To get your own rain barrel:
Mills Fleet Farm
Locations around the Twin Cities
Has 65 gallon Oasis Rain Collection System rain barrels available for sale.
Hennepin County
Hennepin County is finalizing the details of its 2008 rain barrel distribution program which will tentatively begin in April, 2008. By signing up now, you will be notified of the details of the sale as soon as they are confirmed. To sign up, click on the link below (or paste it into your browser) and then click on “notification form.”
Sustainable Community Solutions
501 St. Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057
Beautiful heirloom-quality oak rain barrels
available as of April 1, 2008.
To make your own rain barrel:
How to make your own rain barrel instructional guide.
Make your own rain barrel for about $35 in supplies. See what tools and parts you need, where you can get them (in the Twin Cities, MN area), and how to assemble the rain barrel.
Rain Barrels – more than a drop in the bucket for conservation. A comprehensive guide to deciding on, designing for, building and buying a rain barrel in the Twin Cities Metro Area.
A user-friendly brochure put out by the Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District.
Western Container
8811 Science Center Dr, New Hope, MN 55428
(612) 338-2413
Has 55 gallon recycled, closed top, blue barrels available for around $16 (price subject to change) for use in making your own rain barrel.
Consolidated Container Company, LLC
109 27th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
(612) 781-0923
Has 55 gallon plastic barrels for use in making your own rain barrel.
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