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 ...

Now that you have determined the type of soils on your property, it is time to determine its Curve Number. The Curve Number is an empirical value created by the NRCS the is used to estimate how much ...

It’s a remedy for flooding and good for the Chesapeake Bay. As I watched rain puddle in our backyard, I brought up the idea of a rain garden to my family. My husband raised his brow, no doubt ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Here in Pennsylvania, we are no stranger to flash floods and erosion from heavy rains. Water from rainfall and snow melt can find a solid surface upon which to flow so quickly that it erodes ...

So you spent the holiday weekend indoors, watching rainwater pool in your yard — or worse still, in the basement? Here’s how to fix that. By Margaret Roach When it rains all weekend and you’re stuck ...

(RNS) — Showy goldenrod. Oxeye sunflower. Blue false indigo. When spring comes, it’s impossible not to notice the colorful ensemble of flowers and bushes outside the Sisters of St. Joseph’s convent in ...

The 16th Avenue Tree Lawn Rain Garden is a demonstration of a low-cost, owner-maintained strategy for use of a tree lawn to temporarily store, infiltrate and filter stormwater collected from the roof ...

The demonstration rain garden in Bartholomew County is located on the IUPU Columbus Campus in a parking lot island and had previously been a flat and open, windswept area occupied by turf grass ...