Storm Smart Schools at Las Sendas Elementary Mesa – 2024
Las Sendas Elementary was one of five schools in the Phoenix Valley to participate in the Storm Smart Schools program offered by Watershed Management Group and Arizona State University. Students and teachers helped design an outdoor classroom and rain garden with native plants on their campus and with the generous support of the schools Parent Teacher Organization, their design got to come to life! Students participated in a one day workshop helping plant and spread mulch throughout the outdoor classroom.
Four Peaks Build Your Own Basin Workshop – 2022
Over 50 BYOB kits were distributed to participants at the Four Peaks Build Your Own Basin workshop. Attendees learned about the benefits of using native plants in their yard and how to plan and dig a basin as part of a rain garden to to support the plants with rainwater. Kits included a native shade tree, pollinator shrub, bunch grasses and a mix of native wildflower seeds.
Thank you to the River Network for sponsoring and Four Peaks Brewery in Tempe for hosting this workshop for the second year!
Phoenix College beautifies their parking lot with native pollinators and shade trees
WMG and ASU brought the hands-on Storm Smart Schools program to Phoenix College and transformed a hot, bare part of the Phoenix College campus into a vibrant pollinator and shade garden.
Consultations – 2024
In 2024, we installed rain gardens at four schools and in eleven community areas. We distributed over 100 greywater kits to the City of Denver, CO.
Rain Garden Outreach – 2024
In 2024, 559 community members were impacted by our rain garden outreach programs and we distributed 86 rain garden kits, 10.5% of which went to limited income households.
Rainwater & Greywater Classes – 2024
In 2024, over 950 people attended the rainwater harvesting or greywater classes that WMG offers in support of Tucson Water's rebate programs.
