Bill Hoover, the President of the Trans-Pecos Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists, forwarded this "goody":
"The UConn Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) has developed a Rain Garden smart phone app that is now available for download from iTunes.
The app is targeted to homeowners and contractors, and leads the user through the proper siting, sizing, construction, planting and maintenance of a rain garden. It includes nifty tools ot help the user figure out the proper size of the garden, find out about local soil conditions, get a handle on the price of construction, and customize a plant list that will delight the eye while soaking up stormwater. In addition, there are 6 short video segments explaining various aspects of rain garden care and feeding.
The app is only for iPhones at the moment, but we will have an Android version out soon. Also the imagery and plants are specific to CT, but we are starting work on a national version that will have extensive databases for each area of the country. (If any of you are interested in helping us expand these tools, please let us know.)"
Go directly to the App's info page on the iTunes store.
David Dickson
National NEMO Coordinator & Extension Educator
Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR)
UConn College of Ag & Natural Resources
Department of Extension
P.O. Box 70
Haddam, CT 06438
860- 345-5228
david.dickson@uconn.edu
http://nemonet.uconn.edu
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This could be especially useful to the El Paso area market. Jim, have you contacted Dr. Ari Michelson at Texas A&M Research Center here in El Paso about a collaboration? If we could get the database applicable to the El Paso market I could assist in getting buy-in from the local Association of REALTORS in pushing this out.
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