http://www.verdantky.com simple concepts that better the environment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:23:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.verdantky.com/2008/12/15/bike-racks/ [caption id="attachment_45" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Rain Barrel & Robin"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.verdantky.com/2008/12/12/rain-barrels-in-the-winter/ Verdant Design has a separate blog for sustainable garden design called Verdant Thumb.  It shows the ongoing life and changes of our 3-year-old rain garden, sustainable practices, favorite plants, and situations we have encountered. It is more of a gardening perspective for those who would like ideas for a yard. ... http://www.verdantky.com/2008/11/19/verdant-thumb/ [caption id="attachment_127" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Lobelia cardinalis"][/caption] The view from the office window of the rain garden has changed yet again. The drama of the red Cardinal Flower has given way to the seed capules for new plants next year. The rain barrel is also more apparent since the Black Eyed Susan ... http://www.verdantky.com/2008/11/10/view-of-the-rain-garden/ A custom model is another avenue to produce a three-dimensional mock-up of a project. [gallery=10] http://www.verdantky.com/2008/11/06/models/