4th Annual Growing Texas Workshop
Stormwater Sustainability & Riparian Restoration
Confluence Park has a geometric design to collect rainwater and feed it into an underground storage system which is the sole source of water used for plants in the park. Equipped with a green roof, the Estala Avery Education Center is designed for passive heating and cooling. Solar panels also supply with power creating an energy neutral space. Confluence Park’s native plants represent five ecotypes found regionally which require less water and attracts important wildlife such as pollinators. This stretch of the San Antonio River in the photo was straightened and channelized in 1954. The concrete drainage channelization had damaged the riparian ecosystem and its recreational use. In the last ten years an effort by the San Antonio River Authority led to over 20,000 trees and shrubs and 60 different native grasses planted along this section of river- the river ecosystem is healing, and its function as a stormwater system is intact. Speaker Bios: San Antonio River Foundation Executive Director Robert Amerman https://www.sariverfoundation.org/about-us/board-directors-and-staff/robert-amerman/ San Antonio River Foundation Director of Confluence Park https://www.sariverfoundation.org/about-us/board-directors-and-staff/frates-seeligson/ 4.25 ISA Certified Arborist CEU's. 4 Texas Floodplain Management Association CEU's 4 Certified Forester CFE's Lunch Included Only 49 spaces Available, Please Limit Two People Per Organization
This stretch of the San Antonio River in the photo was straightened and channelized in 1954. The concrete drainage channelization had damaged the riparian ecosystem and its recreational use. In the last ten years an effort by the San Antonio River Authority led to over 20,000 trees and shrubs and 60 different native grasses planted along this section of river- the river ecosystem is healing, and its function as a stormwater system is intact.
Speaker Bios:
San Antonio River Foundation Executive Director Robert Amerman
https://www.sariverfoundation.org/about-us/board-directors-and-staff/robert-amerman/
San Antonio River Foundation Director of Confluence Park
https://www.sariverfoundation.org/about-us/board-directors-and-staff/frates-seeligson/
4.25 ISA Certified Arborist CEU's.
4 Texas Floodplain Management Association CEU's
4 Certified Forester CFE's
Lunch Included
Only 49 spaces Available, Please Limit Two People Per Organization
