Verdant Design

The Louisville Downtown Management District embarked in 2002 to issue artistic bike racks around the downtown.  It raises the awareness of the arts, funds artists in the city, and supplies needed bike racks to the urban core.  The LDMD just finished another round of art bike rack submittals.  To see the current bike racks, go to Louisville Downtown Management District website. The map in the center shows where the bike racks are located. By clicking on the surround pictures, one can see an enlarged photo of the bike racks. Below is a bike rack design submitted by Verdant Design which references Brad White’s bike rack.

Pink Folly

Rain Barrel & Robin

So what do you do with a rain barrel in the winter?  We do get a good amount of our yearly precipitation from Autumn through Spring.  So rain collection and storage is still important.  The simplist thing to do is to put it on a slow drip.  That way the water in the barrel will be released over time after the rain event has subsided.  The view from the window was of seven Robins coming by for a drink.  So the rain barrels are good for more than just storage.