Please join community members to renovate the Hinesburg Silver St. Rain Garden on Saturday June 26, 8 AM – 2 PM.  The Garden needs weeding.  This is your chance to get out and enjoy the company of friends and neighbors in the post-COVID era.  

The Rain Garden was first constructed and planted with native plants in 2014.  This was one of Lewis Creek Association’s first Ahead of the Storm projects. It was designed and engineered to capture and treat the stormwater runoff from Route 116 that had previously been draining directly into the LaPlatte River. Paul Rocheleau's 5th grade Hinesburg Community School students helped maintain the garden, but it's been a few years since it's been tended.  While it continues to function in treating the stormwater many of the original native plants have been overtaken by invasives. The Garden needs weeding and we invite anyone to come help. 

The clean-up begins at 8 AM, Saturday, June 26th. If you are able to come, join us at any point from 8 onwards. We hope to finish by mid to late afternoon, depending on how many folks show up. 

It involves cutting down several small trees and digging up their stumps, weeding, removing some invasive shrubs, and if time allows, mulching certain areas.  

Tools to bring are: shovels, rakes, mattocks, pick ax, hand saws, hand pruners and your favorite weeding tools.  Be sure to label all your tools with your name.

Please join us in this worthwhile community effort. Feel free to contact us by text or call with any questions: Paul Rocheleau at 802-324-3081 or Andrea Morgante at 802-482-5120.