Because it is a garden as much as it is a treatment area, the basin is usually cultivated with native, ornamental plant species Some people distinguish a difference between a "rain garden" and a ...

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

Learn about these benefits of adding native plants to your yard at Native Plants for the Garden later this month in Lathrup ...

People will be working harder to manage flooding, and rain gardens which capture rainwater in a shallow ditch and are filled with plants that are happy in waterlogged or dry conditions could be ...

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 ...

The leader of a local movement that promotes cultivation of native greenery has volunteered to replant rain gardens in two Logan Township parks — an offer that found favor with the township ...