WASHINGTON — You’ve heard of flower beds and veggie patches, but have you met the garden that actually loves a good downpour? Enter the rain garden, it's nature’s stylish, sustainable solution to ...

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Stormwater that runs off buildings and paved streets frequently carries high levels of pollutants into rivers and lakes, some of which serve as sources of drinking water. Rain gardens, green ...

See how to create a rain garden with beautiful native and adapted plants for pollinators. When it rains, it pours, and it’s no fun when it pools up next to the house, even in a brief cloudburst. And ...

Rain gardens utilize Florida-Friendly plants to absorb rainwater, reducing stormwater runoff and pollution. These gardens help filter out pollutants from fertilizers and other sources, protecting ...

What is a rain garden, and how does it work? Rain gardens, sometimes called bio-retention areas, are shallow depressions in the landscape that capture stormwater and allow it to gradually percolate ...

Impervious surfaces, like parking lots, driveways, and walkways, make it difficult for stormwater to flow toward soil and seep into the ground. But by including rain gardens in your landscape design, ...

Learn about rain gardens and discover how to create beautiful landscape features at home that reduce polluted runoff entering local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. Participants will learn about ...

A wildflower blooms in the rain garden of Marcus de la Fleur in Elmhurst, Ill. Lusana and Eric Cacioppo and son Bennet, 2, walk by one of the small rain gardens at their home in Melrose Park, Ill. The ...