Storm water runoff can be a big problem during heavy thunderstorms. As the water rushes across roofs and driveways, it picks up oil and other pollutants. Municipal storm water treatment plants often ...

Rain gardens can be beautiful and functional additions to a home's landscaping. A verdant lawn can make your neighbors green with envy, but traditional turf grass has its downsides. Beneath the ...

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 ...

Managing stormwater is a difficult and expensive challenge, particularly in the built environment of urban areas such as Greater Columbus, where so much of the environment is covered with impervious ...

Daniel Boone Native Gardens recently installed a new rain garden funded by a B.W. Wells Stewardship award of $2,428 from the ...

With Spring… comes rain. And at Roosevelt-Coulee Montessori, these three teachers are going to capture that rain and show students and staff how use it to create a native plant rain garden. “We’ve got ...

The City and a cadre of volunteers invite others to join them Saturday, Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. - noon for a morning of planting and learning at the Kirkland Rain Garden. Project activities will include ...

It’s pouring rain on and off as I write this, and we gardeners rejoice! Fall planting can finally begin, and in between cloud bursts, I run out and plant another row of veggies. On Sunday I got the ...