From The Tribune staff reports
LEEDS — The City of Leeds will be partnering with the Virtual Rain Barrel Workshop to learn how to utilize a rain barrel.
According to the City of Leeds Facebook Page, you can learn how to utilize a rain barrel in your home garden or how to make your own at home with a pre-recorded session led by Rhonda Britton, Regional Extension Agent with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Barrels are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Barrels come ready to install or customize yours at home. Registration required.
You can register now for the Virtual Rain Barrel Workshop; a pre-recorded session only is $5, an “as-is” barrel + recorded session is $45, and a ready-to-install barrel and recorded session is $55.
To buy a barrel or recorded session, call 205-414-3950 or visit https://bbgardens.org/rain-barrel-workshop.php.
You can pick their rain barrels up on Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
This Virtual Rain Barrel Workshop is presented in partnership with the City of Leeds, City of Birmingham, City of Bessemer, Jefferson County, Jefferson County Department of Health, Keep Birmingham Beautiful, Alabama A & M – Auburn Universities Extension, Storm Water Management Authority, Inc. and Jefferson County Conservation District.
A facility of the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board, Birmingham Botanical Gardens is the result of a public/private partnership between the City of Birmingham and the nonprofit Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, a mission-driven membership organization that seeks to protect, nurture, and share the wonders of the Gardens.