Events

MMSD is offering partnership funding for green infrastructure projects that help businesses and organizations manage stormwater naturally. Capturing stormwater on your property helps protect local waters, reduce sewer overflows, and prevent basement backups—while making your organization greener and more resilient.

Join Garden Expert, Melinda Myers, for a FREE webinar and learn how to select Rain Garden Plants on Thursday, February 19th, 6:30 PM. Register here. 

The pre-order online Rain Garden plant sale is open, with in-person pickup in June. We offer dozens of hardy native wildflowers and grasses to take the guesswork out of what to buy for a beautiful rain garden. Rain gardens can help reduce the risk of ​​​​​sewer overflows and water pollution by naturally absorbing stormwater runoff from hard surfaces into the ground. 

MMSD will hold a public hearing regarding the proposed amendments to MMSD Rules, Chapter 13, Surface Water and Stormwater on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. in the Commission Hearing Room (Room 121) at 260 West Seeboth Street, Milwaukee, WI 53204.

Written comments are due before 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Please send comments by mail to MMSD, Attention: Mr. Courtney Allen, Senior Project Manager, 260 West Seeboth Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204-1446, or via email to callen@mmsd.com.

Put the water that falls in your yard to work supporting the plants in your landscape while helping to reduce the risk of sewer backups, basement flooding and sewer overflows

You’ve selected the location, purchased your plants and now you’re ready to start planting. We’ll take a step-by-step approach to make this process as easy as possible.

Melinda Myers will provide step-by-step tips for planting trees and the care needed to keep them healthy and a long-lived, beautiful part of your landscape

Melinda Myers will share tips for taking care of your new and established native and non-native plants, flowerbeds, rain gardens, and lawns.