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Garden Club offers low-cost rain barrels, seeks Conservation Commission partnership
Summary
The Newfields Garden Club will sell 12 food‑grade rain barrels at $20 each and hopes to partner with the Conservation Commission and the Water Department on community education; members plan to presell barrels and staff a table at the plant sale.
Gina Tomasett, president of the Newfields Garden Club, presented a locally scaled rain‑barrel initiative at the March 16 Conservation Commission meeting.
After researching the Great American Rain Barrel program and finding it too expensive, the Garden Club purchased 12 food‑grade barrels at $20 each and developed a prototype stand that could be sold with the barrels. Tomasett said the club plans to presell the barrels and rely on Garden Club volunteers to help set them up for purchasers. The group intends to collaborate with the Conservation Commission and the Water Department to provide educational materials; participants said they would share information on the Garden Club’s Facebook page and staff a table at the plant sale.
Commission members voiced support for partnership and local outreach. The item required no formal vote.
