Rain gardens can soak up excess water in yards with poor drainage. They are a helpful addition to any flood-prone area -- but only if you use the right plants.

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Syracuse, NY -- You know that soggy spot in your yard that appears after a rainstorm? That’s not the place for a rain garden. “If you’re directing more water into it, you’ll end up with a pond,” said ...

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Many cities are now requiring builders to create water catchment systems to prevent erosion and improve water quality. One way for the homeowner to do this is to build rain gardens on their property.

As weather patterns continue to surprise in late summer, with threats of flash flooding in some areas, rain gardens have become a viable solution, especially as stormwater runoff worsens. Rain gardens ...

It's a bit odd that "green" roofs have become popular here sooner than rain gardens. A green roof certainly does a lot to compensate for the footprint of a building in terms of microclimate heat, ...

What is a rain garden? The small community where we vacationed was dotted with pretty little gardens, each with a marker that said, “This rain garden is sponsored by …” None of us had heard of that ...

What is a rain garden, and how does it work? Rain gardens, sometimes called bio-retention areas, are shallow depressions in the landscape that capture stormwater and allow it to gradually percolate ...

Hampton, Virginia, is experimenting with things like rain gardens, marsh restoration, and oyster-seeded artificial reefs.

Two new rain gardens are being created on campus, joining the extensive rain garden on Western campus and three others designed to help reduce and purify rain runoff. Planting of the two new gardens ...

The city will build Brooklyn’s first “blue belt” in the park, building on the Prospect Park Alliance’s ongoing Lakeshore restoration projects.