A Rain Garden or "bioretention basin" is a vegetated depression in an urban landscape that collects, treats, and recharges storm water into the ground. Because it is a garden as much as it is a ...

To the untrained eye, a rain garden might look similar to any other ornamental garden or intentionally planted space. “It may ...

Rain gardens are planted with native or well adapted plant species that can tolerate both wet and dry conditions and have deep roots that promote water infiltration. Water should drain completely ...

To overcome this, the rain garden slopes from level ground to a 6” deep trough. The area receives full sun. The plant species were selected for full sun tolerance. All plants are native to Illinois ...

A gardener proudly unveiled their incredible transformation of an abandoned church ground into a beautiful rain garden filled ...

The Scott Watershed Management Organization is hosting three rain garden workshops in April and May to teach homeowners how to design and install a rain garden using native plants: + Saturday, ...

The 16th Avenue Tree Lawn Rain Garden is a demonstration of a low-cost ... The garden design was created to address both functional and aesthetic requirements [attach garden design document].

Learn about the Blueprints for Blooms gardening workshop series at Robert Fulton Ag Center and how to support pollinators ...

One wild life: Johnson draws on amazing experiences to write short stories Rain garden projects get supervisors’ approval The leader of a local movement that promotes cultivation of native ...