PIEDMONT MASTER GARDENERS – ZOOM – Spring Lecture Series—Elisa Meara and Alex Thompson, “Attractive, Functional, Sustainable Solutions to Managing Stormwater Runoff in the Home Yard and Garden”

In this online presentation, landscape designers Elisa Meara and Alex Thompson will show how smart planting and attractive rain gardens can reduce stormwater runoff and filter pollutants that threaten rivers and streams feeding the Chesapeake Bay. A graduate of London’s Inchbald School of Design, Meara (above) hails from the Dominican Republic and is owner of the Native Plant Landscape Design Corp. in Falls Church. Thompson is a principal designer for the firm. She grew up in the English countryside and holds a master’s degree in landscape design from The George Washington University.