GOING GREEN WITH RIVER VALLEY NURSERY, LANDSCAPE GARDEN CENTER INC.

1. GOING �GREEN� WITH RIVER VALLEY NURSERY, LANDSCAPE & GARDEN CENTER INC.

2. One inch of rain doesn't seem like much rain in the rain gauge. Every inch of rain that falls on one acre delivers 27,150 gallons of water. As much as 60% of that (16,000 gals per acre) runs off impervious and compacted urban landscapes (including roofs and parking lots.) Instead of infiltrating into the soil to restore groundwater base flow and recharge aquifers, that water is piped and sent rushing into creeks and rivers.

3. Why River Valley Nursery? Registered Live Roof installer Expertise and Training in the following �Green� solutions Iowa Storm Water Management Manual Unified Sizing Criteria Small Storm Hydrology Low Impact Development (LID) Hydrology Infiltration Trenches and Basins Bioretention Systems Soil Quality Restoration Native Landscaping Urban Infiltration Practices for Stormwater Quality BMP�s Filtration Systems Detention Practices Stormwater Wetlands Vegetated Swales Pavement Systems Integrating LID in Watershed Management Conservation Design Development Weaving Stormwater Quality into MS4 Post-construction Requirements

4. SUSTAINABLITY is defined as products or services that improve ground water, reduce the heat island effect, reduce storm water run off, reduce the energy required to heat and cool our buildings, as well as the reuse of recycled products.

5. EXAMPLES OF SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE Live Roofs Pervious Pavement Rain Gardens Bio Swales Erosion and Sediment Control Terra Seeding (seeding with compost) Filter Socks for erosion & sediment control Infiltration Systems Low Impact Design Development

6. LIVE ROOFS

7. Benefits SAVE 20 -30% IN ENERGY COSTS REDUCE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT REDUCE STORM WATER RUN OFF IMPROVE WATER QUALITY

8. City of Chicago saves over 23% of their energy cost per year over black tar roof.

9. Ford Motor Company�s Truck Plant in Dearborn MI. has the largest green roof in the world with 10.4 Acres of Sedum.

10. PERVIOUS PAVEMENT is used in place of asphalt or concrete in parking lots and sidewalks, allowing water to be purified and infiltrated as opposed to going into the storm water system. Pervious pavement, when properly designed and installed, will infiltrate over 8� of rainfall per hour.

11. Rain Gardens retain and allow rain water to infiltrate into the soil. Rain Gardens are designed to capture the first 1.5� of rain allowing water to be purified and infiltrated as opposed to going into the storm water system.

12. BIO SWALES function like rain gardens but are typically larger and typically placed in parking lots, or other areas prone to large amounts of run off. allowing water to be purified and infiltrated as opposed to going into the storm water system.

13. SEEDING WITH COMPOST (TERRA SEEDING )is the process of injecting the seed into the compost which eliminates the need for fertilizers and has quicker germination times.

14. POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES Stormwater Best Management Practices Loans (BMP) Low-interest loans for developers, landowners, watershed organizations, non-MS4 cities and others. For more information visit: www.agriculture.state.ia.us/stormwater.htm Watershed Improvement Review Board (WIRB) City would have to apply for funding for watershed Low Interest Loans from American Trust and Savings Bank

15. Some or all of the �green� solutions covered in these slides may pertain to your property. Let River Valley Nursery assess your individual circumstances and provide you with a plan to help you go �green�. Not only will it benefit you or your company financially, but it will also benefit the environment. A win/win situation for everyone.