Why build a brush pile? A mound of woody, vegetative material, even a small one, can furnish as beneficial wildlife cover.

The rain garden will soak up hundreds of thousands of gallons of stormwater a year, keeping it from entering the sewer system ...

However, the easiest way to water drainage and standing water issues in your yard is also the most environmentally friendly — ...

Dina and Irl Cramer were looking at the little-used pool behind their Manhattan Beach house when they realized: ‘It would be really nice to have a garden ... plastic Rain Bird drip irrigation ...

As part of the Green Street project in Parma, rain gardens were installed ... so I asked for a bird and butterfly garden. They have done everything possible to make this convenient for us.

He stood in a large hole nearly 3 feet deep that by next month will be a 434-square-foot rain garden at the Malcolm ... to draw insects, bird life and butterflies that once populated the area ...

WASHINGTON — You’ve heard of flower beds and veggie patches, but have you met the garden that actually loves a good downpour? Enter the rain garden, it's nature’s stylish, sustainable ...

Linda Grudi, left, and Charlotte Zerance stand at the edge of the Harrisburg Area Civic Garden Center's new rain garden. When the umbrella group for Harrisburg-area garden clubs set up ...

“But it was awesome. It turned out really well.” In the end, half the volunteers worked on the rain garden and the other half took on unexpected, though necessary, tasks to beautify the ...

She said communities should be educated on these benefits, motivating residents to become stewards of rain gardens. “I really like the wider view of what green stormwater infrastructure can do,” ...

Like how the City of Charleston is on a high horse about ending a $10,000-a-year sustainability program to encourage homeowners to develop rain gardens. Really? “The intent of this program is ...