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 ...

Rain gardens aren't just for roadsides ... They also tend to work even better than many people expect them to, absorbing large amounts of rainwater in a matter of hours. Other Vancouver-based ...

A rain garden is a type of bioretention, constructed as a shallow depression to hold and infiltrate water from rooftops via downspouts, driveways or other impervious surfaces to reduce polluted ...

or areas where large puddles already naturally form, keep these areas in mind while planning. Related: 5 Smart Solutions for ...

It didn’t take long for volunteers who created a rain garden in Hidden Valley Park to see the fruits of their labor. “Fifteen minutes after we finished, it rained pretty hard,” said Wiley Buck of ...

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 ...

Daily Acts is leading a free tour Jan. 25 through three home landscapes that feature rain gardens, which capture rainwater to prevent runoff and replenish the groundwater in your landscape.

In August of 2019, a rain garden was established at the University of Illinois Extension Office located in Murphysboro, Illinois. This was a partnership with the Jackson County Master Gardeners and ...