corrie's blog

Earth Wizards Eco-Tour 08 Slide Show

corrie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:36:26 -0600

Earth Wizard Corrie installs a Rain Barrel

corrie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:15:59 -0600

Permeable Patio Maintenance

corrie — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:52:53 -0600

Permeable paved surfaces allow rain water to pass through them, reducing the volume of water that runs off the surface.

Last week Andy and I went to visit the permeable patio we installed last year at Ingebretsen's Gifts.

The plants that Julie Ingebretsen installed in the rain garden are growing nicely and the rain garden is performing quite well. Unfortunately, small areas of the permeable patio under the downspouts were not allowing water to flow through.

Green Walls on Lake Street

corrie — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:10:36 -0600

Earth Wizards worked with the Lake Street Council to apply for a grant from the City of Minneapolis to develop graffiti prevention demonstration projects. Lake Street Council received the grant and Earth Wizards will be installing one or more "green facades" on east Lake Street in 2008.

Juxtaposition Arts Green Roofs Workshop

corrie — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:11:54 -0600

In April I was asked to lead a green roofs workshop at Juxtaposition Arts as part of their "Kids Green Revolution". Kids in this class learned about a range of sustainable technologies and products and how to incorporate "green" ideas into design.

With generous donations from GreenGrid, Northern Perennials, and the MN Green Roofs Council, we planted modular green roof trays with shallow-rooted natives. Students will care for the trays over the summer.

Welcome to Our New Website

corrie — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:55:18 -0600

Thank you for visiting our new web site. Some of you (mostly Stacy) will miss the old site and things like the dump truck emerging from the flower.

You've already found the blogs, and we hope you look around and find some of the other new things we've added. We welcome your feedback - please leave us a comment below.

RoofBloom Guild

corrie — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:20:21 -0600

Last night Chris Wegscheid and I hosted the first meeting of the RoofBloom Guild. It's a group of homeowners who are interested in helping each other to plan and install small green roof projects - think garages, sheds and doghouses.

Chris is an architect with Cermak Rhoades. Through the RoofBloom project, funded by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Chris and I, working with Camilla Correll from Emmons Olivier Resources, have developed a whole set of resources designed for homeowners who are interested in small green roof projects.