The difference lies in how they’re irrigated: Rain gardens are designed to capture and hold rainwater runoff from roofs, driveways, patios and lawns. In many places, water can overwhelm storm ...

If you have an area in your yard that regularly collects water after a downpour, you can turn it into a landscaping asset by ...

These easy-care rain garden plants will look gorgeous while helping to manage stormwater and support pollinators.

Manages stormwater on site. Rainwater is captured by a rain garden instead of flowing off-site, where it picks up pollutants on paved surfaces before flowing into storm drains and then into natural ...

Bioswales differ from rain gardens in form and scale. Designed to capture and convey stormwater, bioswales are sloped ...

While many gardeners look forward to the moment when summer showers take over, you may be surprised to learn that too much ...

Both provide important benefits: If designed and planted correctly, bioswales and rain gardens filter pollutants out of storm runoff. They manage rainwater and prevent standing water. They ...

Friends of the Rouge teamed up with the community to install a new rain garden with Michigan native plants in Redford ...

A rain garden designed to keep Huntington Harbor free of pollutants from stormwater runoff has been installed at a known flooding area near Gold Star Battalion Beach. Rain water runoff pools on ...

By June, Oklahoma gardeners usually encounter parched soil begging for a drink, but the last few weeks have delivered an ...

There is no question rain makes mowing the lawn difficult, and it makes the grass and clover grow faster so it needs mowing more often. Moreover, it can interrupt the ability to mow when the grass ...