Homeowners often select native plants to grow in their rain gardens. Indiana native plant species are commonly grown in rain gardens because of their adaptation to the local climate, soils, and many ...

Specific maintenance considerations include watering plants until well established in the first two years, annual weeding and mulching, and removing debris as needed from blocking water flow. Rain ...

During the rain event, that collected runoff pools to a design depth in the basin. Eventually, the water seeps down into the first soil layer that is made of mulch to provide organic materials to the ...

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

For Cheryle Gannaway of Prior Lake, there really was no way of maintaining the grass on hill on the side of her home. The grass was becoming the “pet” she didn’t want – ...

Would you like to beautify your yard with showstopping flower blooms and grasses while protecting our lakes, streams, attracting songbirds, hummingbirds and beneficial pollinators like bees and ...

• Before the heat and dry air of spring and summer, update your irrigation system to in-line drip, flexible tubing with ...