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 ...

Both rain gardens were originally stocked with appropriate vegetation by the contractors that constructed them, but need maintenance, according to township Planning Director Cassandra Schmick.

News Photo by Reagan Voetberg The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education discusses various matters at its workshop meeting Monday night. ALPENA — At their workshop meeting Monday night, the ...

Rain would funnel down the attached chains into buckets and containers. This rainwater could then be used to water gardens and plants and even filtered for cooking. As well as being a visual feature, ...

Whether your garden is an intimate terrace, a quarter acre block, or a biophilic commercial masterpiece they all share the same needs. And these are a good foundation, nutrients, water, light and some ...

After two weeks of open voting in the 16th edition of the Building of the Year Awards, our readers have meticulously narrowed down a pool of almost 4,000 projects to a select group of 75 finalists ...

If you said yes, we encourage you to think about installing a pollinator rain garden on yourproperty. A pollinator rain garden is a small, depressional garden that collects rainwater from your roof, ...

Landscape architects create healthy, safe, and beautiful outdoor places for everyone. As members of a STEM profession, they bring science and design together to make our communities better places to ...

Armed with cones and landscaping equipment, David Donnelly has turned training at Chelsea Gardens Landscape Management into something worth cheering about. Donnelly, the maintenance account manager at ...

Mistake 3: Not Using a Rain Gauge Rain is often a welcome sign in the garden and means one less gardening activity you have to do. But it’s not always easy to know after a day or week of rain when ...

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