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Introduction to Rain GardensTuesday, October 6, 2009, 9:30 to 11 a.m.Surrounding the Garden’s new Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center is the Rainwater Glen, designed to enhance the water quality of rainfall runoff from the Center’s parking area. The Glen includes tens of thousands of native plants that are especially tolerant of occasional inundation, arranged in a way that affords both landscape beauty as well as environmental function. Join Bob Kirschner, Woman’s Board Endowed Curator of Aquatic Plant and Urban Lake Studies, Chicago Botanic Garden, to tour the Rainwater Glen and learn how rain gardens can be incorporated into your own residential landscape. Plant Science Center, Seminar Room B About Bob Kirschner Bob's research studies over the past 30 years have focused on urban aquatic ecosystems, primarily in the northeastern Illinois region. Since joining the Garden in 1999, he has overseen the rejuvenation of over three miles of lake shoreline using nearly 50 different treatment strategies.
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