Whether you already have an established rain garden or are just starting out on a new project, it's handy to find out about ...

South Bay designer Shelkie Tao specializes in water-efficient landscaping, including rain gardens. Photo courtesy Shelkie Tao/Water Efficient Gardens. Whether you’re looking to make your landscaping ...

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 ...

Rain barrels are a great way to save water and money—and making a DIY rain barrel helps you save even more! For each inch of rain that falls on 500 square feet of roof, you can collect 300 gallons of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. At the most basic level, rain gardens function like sponges. They are typically made ...

Avoiding a flooded basement–and saving Puget Sound–could be as simple as putting in a rain garden The rain gushing from downspouts this time of year can seem like water torture for local residents, as ...

The town of Holland will host a hands-on rain garden workshop from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 23, at Holland Town Hall on Highway MH. The workshop is open to all interested people, not just town ...

A recent conversation with a gardener friend as to why he didn’t plant a winter garden made me consider my husband’s raised garden beds, now full to the brim of leafy winter vegetables. My friend ...

Two area schools — one just built, one in the works — have adopted sustainable stormwater management systems that save money, improve aesthetics and behave like a natural forest ecosystem. The systems ...

A recent conversation with a gardener friend as to why he didn’t plant a winter garden made me consider my husband’s raised garden beds, now full to the brim of leafy winter vegetables. My friend ...