbreaking event.

For more information and to RSVP visit our Mount Calvary Rain Garden Projects Page!      

 

  

    

 
Mark Your Calendars for the Deer Creek Friends Spring Meeting
Guest Speaker and New Creek Names to be Revealed  

 

The Deer Creek Friends Spring Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday May 12th from 4:30 - 6:00 PM at Ladue City Hall.  

 

Join us and hear from our special guest, Mark Meyer, Principal Civil Engineer and stream restoration expert from Intuition and Logic.   Also, we will be unveiling 11 new stream names in the Deer Creek Watershed that were selected during our Tributaries Naming Project.  These names have now received final approval from the U. S. Board on Geographic Names, and we are very excited to share them with you on the night of this event. 


 

 

Your Backyard: Upcoming Events In Your Area

Rain Garden Block Party

 

The River des Peres Watershed Coalition is hosting a Rain Garden Block Party in University City at one of three of our demonstration project sites. The Block Party will be held on Sunday May 15th from 12:00 - 3:00 PM in the Cornell/ Gannon neighborhood.
Aerial View of U. City Residential Rain Gardens
Aerial view of Cornell/Gannon neighborhood in University City



 

 

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"Rivers define a city the way a man parts his hair.  They wander and separate and curve, and provide starting points for the eye to linger upon."
- Jerry Danzic, Photographer
 
About the Deer Creek Watershed Alliance
 
Our purpose is to assess and improve the Deer Creek Watershed, with a focus on plant-based solutions.    Please forward this email newsletter to your friends and encourage them to get involved.   The Deer Creek Watershed Alliance is a project of Missouri Botanical Garden and its partners. This project is funded by project partners, the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation, and US EPA Region 7 through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (subgrant number G09-NPS-13), under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.