Meet Up Not In A Garden Bed But A DRY RIVER BED!

                                                                         Photo from Susan Stone
On Saturday, September 10th IGC members met in a dry portion of the Ipswich River bed to discuss ways to help conserve water and save our river. See the Boston Globe article by using the following link. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/09/11/ipswich-river/s5Jjl8QhPxDCKMm65G1v1J/story.html

Drought Emergency - Water Saving Landscape Tips by Kerry Mackin

Drought Tolerant Perennials  from UMass Amherst  https://ag.umass.edu/fact-sheets/drought-tolerant-perennials 

Drought Tolerant Plants for the Landscape from UMass Amherst  https://ag.umass.edu/fact-sheets/drought-tolerant-plants-for-landscape 

North American Plants for New England Gardens  from UMass Extension

http://www.grownativemass.org/sites/default/files/umass_native_plts.pdf 

Water-Wise Landscaping: 

Water-Smart Landscapes from EPA  https://www3.epa.gov/watersense/docs/water-efficient_landscaping_508.pdf 

Save Water, Save Money Outside from the Ipswich River Watershed Association http://www.ipswichriver.org/save-water-save-money-outside/ 

Greenscapes Guide  from Greenscapes.org http://www.nsrwa.org/files/Greenscapes-small.pdf 

How to build a rain garden:  https://www.thisoldhouse.com/how-to/how-to-build-rain-garden-to-filter-run  

Xeriscape – from EarthEasy  http://eartheasy.com/grow_xeriscape.htm 

Right Plant, Right Place:  http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/outdoors/landscaping/how-to-design-a-great-yard-with-landscape-plants 

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