Check out our One-of-a-Kind Handpainted Rain Barrels!

The TSA Rain Barrel Project will culminate with participation in the Erie Street Farmer's Market Flower Sale this weekend; Memorial Day Weekend. Students will be selling handpainted rain barrels on Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 4pm and on Monday from 8am to 2pm. Dozens of designs are available and the barrels at Market on Saturday are priced at a reasonable $150. Barrels can be commissioned with a specific design or company logo as well.  Erie Street Market is located at 237 S. Erie Street in downtown Toledo, Ohio.  If you cannot make the Flower Sale, but are interested in this project, please contact Gallery Director Leslie Ann Taylor at ltaylor@ts4arts.org.

Not familiar with the purpose of a rain barrel?  Here's the basics:

The Advantages of a Rain Barrel:

Lawn and garden watering make up nearly 40% of total household water use during the summer. A rain barrel collects water and stores it for when you need it most -- during periods of drought -- to water plants, wash your car, or to top a swimming pool. It provides an ample supply of free "soft water" to homeowners, containing no chlorine, lime or calcium making it ideal for gardens, flower pots, and car and window washing.
A rain barrel used to collect rooftop runoff using a gutter / downspout system
A rain barrel will save most homeowners about 1,300 gallons of water during the peak summer months. Saving water not only helps protect the environment, it saves you money and energy (decreased demand for treated tap water). Diverting water from storm drains also decreases the impact of runoff to streams. Therefore, a rain barrel is an easy way for you to have a consistent supply of clean, fresh water for outdoor use, FREE.*

*source: www.epa.gov